Libraries have always helped to connect everyone in society with information and education. These days, that means digital channels are as important as books and publications.

For those in our communities without digital skills - an estimated 12.6 million people across the UK - there is a new role for libraries to support digital inclusion - through both access to digital information and digital skills development.

Tinder Foundation is the biggest digital inclusion organisation in the UK, and the organisation behind the online centres network. We work with our centre partners - including 2,900 Library Online Centres - to deliver digital skills to the people who need them most.

Tinder Foundation’s 'Libraries Delivering Digital Inclusion' event is an opportunity for library professionals, partners and stakeholders to come together to;

• Celebrate current digital inclusion work

• Share ideas from across the library network

• Promote good practice in the area of digital inclusion

• Learn about tools and resources to support and enhance their digital inclusion activities

• Discuss the challenges and opportunities libraries face.

Inspirational

Hear from influential leading voices from the library and digital inclusion sector, and library staff delivering innovative digital inclusion projects across the country.

Practical

Learn from other libraries and online centres about their successful methods of delivery, what’s worked, what’s not worked, and why.

Network Support & Resources

Learn more about how the Tinder Foundation can help support libraries delivering digital inclusion, including:

• Learn My Way 4 - online digital skills course supporting a variety of delivery models

• Personalised, light-touch data collection - access to learner and centre performance information to help demonstrate your library services' digital skills impact

• Local partnership brokering to help you deliver more

• Free professional training and learning resources for frontline staff

• Funding information and opportunities

• Marketing resources to help drive footfall

• Networking & Advocacy - be part of a larger team.