It was great to invite Vera from Roehampton University to review the Digital Ambassador placement scheme, ensuring we meet our objectives and to hear from placements about the progress on their individual projects.

Alongside supporting local residents with their digital skills and our fight against digital exclusion they have each been working to either research or develop a real business situation for us at ClearCommunityWeb.

It has been a huge learning curve for both students and staff and we have certainly had some successes.

Its crucial to work alongside a partner like Roehampton University to provide real world situations to supplement their skills for work syllabus and to equally learn from them on how to structure something meaningful.

The Digital Ambassador projects have been varies and we look forward to seeing them complete so we can put into action.

They have included:

✅ Impact assessment and focus groups to understand our work in Thornton Heath

✅ Structuring our data and supporting the migration to a new M & E tool

✅ Supporting the launch of a Family Learning and Home-Schooling Centre in Stockwell

✅ Researching the firsts steps to Information & Advice accreditation

✅ Understanding different governance structures and developing an stakeholder board

✅ Developing social media templates and improving the way we plan and structure content calendars

✅ Researching the Digital Gap within the skills for work environment and helping to craft a content plan for a new programme

✅ Researching new digital tools and platforms and the launch of our BlueSky Account

Not bad eh!

It’s been exciting to be working with Roehampton University with our next round of the ClearCommunityWeb Digital Ambassador programme.

We support people with digital skills for work as well to understand the power and impact of working within the community and for the nonprofit sector.

We support the development of broader skills such as planning, communication, core business processes as well as learning to support digitally excluded residents.

We welcome Joseph, Johnson, Omo, Roselyn, Prashanth, Vishalini & Yukti who will be supporting us through our programme of Digital Drop-Ins and Online Services Support and will have an opportunity to work on a personal project with a real organizational need.

This is of the work funded by OneCroydon / Croydon Voluntary Action via the Local Community Partnership funding and TNL Awards For All