Charity Partnership
Digital Outreach Ltd
Digital Outreach Ltd, our community outreach partnership, will provide information, advice and materials to people who are not eligible for assistance under the Switchover Help Scheme but may need some extra help managing the process. They will work in the first four switchover regions with local and regional voluntary and community organisations to ensure that people get the support they need:
Age Concern www.ageconcern.org.uk
Community Service Volunteers www.csv.org.uk
Collective Enterprises Ltd www.cel.co.uk
Help the Aged www.helptheaged.org.uk
Digital Outreach will mobilise local charities in each transmitter area, giving them the resources to lead their local communities through switchover. Their objective is to offer an accessible service to those who want an extra little bit of help. The key elements on the ground will be:
- Distribute information and advice materials to local charities and their clients in the period before switchover
- Provide switchover training for local charity staff and volunteers
- Integrate switchover information and advice into relevant local voluntary and community sector activites and into existing home visits when appropriate
- Organise meetings and events in the period before switchover and drop-in sessions at the time of switchover
