The Minimum Digital Living Standard Headlines: MDLS for households with children 4 in 10 Digital Poverty is a households Digital safety 3.7 million access barrier to with children is a big issue households with is essential meeting the are below the for parents and children do not for family life MDLS MDLS (45%) young people meet the Minimum Digital Living Families made clear Main predictors of 6. [...] The Minimum Digital Living Standard What is the Minimum Digital Living Standard? Bottom-up: what members of the public say is ‘enough’ to feel included Benchmark: below this level, it may be harder to take part in society Critical skills Holistic: functional skills and critical skills and digital goods and for understanding services; a household needs all, in combination, to meet the MDLS and mana. [...] disability related) Functional and practical skills Evidence-based: established using the Minimum Income Standard methodology; also a survey of over 1,500 households, focus groups with professionals from relevant organisations, and interviews with families Digital goods and services Proof-of-concept: tests the approach with ‘households with children’ The Minimum Digital Living Standard What is ‘en. [...] Digital goods smartphones, large screen and services devices, WiFi) The Minimum Digital Living Standard Digital goods and services Digital goods and services For digital goods “I’ve tried a couple of and services: Home • W ith sufficient reliability and speed to support all family broadbands, especially ones Broadband members to access the internet at the same time for people on Benefit. [...] R efresh and resource the role of schools in digital inclusion • Work with teachers, parents and children to review curricula for digital skills • Work with partners so all children have home access to devices for learning The Minimum Digital Living Standard Policy priorities for families below the MDLS MDLS can be used to review government policies and plans 12.5% of (central, devolved, local gov.
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