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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Digital Equity IN+ Practice: co-creating what comes next: we're really looking forward to welcoming members of the INCLUDE+ network to the University of Leeds tomorrow! Stay tuned for updates from our funded projects or check out the programme at includeplus.org/event/digita...

Event banner with a sketch of a laptop which appears to be melting. Text reads: "IN+ Network, Digital Equity IN+ Practice: co-creating what comes next. 18 September 2026 University of Leeds."

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

🔊Tues 7th July at 4pm: 'Before we ban: digital youth work for whom?'! 🖥️Join the Digital Youth Work Research Hub and INCLUDE+ online to discuss the UK under-16s #SocialMediaBan www.linkedin.com/events/befor...

Banner which reads "Digital Youth Work Research Hub webinar titled 'Before We Ban: Digital Youth Work For Whom?' - a discussion on the impact of the UK under-16s social media ban on the youth work sector, led by Beatrix Konyves. Tuesday 7 July, 4:00–5:30 PM, online."

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Fantastic to see the Digital Changemakers project featured in Articulate Cultural Trust's latest newsletter! ACT is working with 12 young people from down in Cornwall to right up in the Highlands, on an online research project focused on Articulate’s three digital creative platforms.

Composite image of various activities from Articulate Cultural Trust's Digital Changemakers project. The colourful activities include collage, ceramics, graphic design and drawing.

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

⭐ AI: It’s not just the future – it’s NOW! ⭐ Reflections on the 'Our Futures and AI' Feasibility Study: includeplus.org/ai-its-not-j...

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

"Sustainability is not a financial destination but a mindset". INCLUDE+ Fellow Darran Gillan asks if #sustainability can ever be more than a performative claim by third sector organisations in the context of precarious #funding. Do IN+ Principles offer a way forward? includeplus.org/sustainabili...

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Helping local infrastructure organisations to support small #VCSE organisations in understanding and using #AI: Read the full report from this NAVCA Fellowship, funded by INCLUDE+, at includeplus.org/fellowship/g...

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Reflections from the Youth for Tech Futures Fellowship in India by The Pranava Institute: includeplus.org/youth-digita... 82% of people aged 15-24 use the internet yet voices of young people, particularly from non-Western contexts, remain largely absent from discourse shaping digital environments

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

INCLUDE+ Fellow Alex Hutchison, hosted by @youthlinkscot.bsky.social, reflects on a project to explore how youth work organisations might partner with tech companies without losing the focus on children and young people’s rights, inclusion, safety, and dignity. includeplus.org/reflections-...

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

This brilliant INCLUDE+ Exploratory Project is a collaboration between @parvenk.bsky.social (Kids N Clicks) and Dundee International Women's Centre.

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🌟 Our 2025 call for Feasibility Studies is now open! 🌟 includeplus.org.

Graphic announcing “INCLUDE+ Feasibility Studies Funding Call 2025” with a URL: includeplus.org/feasibility-studies-funding-call-2025. Features stylized hands pointing toward the text and logos of UKRI, University of Sheffield, University of Cambridge, University of Exeter, Swansea University, and University of Leeds.

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

We're currently fielding quite a few enquiries about the next INCLUDE+ #digital #equity #funding call for feasibility studies, with a budget of up to £50k. We're just finalising the details and hope to launch the call next week, so stay tuned! The deadline for submissions will be 31st Dec.

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

It's nearly time! We can't wait to welcome guests to the University of Leeds tomorrow for Relational Digital Inclusion: The Politics of Care and Connection!

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

A very warm welcome to our INCLUDE+ Network IN+ART Residency 2025 participants! We’re delighted to have you here, and we hope you enjoy the weather ☂️ , Yorkshire's hospitality, and the wonderful staff at University of Leeds's HELIX Maker Space.

Photo montage of the eight IN+ Art Fellows 2025.

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Can an AI tool enhance children’s critical understanding and recognition of gender biases in AI-generated images? Find out more about the CARE-Kids exploratory project, led by Elisa Rubegni, and read the report! includeplus.org/exploratory-...

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

What if digital inclusion work isn’t just about access and skills but about relationships and trust? Darran Gillan shares insights into why Collective Care matters. Is it the missing link in #digitalinclusion programming? includeplus.org/an-explorati...

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

INCLUDE+ Research Fellow @alicjapawluczuk.bsky.social is presenting on collective care in meaningful #Digitalinclusion at #WIConf25 tomorrow. Should be a great panel session on Civic Engagement & Inclusion! @weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social

Screenshot of part of the conference programme, listing Panel 3 Session 7 at 16.30-18.00 and the following details:
Session Chair: Andrea Hamm (Eberswalde University for Sustainable Development)
Alexander Smit (University of Groningen): “Enforced Socio-Digital Marginalization: Rethinking Digital Exclusion Among Disadvantaged Low-Literate Citizens”
Paola Verhaert (Vrije Universiteit Brussel): “Constructing the digital citizen: How digital inclusion policies shape normative ideals of digital citizenship in Flanders (2019-2024)”
Helen Thornham, Alicja Pawluczuk and Rosemary Wilkinson (University of Leeds): “co-constituting digital inclusion: the affordances and limits of collective care in meaningful digital inclusion”
Martin Herbers (Zeppelin Universität gemeinnützige GmbH): “Making a Good Society Through a Good Life: The Maker Movement, Individual Eudaimonia, and Democratic Participation”

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Youth Digital Cultures Lab is our latest Feasibility Study to hit the runway! Led by The Pranava Institute, the project brings together diverse young people from India to meaningfully engage with their experiences of diversity, joy and meaningful #inclusion in #digital environments.

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

⏰ One week left to submit proposals for INCLUDE+ Exploratory #Funding up to £5k! 💡 Got an idea for a rapid response project to enhance/explore #digital #equity and #inclusion? 👉 Get inspired by previous Exploratory Projects on our Projects page. Deadline 23rd May! includeplus.org/exploratory-...

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

We're delighted to be funding a second Feasibility Study led by YouthLink Scotland. 'Our Futures and AI' will be led by young people, creating guidance and resources to contribute to the positive and constructive use of AI, particularly in relation to the young people’s own context.

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Announcing another of our new Feasibility Studies tackling digital inequality: 'Online Objectification' will explore how young women experience objectifying content on social media and will develop intervention resources to mitigate these harms. @dawnwoolley.bsky.social

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Excited to announce new INCLUDE+ Feasibility Studies. First up is AdvoKit: An Aphasia-Led Toolkit for Navigating Public Services, led by a multi-disciplinary team and based on co-production with service users. 🔗 includeplus.org/feasibility-...

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

👉 You can find out more about this project, read the full report and access resources on the INCLUDE+ website: includeplus.org/feasibility-...

Cover image from the report 'Game Design For Youth Work', with a stylised graphic of a computer screen displaying binary code and gaming icons.

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Enhancing Learning and Accessibility in The Studio: This INCLUDE+ project by Articulate Cultural Hub set out to foster a more inclusive digital learning environment, prioritising accessibility, trauma-informed practices and meaningful engagement. Read the report at includeplus.org/exploratory-...

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Digital Technologies for Wellbeing at Work: read the report from this INCLUDE+ Horizon Scanning study led by @mariak-m.bsky.social and Dr Cristina Galalae. includeplus.org/horizon-scan...

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Got an idea for a small scale project relating to #DigitalEquity and #inclusion? Our funding is open to 3rd sector, public sector and other professional organisations, as well as researchers. Next deadline for Exploratory Projects up to £5k is 28th Feb!

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Meanwhile, Research Fellow @alicjapawluczuk.bsky.social gave a talk on shame, digital inequalities, and digital youth work at the 18th International Tool Fair in Reykjavík, Iceland. Keen to join the conversation? Check out our Digital Youth Work Research Hub: includeplus.org/research-hub....

Alicja Pawluczuk, with cropped blonde hair, pink glasses and black clothing, photographed on stage at the International Tool Fair.

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INCLUDE+ @include-plus.bsky.social · 25/10/2024

New funding call: apply for up to £50k for projects that seek to enhance digital equity through collaborative forms of civic action. Projects must begin no later than April 2025 and last no more than 9 months. Deadline: 22nd Nov includeplus.org/feasibility-...

INCLUDE+ Feasibility Studies Funding Call 2024

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