Graphic containing a smartphone, SIM card and laptop.The Digital Training Team are committed to support service users and the community that are in Digital Poverty. We work in partnership with the Good Things Foundation to gift out free data in the way of sim cards.

As part of the Digital Strategy, the Digital training team have been working hard on a number of initiatives to tackle Digital Poverty and make sure both our service users and staff are not digitally excluded.

Martyn Perry, Director of Digital Transformation and Deputy CDIO is a Community Board member of the Digital Poverty Alliance and active collaborator with the Digital Inclusion team at the British Computer Society (BCS). As part our Digital Strategy, Martyn is helping to shape the National Delivery Plan to address Digital Poverty which will be launched at the House of Lords in May, as well as sharing MPFT’s best practice approaches to help shape the upcoming NHS England Digital Inequalities Framework.