Broadband ISP KCOM Awards Another £30k of Digital Inclusion Grants

Hull-based broadband ISP KCOM, which is building a Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has named the second round of three winners for their Digital Inclusion Grants. Each of the projects and organisations will share from a pot of £30k, which aims to improve lives in communities across the region.

The grant scheme, which is due to run until the end of 2026, is designed to help promote online inclusion, build stronger communities, connect generations and help boost digital skills and awareness across KCOM’s operating region.

The winners of this round of grants include the Goodwin Community Hub, which scooped £15,000 to fund its Get Online project, which empowers HU3 residents to learn new digital skills, improve participants’ ability to access services and employment opportunities and also stay connected with family.

The Creative Briefs organisation also won £10,000 to help support children and families (special focus on neurodiverse children), while Reel Creative secured £5,000 to help empower disadvantaged children and adults to tell their stories through media production.

Louise Babych, KCOM community impact partner, said:

“Once again we’ve had some fantastic entries for our latest round of Digital Grants and it was tough picking just three – but our three winners really stood out for having the potential to boost digital inclusion within the KCOM region.

Our Digital Grants are all about getting people online and boosting digital skills that will create opportunities and improve lives and the projects we’ve chosen will have a lasting legacy. I can’t wait to see the winning projects in action.”

The window for the next (third) round of applications is now open – see here.