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Becoming a Race Online 2012 Official Partner is easy. Any organisation of any size can make a contribution, no matter how big or small.  Not an organisation? Help as an individual and join the digital champion network.

Mouse over an action from the list below to find out what it involves and if you want to do it, write it as part of your partner promise in the box below.  If you have an aim to inspire Digital Champions or aim to help a certain number of people get online, please let us know - if not, please put in 0.

You can also help as an individual by joining the digital champion network and by 'liking' the digital champion Facebook page; it's a great way to keep in touch with all the latest goings on:

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Digital Champions

Inspire Digital Champions:

Mobilise the champs in your organisation or inspire your customers to pass on their skills.  You could also use corporate volunteering days or adopt or adopt the artwork in our digital champion toolkit - www.raceonline2012.org/digital-champion-toolkit.

Help in the local community:

Make a massive difference at a local level. Perhaps there are already initiatives in your local area that could do with your support; gain a great community partner by helping them out. Find organisations at www.go-on.co.uk/champions/show

Train my employees:

Be a responsible employer of choice and create opportunities for their development. Introduce your employees to the wonders of the world wide web. Go to www.go-on.co.uk/champions to see what you could do.

Train my customers:

Incremental market of interest? 1 in 5 not online = 20% market growth opportunity! Want lower transaction costs and effective communcations 24/7? An online customer base could be the answer. Go to www.go-on.co.uk/champions for how to do this.

Campaigns

itea and biscuits:

itea and biscuits, Age UK's annual internet beginner campaign, is taking place from 19 - 25 September; your organisation could run an event, provide sign-posting or encourage others to lend a hand. For all the info, go to www.ageuk.org.uk/work-and-learning/technology-and-internet/itea-and-biscuits

Support or run an existing campaign:

If there's a local initiative or event already happening in your area, don't be shy - lend a hand! You could also find a centre near you and volunteer your valuable skills; go to www.go-on.co.uk/show

Go ON

Adopt Go ON messaging:

The Go ON Get more out of life online badge is a great signpost for internet beginners and digital champions and messaging can be adopted by organisations to highlight the benefits of the net to people who aren’t already online. Go to www.raceonline2012.org/go-on for more info.

Create tools to inspire digital champions:

We've designed a pack of marketing materials to help you to mobilise the digital champions in your organisation. From badges to posters, t-shirts to leaflets, there's loads your organisation can adopt or adapt to create your own digital champion welcome pack.  See www.raceonline2012.org/digital-champion-toolkit to download the artwork and pdfs.  

Give

Give resources to Race Online 2012:

We are a small team and are always greatful for support in running the core activities of our campaign. If you are a design agency, have a film crew, can provide a courtesy secondment or something similar, please let us know!

Donate equipment:

If you have unused equipment, whether new or in good condition, why not give it to an initiative that can help people benefit from the internet? Go to www.champions.go-on.co.uk/ways-to-be-a-digital-champion/buy for places that will securely wipe data, reinstall software and then sell your kit on at very low-cost to people who otherwise might not be able to afford it.

Your Ideas

Create your own idea:

If you've got another idea about how to help people get online, let us know what it is you are doing in the detail box below. We love hearing and sharing new ideas!

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How You Will Be Helping

The social and moral case

  • The way citizens and government interact will change, helping reduce social exclusion.
  • There will be more opportunities for education, employment and training.
  • Socially and economically excluded people will have increased access to the support and services they need.
  • Vulnerable people will become less isolated and better connected to the help they need.
  • Society will be transformed by creating a digital UK and helping everyone who wants to get online to do so.


The economic case

  • Our citizens and UK Plc will have a competitive advantage in the global knowledge economy.
  • The UK economy benefits to the tune of an estimated £22 billion.
  • Government services could save £900m annually, if all people currently both digitally and socially excluded were to move just one government contact a month online.
  • The 20% lowest income households would benefit from more than £1bn of savings from shopping and paying bills online.

Why get involved?

It makes financial sense

  • Commercial organisations that operate, recruit or contact their customers and/or employees online can access a new market of 8.4 million newly online people, reduce their transaction costs and gain market advantage.

 

It’s an investment in the future

  • Cut your internal communications costs and make your workforce more skilled and productive.

 

It’s an HR opportunity

  • Become a responsible, sought after employer by creating opportunities for staff development, training or volunteering.

 

It’s good for your CSR

  • Be a good corporate citizen and help employees and their families get online and save time and money.