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The Digital Challenge Programme

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Team Structure (pdf

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The Digital Challenge programme is setting the vision for a digitally enabled Sunderland. It will lay the foundations for this transformation by leading the way to a 21st century Sunderland. Services will be delivered where, when and how they are needed and wanted - this could be in the home, a local community point, face to face, or remotely using technology as the enabler. The projects and initiatives are developed and delivered through partnerships of public, private and community sector organisations, all driven by the needs of our communities. By exciting interests in new technology and the opportunities it offers the programme will lead to improvements in social cohesion, economic well being and the quality of life throughout all sections of the community.

Latest News Digital Challenge launches it Equipment Loan (pdf 92kb) project in November 2008. The project is available to all the community and voluntary sector in Sunderland. Baroness Andrews (Communities and Local Government Minister) visited the "Swan Street Centre" to learn more about its good work. UK Government establishes it's own "Digital Inclusion Team" to explain the benefits of ICT in tackling social exclusion. May 2008 sees the launch of two of the Connectivity projects Hexagon (pdf 208kb) and Flash-Meeting (pdf 108kb). Both of these offer alternative methods of virtual networking for the community sector. The projects will offer both open and secured virtual meeting spaces and will target those who are isolated at present.

Sunderland's Programme Our proposal was driven by the needs of our communities and powered by real consultation. The innovation was as much about how the programme has been put together and how it will be run as about the projects themselves. The final Programme is based around individual’s needs with services being delivered where and how they are needed and wanted. This could be in the home, a local community point, face to face or remotely - using technology as the enabler. The aim is to drive a transformation in the lives of the people of Sunderland, in particular those that are currently classed as disadvantaged or disengaged.			(pdf 1.9mb)

		After Sunderland won the Digital Challenge bid, the other 10 finalists combined to be part of DC10. DC10plus is a collaborative body of local authorities and their partners dedicated to unravelling social inclusion issues by promoting the effective roll-out of technology-based initiatives.

For further information please contact digital.challenge@sunderland.gov.uk