Connecting Scotland

Link Housing is to help 496 low income and digitally excluded households across central Scotland get online. The rollout has been made possible by Connecting Scotland, a Scottish Government initiative managed by SCVO, set up in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

CIH has issued a good practice note which highlights some examples from across the UK of how housing organisations are supporting homeschooling.

Clyde Valley Housing Association (CVHA) has joined forces with Connecting Scotland to distribute 120 free iPads with mobile WiFi access to Clyde Valley customers with little or no internet access. CVHA, who has more than 4000 properties across Lanarkshire, has been working at the heart of the commun

Following a successful application to Connecting Scotland, Fife Housing Group have been awarded 150 devices to help reduce digital exclusion amongst their tenants. The Chromebooks and MiFis are being offered to support families who don't currently have a suitable device for their children to access

The Highland Council has successfully bid for 610 IT devices (308 Chromebooks and 302 iPads) for 111 young care leavers and 499 families from Connecting Scotland. Councillor Linda Munro, chair of the council’s health, social care and wellbeing committee, said: “Against a backdrop of a wo