Moreno, JM;
Woodcraft, S;
Islam, K;
Sultana, Y;
(2021)
Stories of Change from the Connected Communities Inclusive Broadband Project: Research Evaluation of a Universal Basic Services Experiment.
Institute for Global Prosperity: London, UK.
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Abstract
This report provides a qualitative research evaluation of the first phase of the Connected Communities Inclusive Broadband project launched in June 2020 by Poplar Housing and Regeneration Community Association (HARCA) in partnership with LETTA Trust Schools, Tower Hamlets Council, East End Community Foundation, and Internet provider Community Fibre. The project which will run for two years, is currently targeting 100-200 low-income households in Poplar, Tower Hamlets London borough. Each household family participating in the project is being provided with free broadband Internet connection, a Google Chromebook digital device, and basic information and communications technology (ICT) training and support. The Institute for Global Prosperity at UCL was invited to support Poplar HARCA to research and evaluate the impacts of the first phase of the project. The objective of the research is to collect ‘stories of change’ through personal accounts exploring the expectations and short-term impacts of the project. The findings of this research are intended for both policy, academic and wider public audiences, and will serve to build evidence for a system of Universal Basic Services (UBS) a radical, yet feasible and sustainable policy framework proposal developed by IGP’s Social Prosperity Network (SPN) to re-design a welfare system fit for the 21st century. This study, and the SPN, are part of IGP’s Prosperity Co-Lab (ProCol) UK initiative whose work is focused on rethinking prosperity and the future of the welfare state through citizen-led research and cross-sectoral collaborations.
| Type: | Report |
|---|---|
| Title: | Stories of Change from the Connected Communities Inclusive Broadband Project: Research Evaluation of a Universal Basic Services Experiment |
| ISBN-13: | 978-1-913041-17-5 |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| Publisher version: | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/igp/reports |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This version is the version of record. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher’s terms and conditions. |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of the Built Environment > UCL Institute for Global Prosperity |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10119736 |
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