<div dir="ltr"><br>The Tinder Foundation has reached the second stage of the Big Lottery Fund's Basic Online Skills programme, together with partners Abilitynet, Digital Outreach Ltd, SCVO, Supporting Communities Northern Ireland and NIACE Dysgu Cymru.<br>
<br>The proposed three-year programme - Digital Mission - will support people to gain basic skills through local awareness and engagement campaigns, new digital clubs training people in communities, and establishing volunteer networks to help people to gain digital skills in their own home.<br>
<br>Tinder Foundation is looking for Community Hubs across all four UK nations (England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) with a track record of supporting the hardest to reach. Successful Community Hubs will receive funding for the three years of the Digital Mission project, due to run from 1 October 2014 to 30 September 2017.<br>
<br>They are now preparing for round 2, and they need centres and local partners to join in the bid as Community Hubs. Community Hubs will need to be ready to deliver digital skills training through outreach if our bid is successful.<br>
<br>Community Hubs will need to deliver training in either the 10% most deprived areas of the UK or rural areas, and support people from at least one of the following groups:<br><ul><li> older people (aged 65+)</li><li>
disabled people</li><li> people on low incomes and with low qualifications</li></ul>Apply now to join as a Community Hub in the Big Lottery bid. <b>Applications close 5pm, Friday 25 April</b>.<br><br>Successful applicants will be informed by Friday 30 May, with a decision expected from Big Lottery Fund by 31 July as to whether the bid has been successful.<br>
<br><b>Update:</b> Want more information on why you should apply to join the Digital Mission? See our new Q&A <a href="http://www.ukonlinecentres.com/funding/current-funding/digital-mission-q-a">here</a>.<br><br>\\<br>
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