Vodafone Foundation

🤝 Meet some of our fantastic new Employee Ambassadors. They'll be spending the next year raising awareness and getting their teams involved with all of Vodafone Foundation's work. They all met in person for the first time yesterday, immediately immersing themselves in learning more about our focus areas and programmes. 🙌 Congratulations to Alex Brumfitt, Alini Lawson, Ann Le, Anna S., Anneliese M., James Williams, Lee Cripps, Louise Fisher, Madlena Sanderson, Ramandeep Bratch, Sam Shawyer, Siwar M., Sophie Quinn and Letitia Treasure - it's great to have you on board. We'll be checking in with them regularly, so you'll be seeing - and hearing - plenty more from them over the coming months. #VodafoneFoundation #EmployeeAmbassadors #EmployeeEngagement Vodafone

We often think about digital inclusion in terms of access and connectivity. But what if the real barrier is something less visible? During a recent visit to Dublin, Joakim Reiter, Chief External & Corporate Affairs Officer at Vodafone, found a striking answer: it's confidence, not capability, that holds most older people back online. Our latest research shows that across Europe, only 1 in 3 older adults feel confident using new digital tools - and many worry about making mistakes or falling victim to fraud. In his new article, Joakim explores what true digital inclusion really means, and why programmes like Hi Digital - built around human support - are making a real difference. 🔗 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/eYXyAzgH #VodafoneFoundation #HiDigital #DigitalInclusion #DigitalConfidence #DigitalSkills #OlderAdults #TechForGood

🇸🇸 "I was motivated to work hard to study by the suffering of my community. With my knowledge and skills acquired in South Sudan, I will be able to alleviate the suffering of my community once I return home." Thanks to our Instant Network Schools (INS) programme, Winne Musa, completed her Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance online. 🎓 Studying online meant that Winne was able to balance her studies alongside looking after her daughter, and her other community responsibilities. Find out more about the impact our INS programme with UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is having on refugee education: https://lnkd.in/ewutDg9W #VodafoneFoundation #InstantNetworkSchools #UNHCR #DigitalSkills

📱 ⏰ We're helping young people to take charge of their digital time. By identifying everyday digital distractions, children can start to prioritise their digital wellbeing. Created with Save the Children UK, our new Skills Upload Jr lesson will encourage students to visualise the trade-offs involved with dedicating time to digital devices, over other life priorities and needs. And it's an important lesson - our Connected Childhood research found only 1 in 4 young people currently rate their digital wellbeing as good or high. 🔗 Find out more and see the full range of lesson plans, here: https://lnkd.in/gvEs-C3W #VodafoneFoundation #SkillsUploadJr #Digicraft #DigitalSkills #DigitalResilience #ConnectedChildhood

💬 "There's gonna be times when you're just going to have to jump into something knee-deep....and be ok with that." 🏎️ Racing driver Ellis Spiezia tells us how he deals with situations where he might feel unprepared, as part of our #SameSide campaign with UN Women UK - bringing together sportspeople to change the narrative around masculinity and vulnerability. 🔗 Find out more and hear from other elite athletes: https://lnkd.in/eumWu9ut The Same Side website also features our free Conversation Guide - specially designed to help you start a new dialogue with the young people in your life, about what they see online. Download it now. #VodafoneFoundation #UNWomenUK #Motorsport #Vulnerability #Masculinity

📱 The emotional impact of being online is having a negative effect on the mental health of many young people. That's why apps like Tozi are so important. According to our Connected Childhood report with Save the Children UK, only 1 in 30 European children rate their digital wellbeing as high - with three quarters scoring it as low or moderate. Through Tozi, we're providing young people with tools and resources that promote kindness, resilience and digital wellbeing - helping to create a safer and more supportive internet for everyone. 🔗 Read more about how Tozi is supporting children in Greece, Romania, Ireland, Portugal and Spain: https://lnkd.in/ePB4acu2 #VodafoneFoundation #Tozi #DigitalWellbeing

❓In today’s online world of influencers, how can young people distinguish between simple misinformation and intentional deception? That's just one of the focus areas in our new Skills Upload Jr lesson plans, created with Save the Children UK. Aimed at children aged between 9 and 12 years old, the lessons help to promote positive digital wellbeing - something our Connected Childhood research found only 1 in 4 young people currently rate as good or high. This new critical thinking lesson teaches students how to analyse real-life case studies of content creators - encouraging them to use the 'pause, question and evidence' verification route. 🔗 Find out more and see the full range of lesson plans, here: https://lnkd.in/gvEs-C3W #VodafoneFoundation #SkillsUploadJr #Digicraft #DigitalSkills #DigitalResilience #ConnectedChildhood

👀 Travellers heading through London St Pancras or Heathrow should keep an eye out for our Same Side campaign. Same Side - developed with UN Women UK and part of our commitment to tackling harm and abuse - uses real stories from elite athletes to help spark conversations with boys and young people, about what it means to be a man. 🔗 We've also developed a free Conversation Guide, designed to help parents start these conversations. Access it here: https://lnkd.in/eWEGujE5 🙏 The advertising space was generously donated on a pro bono basis across April and May. #VodafoneFoundation #SameSide #UNWomenUK

Two out of five children worry about being bullied online - according to our recent Connected Childhood report - and a third of young people often feel stressed or upset after being online. 📱That's why apps like Tozi, now live in Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Romania and Greece, are more important than ever. Through Tozi, we're focussing on creating a kinder online environment, by providing young people with the tools and resources they need to navigate the digital world - and protect their digital wellbeing. 🔗 Seach Tozi in the App Store or Google Play, or find out more at: https://lnkd.in/ePB4acu2 #VodafoneFoundation #Tozi #DigitalWellbeing

🇷🇴 After witnessing our Skills Upload Jr, BrightSky, Tozi and Hi Digital programmes in action in Romania, our Managing Director, Lisa Felton, reflects on the importance of adaptability. The visit reiterated Lisa's belief that trust-based partnerships - alongside flexibility and the ability to evolve as real-world needs shift - must be at the heart of all our programmes. She said: "It was a good reminder that real impact comes not from sticking to the original design, but from listening and evolving as the world changes around us." 🔗 Read Lisa's full article below: https://lnkd.in/e3shbF-E #VodafoneFoundation #SkillsUploadJr #Tozi #HiDigital #BrightSky #Romania