DigiDAD - Connecting Young Fathers through Digital Inclusion (Connected Voice Digital Inclusion Network)

Connected Voice Digital Inclusion Network 

This session is all about connecting families and communities through digital skills. This session is open to everyone.

North East Young Dads and Lads (NEYDL) supports young fathers aged 25 and under to play active positive roles in their children’s lives.

Its award-winning platform DigiDAD offers free films, podcasts and e-learning courses co-created by young dads to build parenting skills and confidence.

Through DigiDAD Gaming, NEYDL is now using online gaming and peer moderation on Discord to reduce loneliness and connect young dads in safe, supportive digital spaces.

Dr.Nick Wiliams, DigiDAD Project Manager, will introduce the work of NEYDL, DigiDAD and DigiDAD gaming in this session.

This session will take place on teams. A joining link will be sent closer to the date of the session. 

The Connected Voice Digital Inclusion Network is a Newcastle and Gateshead network aimed at sharing opportunities, information, good practice, and tools to improve digital inclusion for all. There will be one virtual 'lunch and learn' session on the first Tuesday of each month, 12-1pm. 

If you’d like to join the circulation list, please share your email through this form:

https://forms.office.com/e/CAjAiiQnvi 

Everyone is welcome to attend.

This is a virtual session delivered on Teams.

Our training and events are funded from a variety of sources, allowing us to offer them for free to eligible organisations. Please check the eligibility requirements for each session before signing up, as this varies from course to course. If your organisation is not eligible for a free session you may be interested in one of our tailored training packages.

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Attendance and value Our team have dedicated significant time and resource to create and deliver our excellent range of training and events. Connected Voice is funded for this work, allowing us to offer these events free of charge. However, we expect people who have registered to prioritise attendance and let us know as soon as possible if there is a barrier to attending. We may follow up with you if you are absent without letting us know.

Delivery This event will be delivered online via Microsoft Teams. A link will be shared closer to the date of the event to those who have registered. 

Accessibility Please let us know in advance if you have any accessibility requirements that would help you get the most out of this session. We will do everything we can to accommodate them. We can provide a BSL interpreter for training and events on request, but ask you to give us enough advance notice to enable this to be organised. To maximise resources, we are unable to provide BSL interpreters for all sessions unless we know this is essential.

Evaluation This event is free to attend but all participants will be required to complete a short evaluation on completion. This feedback enables us to continue delivering a free programme of training and events.

For security and practical reasons: You can only book one place for yourself. If a colleague wants to attend, they will need to book separately themselves. You must give us all the essential information requested so that we know your registration is genuine.

If circumstances change, you must advise us as soon as possible so that the place isn’t wasted as we have limited spaces for each event. You must also advise us if a substitute person from your organisation is attending in your place. We will be monitoring non-attendance, and may not accept future bookings from regular non-attenders.