'A Fair Digital Foundation' launch

In September 2025, SCVO and Good Things Foundation hosted a roundtable on child poverty and the digital divide in Scotland. The 2025 roundtable event served as a platform for a new partnership between the two organisations alongside the University of Liverpool, Children in Scotland and Mhor Collective.

Building on previous research on a Minimum Digital Living Standard for Scotland, the aim of this project was to produce new insights on what works in identifying and addressing digital exclusion for low-income households with children and care experienced young people. It also developed a new digital inclusion tool for third-sector organisations in Scotland working on Child Poverty and The Promise, funded by the Connecting Scotland Digital Inclusion Fund.

One year on, SCVO, Good Things Foundation, University of Liverpool, Mhor Collective and Children in Scotland invite you to join us for the launch of 'A Fair Digital Foundation' and the companion toolkit to support organisations to embed digital inclusion in service delivery.

This will be followed-up by a roundtable discussion on the next steps for digital inclusion in this sector and how we can collectively take action to make this a reality.

Speakers will include:

• Dr Jeanette D'Arcy, University of Liverpool
• Parisa Shirazi, Children in Scotland
• Sara Kemal, Children in Scotland
• Chris Ross, Children in Scotland
• Shona Munro, Mhor Collective
• Dr Emma Stone, Good Things Foundation
• Aaron Slater, SCVO

Senior leaders and strategic policy leads within the children and young people sector.

13:30 - 14:00: Refreshments and networking

14:00 - 16:00: Launch and roundtable event