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22 March 2023

Exploring the five pillars of the Digital Youth Index

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The DYI tool encompasses five pillars covering wellbeing, safety, skills, connectivity, and access. Here, we explore each of these pillars in more detail and share some key findings and statistics from our year two research.

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Digital access and inclusion

31 May 2023

Young people within ethnic minority backgrounds, LGBTQ+ communities and those with a disability or mental health struggles need more support in digital safety

Young people need better support and education on digital safety. Our index data shows that young people are vulnerable to several dangers online, with some groups experiencing harmful content more than others.

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Digital access and inclusion

11 May 2023

Digital access and digital wellbeing are critical areas where young people need more support

Digital access and digital wellbeing are critical areas where young people need more support. In this article, we delve deeper into these pillars, looking at the young people who are most impacted and sharing some thoughts around any correlating factors between the two.

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Digital access and inclusion

12 April 2023

The impact of the cost-of-living crisis, household income and education on digital connectivity

Digital connectivity is an area that impacts young people across different genders, educations, disabilities, and living arrangements. When we start to look at the profiles of those impacted, and the effect of the cost-of-living crisis, our 2022 research highlights some areas which need to be addressed.

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Physical and mental wellbeing

4 April 2023

Childnet Thrive Online – Empowering young people with SEND to build happy and healthy online relationships

These free, adaptable resources cover the important topics of healthy relationships, digital wellbeing and online pornography and are designed to equip and enable educators, parents and carers, to support young people aged 11 and over with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).

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Digital access and inclusion

30 March 2023

Good Things Foundation is building the UK’s first ever National Device Bank

With 1.5 million households with no access to the internet (Ofcom, 2021) and 10 million people in the UK lacking basic digital skills (Lloyds CDI, 2021), digitally excluded people in the UK are being left behind. Good Things Foundation is building the UK's first ever National Device Bank. Devices will be provided to people in need by thousands of community organisations in Good Things Foundation's network. Find out how you can help.

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Digital access and inclusion

22 March 2023

Exploring the five pillars of the Digital Youth Index

The DYI tool encompasses five pillars covering wellbeing, safety, skills, connectivity, and access. Here, we explore each of these pillars in more detail and share some key findings and statistics from our year two research.

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