Project to fight social isolation is already a winner
Thursday, 2nd June 2022
• THE Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust Social Isolation and Digital Inclusion project partnership, with Age UK Westminster and Kensington & Chelsea (KCW) branches, is up for a top award.
It has been selected as one of the top 10 “digital skills or talent initiatives of the year” by Digital Leaders 100. For 10 years the DL100 awards have been celebrating individuals and organisations who demonstrate a “pioneering and sustainable approach to digital transformation in the UK”.
The 2022 winning project will be announced at a ceremony later this month. And there is also a people’s choice to be decided by a public vote. You can vote via this link: https://digileaders100.com/digital-skills-or-talent-initiative
The KCW social isolation pilot supports and enhances the NHS trust’s existing older adult mental health services, delivering targeted outreach support to vulnerable elderly people including those living alone.
Support offered includes: assessing people’s needs; loaning digital equipment; and intensive one-to-one coaching and follow-up in areas such as video-calling, online-shopping, social media and browsing the web.
CNWL’s Tariro Gumbo has said: “This is a great testament to how our collaborative work with third sector organisations can facilitate innovative ways of supporting our patients and the community at large.
“This project has been a joy and has involved so much hard work. Thank you to KCW older adult teams, the fantastic Age UK team, their volunteers, and the CNWL staff who supported this project.”
