Do you know someone with a learning disability who got a tablet in 2021 through the Digital Lifeline Fund? They could win up to £100 for telling us about their experiences (with multiple chances to win!) and your organisation will get a thank-you payment for connecting us with them. E-mail us: digitallifeline@mmu.ac.uk for more

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Did your organisation support people with #LearningDisabilities to get set up with free tablets through the #DigitalLifelineFund in 2021? We want to hear from you!

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The #DigitalLifeline project considers the outcomes of the Government's COVID-19 #DigitalLifelineFund by learning more about people with #LearningDisabilities ' experiences of using tablets they were given during the pandemic.

The website is now live with lots more information about the research:

The image shows the purple Digital Lifeline project logo on a lilac background. In the middle are two Photosymbols: the first is a research survey in a black magnifying glass, and the second is a young woman with glasses in a wheelchair wearing a red cardigan and cream trousers, smiling at a tablet she is holding. An older woman with an orange cardigan and black trousers is kneeling down next to her, also looking at the tablet. At the bottom of the picture are the logos for the research team, Manchester Metropolitan University, the Association for Real Change, the Good Things Foundation, Learning Disability England, SeeAbility, and our funder, the National Institute for Health and Care Research.

Exciting times for the #DigitalLifeline project as work is well under way for the first phase of our research, and those who gave out tablets as part of the original #DigitalLifelineFund have now been contact about taking part!

Introducing the new #DigitalLifeline project! The research will explore the experiences of people with a #learningdisability of the #DigitalLifelineFund which gave 5,500 digital devices, data, and support to people with a learning disability during the COVID-19 pandemic.