An open letter to the next UK government

Digital Innovators have built up a huge amount of experience in delivering digital and employability skills to young people during their seven years of operation. During this time we have worked with large numbers of young people, employers and community organisations.

We believe that at this pivotal time in the UK’s history, leading up to the selection of a new government, we should state clearly what we believe the next ruling party should do to address the UK’s digital skills gap so that we, as a country, can create the young and dynamic workforce needed to help create a thriving economy.

To this end we have prepared an open letter for the next government, whatever their political leanings, on how they might go about addressing the digital skills gap. In it we provide four recommendations for our new leaders to consider when setting its skills and training policy for the next five years.

We encourage you to read this letter, discuss it with your peers and, most importantly, if you agree with what we say, to lobby your political representative(s) on the change that is needed to steer our country forward.

Thank you from the Digital Innovators team.