Digital Unite was founded in 1996 by Managing Director, Emma Solomon, who was prompted by her own experience of helping her parents and their peers grapple with modern technology.

All of our work since has been driven by our passion for the way equipping people with the right digital skills and awareness has the potential to transform lives, organisations and wider society.

The vision to find tangible ways for us to reach out to non-users and engage them with computers and the internet has been realised in a number of ways;

• a network of quality assured tutors,
• the creation of learning resources for teachers and students on the Learning Zone
• the delivery of national community learning programmes, and;
• the high profile Silver Surfers’ Day campaign.

We work with everyone from learners to trainers, private businesses to public organisations. At a national level we work alongside Government departments such as the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Cabinet Office, Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) to help shape and steer the digital inclusion agenda.

We also work with partners such as the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education (NIACE), Age UK, UK online centres, Race Online 2012 and the BBC to broaden digital inclusion as far and as wide as possible.

Digital Unite is now often showcased as making a proactive contribution to improving digital literacy having successfully opened up a realm of digital possibilities to thousands of older people and other less confident users.