INCLUDE+
@include-plus.bsky.social
Exploring how social and digital environments can be built, shaped, and sustained to enable all people to thrive.
Funded by EPSRC
https://includeplus.org/
Funded by EPSRC
https://includeplus.org/
🌟 Our 2025 call for Feasibility Studies is now open! 🌟
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October 31, 2025 at 4:22 PM
🌟 Our 2025 call for Feasibility Studies is now open! 🌟
includeplus.org.
includeplus.org.
We're currently fielding quite a few enquiries about the next INCLUDE+ #digital #equity #funding call for feasibility studies, with a budget of up to £50k.
We're just finalising the details and hope to launch the call next week, so stay tuned! The deadline for submissions will be 31st Dec.
We're just finalising the details and hope to launch the call next week, so stay tuned! The deadline for submissions will be 31st Dec.
October 24, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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📢 Our recent Youth Work, Education & Lifelong Learning report is full of great info on how youth work helps to #ChallengePoverty by:
🎓 Supporting educational attainment
💪 Developing skills for life & work
🚧 Tackling barriers to participation
And more!
https://bit.ly/3ItmvNj #EducationNeedsYouthWork
🎓 Supporting educational attainment
💪 Developing skills for life & work
🚧 Tackling barriers to participation
And more!
https://bit.ly/3ItmvNj #EducationNeedsYouthWork
October 9, 2025 at 11:50 AM
📢 Our recent Youth Work, Education & Lifelong Learning report is full of great info on how youth work helps to #ChallengePoverty by:
🎓 Supporting educational attainment
💪 Developing skills for life & work
🚧 Tackling barriers to participation
And more!
https://bit.ly/3ItmvNj #EducationNeedsYouthWork
🎓 Supporting educational attainment
💪 Developing skills for life & work
🚧 Tackling barriers to participation
And more!
https://bit.ly/3ItmvNj #EducationNeedsYouthWork
Young people taking the lead on AI research: find out about the fantastic INCLUDE+ study 'Our Futures and AI' led by @youthlinkscot.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to @sopra-steria.bsky.social for hosting this visit by the two youth groups!
Huge thanks to @sopra-steria.bsky.social for hosting this visit by the two youth groups!
📢 Last Saturday young people from two youth groups were hosted by @sopra-steria.bsky.social as part of our project funded by the @include-plus.bsky.social, getting first-hand insight about how they use and explore AI in their business 🔎💻
More ℹ️ on the project: https://bit.ly/4nQVHFL
More ℹ️ on the project: https://bit.ly/4nQVHFL
October 1, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Young people taking the lead on AI research: find out about the fantastic INCLUDE+ study 'Our Futures and AI' led by @youthlinkscot.bsky.social.
Huge thanks to @sopra-steria.bsky.social for hosting this visit by the two youth groups!
Huge thanks to @sopra-steria.bsky.social for hosting this visit by the two youth groups!
We're delighted to feature in this month's Partner Profile by 100% Digital Leeds digitalinclusionleeds.com/partner-prof...
The piece highlights two amazing Leeds-based digital inclusion projects that we've funded...
The piece highlights two amazing Leeds-based digital inclusion projects that we've funded...
Partner Profile: INCLUDE+ – 100% Digital Leeds
digitalinclusionleeds.com
September 29, 2025 at 3:08 PM
We're delighted to feature in this month's Partner Profile by 100% Digital Leeds digitalinclusionleeds.com/partner-prof...
The piece highlights two amazing Leeds-based digital inclusion projects that we've funded...
The piece highlights two amazing Leeds-based digital inclusion projects that we've funded...
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📣 I'm excited to announce a new venture: Kinship Works!
Supporting the energy at the edges - and building a human alternative to our struggling bureaucratic settlement.
More details here, along with teasers on some wonderful work we'll be doing this Autumn:
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Supporting the energy at the edges - and building a human alternative to our struggling bureaucratic settlement.
More details here, along with teasers on some wonderful work we'll be doing this Autumn:
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Announcing Kinship Works
An alliance for a human alternative
medium.com
September 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
📣 I'm excited to announce a new venture: Kinship Works!
Supporting the energy at the edges - and building a human alternative to our struggling bureaucratic settlement.
More details here, along with teasers on some wonderful work we'll be doing this Autumn:
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
Supporting the energy at the edges - and building a human alternative to our struggling bureaucratic settlement.
More details here, along with teasers on some wonderful work we'll be doing this Autumn:
medium.com/@jamestplunk...
It's nearly time! We can't wait to welcome guests to the University of Leeds tomorrow for Relational Digital Inclusion: The Politics of Care and Connection!
September 17, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It's nearly time! We can't wait to welcome guests to the University of Leeds tomorrow for Relational Digital Inclusion: The Politics of Care and Connection!
A very warm welcome to our INCLUDE+ Network IN+ART Residency 2025 participants!
We’re delighted to have you here, and we hope you enjoy the weather ☂️ , Yorkshire's hospitality, and the wonderful staff at University of Leeds's HELIX Maker Space.
We’re delighted to have you here, and we hope you enjoy the weather ☂️ , Yorkshire's hospitality, and the wonderful staff at University of Leeds's HELIX Maker Space.
September 17, 2025 at 7:20 AM
A very warm welcome to our INCLUDE+ Network IN+ART Residency 2025 participants!
We’re delighted to have you here, and we hope you enjoy the weather ☂️ , Yorkshire's hospitality, and the wonderful staff at University of Leeds's HELIX Maker Space.
We’re delighted to have you here, and we hope you enjoy the weather ☂️ , Yorkshire's hospitality, and the wonderful staff at University of Leeds's HELIX Maker Space.
A fantastic opportunity to work with the brilliant YouthLInk Scotland team on a project funded by INCLUDE+!
⌛ 5 days left to apply for our @include-plus.bsky.social Fellowship!
ℹ️ Hear from Hilary Phillips, Digital Youth Work Lead, about why our new project to build ethical partnerships between youth work & tech is so important - and how you could be involved.
📖👉 https://bit.ly/4nhdDZy
ℹ️ Hear from Hilary Phillips, Digital Youth Work Lead, about why our new project to build ethical partnerships between youth work & tech is so important - and how you could be involved.
📖👉 https://bit.ly/4nhdDZy
September 11, 2025 at 2:04 PM
A fantastic opportunity to work with the brilliant YouthLInk Scotland team on a project funded by INCLUDE+!
Exploring Cross-Sector Digital Volunteering Partnerships: a new report authored by Katie Cecilia, funded by INCLUDE+, and supported by @volactionleeds.bsky.social, 100% Digital Leeds, Forum Central, @leedscommfound.bsky.social and @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social
doinggoodleeds.org.uk/news/digital...
doinggoodleeds.org.uk/news/digital...
New Report: Exploring Cross-Sector Digital Volunteering Partnerships - Doing Good Leeds
The Digital Fellowship Project set out to explore how the tech industry, the VCSE sector, and statutory bodies can work together to create more effective and inclusive digital volunteering partnership...
doinggoodleeds.org.uk
September 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Exploring Cross-Sector Digital Volunteering Partnerships: a new report authored by Katie Cecilia, funded by INCLUDE+, and supported by @volactionleeds.bsky.social, 100% Digital Leeds, Forum Central, @leedscommfound.bsky.social and @leedscitycouncil.bsky.social
doinggoodleeds.org.uk/news/digital...
doinggoodleeds.org.uk/news/digital...
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🚨 Last chance to apply for our Policy Hackathon! 🚨
We invite SPRITE+ members up to 35 years old to participate in our online hackathon in September. Applications close this Friday (15th August)!
🔗 Apply here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...
#SPRITE #ChathamHouse #CommonFuturesConversations
We invite SPRITE+ members up to 35 years old to participate in our online hackathon in September. Applications close this Friday (15th August)!
🔗 Apply here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...
#SPRITE #ChathamHouse #CommonFuturesConversations
Digital Identities: A Policy Hackathon | SPRITE+ Hub
We're inviting SPRITE+ members up to 35 years of age to participate in a policy hackathon.
www.spritehub.org
August 13, 2025 at 11:01 AM
🚨 Last chance to apply for our Policy Hackathon! 🚨
We invite SPRITE+ members up to 35 years old to participate in our online hackathon in September. Applications close this Friday (15th August)!
🔗 Apply here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...
#SPRITE #ChathamHouse #CommonFuturesConversations
We invite SPRITE+ members up to 35 years old to participate in our online hackathon in September. Applications close this Friday (15th August)!
🔗 Apply here: www.spritehub.org/event-detail...
#SPRITE #ChathamHouse #CommonFuturesConversations
INCLUDE+ Principles in oral history: we're delighted to share a second piece from Mhor Collective reflecting on our Principles. This time, an overview of the Castlemilk Oral History Project, exploring whose stories get told and how we shape our own communities: www.mhorcollective.com/include-prin...
Include+ Principles in Oral History - Mhor Collective
This piece shows how Mhor Collective’s Connecting to Care project brings digital inclusion to life through trauma-informed, peer-led support. Grounded in the INCLUDE+ Principles, it highlights how dig...
www.mhorcollective.com
August 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
INCLUDE+ Principles in oral history: we're delighted to share a second piece from Mhor Collective reflecting on our Principles. This time, an overview of the Castlemilk Oral History Project, exploring whose stories get told and how we shape our own communities: www.mhorcollective.com/include-prin...
From Paralysis to Agency: Aligning Mhor Collective’s Connecting to Care Project with the INCLUDE+ Principles www.mhorcollective.com/include-prin...
Do read! It's a pleasure and a privilege for us to collaborate with organisations who think deeply and care radically.
#DigitalInclusion
Do read! It's a pleasure and a privilege for us to collaborate with organisations who think deeply and care radically.
#DigitalInclusion
Include+ Principles in Mental Health - Mhor Collective
This piece shows how Mhor Collective’s Connecting to Care project brings digital inclusion to life through trauma-informed, peer-led support. Grounded in the INCLUDE+ Principles, it highlights how dig...
www.mhorcollective.com
July 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
From Paralysis to Agency: Aligning Mhor Collective’s Connecting to Care Project with the INCLUDE+ Principles www.mhorcollective.com/include-prin...
Do read! It's a pleasure and a privilege for us to collaborate with organisations who think deeply and care radically.
#DigitalInclusion
Do read! It's a pleasure and a privilege for us to collaborate with organisations who think deeply and care radically.
#DigitalInclusion
Can an AI tool enhance children’s critical understanding and recognition of gender biases in AI-generated images?
Find out more about the CARE-Kids exploratory project, led by Elisa Rubegni, and read the report! includeplus.org/exploratory-...
Find out more about the CARE-Kids exploratory project, led by Elisa Rubegni, and read the report! includeplus.org/exploratory-...
June 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Can an AI tool enhance children’s critical understanding and recognition of gender biases in AI-generated images?
Find out more about the CARE-Kids exploratory project, led by Elisa Rubegni, and read the report! includeplus.org/exploratory-...
Find out more about the CARE-Kids exploratory project, led by Elisa Rubegni, and read the report! includeplus.org/exploratory-...
What if digital inclusion work isn’t just about access and skills but about relationships and trust?
Darran Gillan shares insights into why Collective Care matters. Is it the missing link in #digitalinclusion programming?
includeplus.org/an-explorati...
Darran Gillan shares insights into why Collective Care matters. Is it the missing link in #digitalinclusion programming?
includeplus.org/an-explorati...
June 23, 2025 at 9:01 AM
What if digital inclusion work isn’t just about access and skills but about relationships and trust?
Darran Gillan shares insights into why Collective Care matters. Is it the missing link in #digitalinclusion programming?
includeplus.org/an-explorati...
Darran Gillan shares insights into why Collective Care matters. Is it the missing link in #digitalinclusion programming?
includeplus.org/an-explorati...
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New research published by the Alan Turing Institute shows that nearly one in four children aged 8–12 use generative AI. Yet despite being most affected by technology, they are least represented in decision-making about its development, use, and regulation.
www.turing.ac.uk/news/experts...
#AI
www.turing.ac.uk/news/experts...
#AI
Experts call for greater focus on children’s AI use as research shows nearly 1 in 4 children use AI for learning and play
Experts are calling for more involvement of children in AI decision making, better policy frameworks and more industry action to protect the wellbeing of chi
www.turing.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
New research published by the Alan Turing Institute shows that nearly one in four children aged 8–12 use generative AI. Yet despite being most affected by technology, they are least represented in decision-making about its development, use, and regulation.
www.turing.ac.uk/news/experts...
#AI
www.turing.ac.uk/news/experts...
#AI
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Amazing opportunities to work with Jat Singh on responsible AI, for both a PhD student and a postdoc - he's particularly keen to find someone from a law background interested in FAccT-related themes
More info -
PhD: www.compacctsys.net/RespAI-PhD.pdf
Postdoc: www.compacctsys.net/RespAI-Postdoc.pdf
More info -
PhD: www.compacctsys.net/RespAI-PhD.pdf
Postdoc: www.compacctsys.net/RespAI-Postdoc.pdf
www.compacctsys.net
June 3, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Amazing opportunities to work with Jat Singh on responsible AI, for both a PhD student and a postdoc - he's particularly keen to find someone from a law background interested in FAccT-related themes
More info -
PhD: www.compacctsys.net/RespAI-PhD.pdf
Postdoc: www.compacctsys.net/RespAI-Postdoc.pdf
More info -
PhD: www.compacctsys.net/RespAI-PhD.pdf
Postdoc: www.compacctsys.net/RespAI-Postdoc.pdf
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Are you a @universityofleeds.bsky.social colleague working, or interested, in AI research?
Join us and @lida-leeds.bsky.social for a cross-campus, interdisciplinary and collaborative event looking to better connect researchers in this area
📅 Friday 4 July
🕘 9am - 4pm
🗺️ Nexus
Book your place 👇
Join us and @lida-leeds.bsky.social for a cross-campus, interdisciplinary and collaborative event looking to better connect researchers in this area
📅 Friday 4 July
🕘 9am - 4pm
🗺️ Nexus
Book your place 👇
AI Research at Leeds: Building Connections Across Disciplines
Showcasing the diverse and innovative AI research from across the city, to create future funding opportunities for the University of Leeds.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Are you a @universityofleeds.bsky.social colleague working, or interested, in AI research?
Join us and @lida-leeds.bsky.social for a cross-campus, interdisciplinary and collaborative event looking to better connect researchers in this area
📅 Friday 4 July
🕘 9am - 4pm
🗺️ Nexus
Book your place 👇
Join us and @lida-leeds.bsky.social for a cross-campus, interdisciplinary and collaborative event looking to better connect researchers in this area
📅 Friday 4 July
🕘 9am - 4pm
🗺️ Nexus
Book your place 👇
INCLUDE+ Research Fellow @alicjapawluczuk.bsky.social is presenting on collective care in meaningful #Digitalinclusion at #WIConf25 tomorrow. Should be a great panel session on Civic Engagement & Inclusion!
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 1:12 PM
INCLUDE+ Research Fellow @alicjapawluczuk.bsky.social is presenting on collective care in meaningful #Digitalinclusion at #WIConf25 tomorrow. Should be a great panel session on Civic Engagement & Inclusion!
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
@weizenbauminstitut.bsky.social
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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝘁: 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
A major new review published in World Psychiatry (15 May 2025) highlights that digital mental health tools (apps, AI, and VR) are most effective when paired with human coaching. 🧵
A major new review published in World Psychiatry (15 May 2025) highlights that digital mental health tools (apps, AI, and VR) are most effective when paired with human coaching. 🧵
May 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗶𝘁: 𝗵𝘂𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝘀𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀.
A major new review published in World Psychiatry (15 May 2025) highlights that digital mental health tools (apps, AI, and VR) are most effective when paired with human coaching. 🧵
A major new review published in World Psychiatry (15 May 2025) highlights that digital mental health tools (apps, AI, and VR) are most effective when paired with human coaching. 🧵
Youth Digital Cultures Lab is our latest Feasibility Study to hit the runway! Led by The Pranava Institute, the project brings together diverse young people from India to meaningfully engage with their experiences of diversity, joy and meaningful #inclusion in #digital environments.
May 22, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Youth Digital Cultures Lab is our latest Feasibility Study to hit the runway! Led by The Pranava Institute, the project brings together diverse young people from India to meaningfully engage with their experiences of diversity, joy and meaningful #inclusion in #digital environments.
A warm welcome to Darran Gillan, the Research Lead for the IN+ Principles Analysis Exploratory Project. Darran’s role is to explore how the IN+ Principles are reflected in our work and to assess whether—and how—our projects have interpreted and applied them.
includeplus.org/building-dig...
includeplus.org/building-dig...
Building digital equity with communities: the IN+ Principles in action – INCLUDE+
includeplus.org
May 21, 2025 at 12:11 PM
A warm welcome to Darran Gillan, the Research Lead for the IN+ Principles Analysis Exploratory Project. Darran’s role is to explore how the IN+ Principles are reflected in our work and to assess whether—and how—our projects have interpreted and applied them.
includeplus.org/building-dig...
includeplus.org/building-dig...
⏰ One week left to submit proposals for INCLUDE+ Exploratory #Funding up to £5k!
💡 Got an idea for a rapid response project to enhance/explore #digital #equity and #inclusion?
👉 Get inspired by previous Exploratory Projects on our Projects page. Deadline 23rd May!
includeplus.org/exploratory-...
💡 Got an idea for a rapid response project to enhance/explore #digital #equity and #inclusion?
👉 Get inspired by previous Exploratory Projects on our Projects page. Deadline 23rd May!
includeplus.org/exploratory-...
May 16, 2025 at 12:09 PM
⏰ One week left to submit proposals for INCLUDE+ Exploratory #Funding up to £5k!
💡 Got an idea for a rapid response project to enhance/explore #digital #equity and #inclusion?
👉 Get inspired by previous Exploratory Projects on our Projects page. Deadline 23rd May!
includeplus.org/exploratory-...
💡 Got an idea for a rapid response project to enhance/explore #digital #equity and #inclusion?
👉 Get inspired by previous Exploratory Projects on our Projects page. Deadline 23rd May!
includeplus.org/exploratory-...
We're delighted to be funding a second Feasibility Study led by YouthLink Scotland. 'Our Futures and AI' will be led by young people, creating guidance and resources to contribute to the positive and constructive use of AI, particularly in relation to the young people’s own context.
May 13, 2025 at 1:02 PM
We're delighted to be funding a second Feasibility Study led by YouthLink Scotland. 'Our Futures and AI' will be led by young people, creating guidance and resources to contribute to the positive and constructive use of AI, particularly in relation to the young people’s own context.
Announcing another of our new Feasibility Studies tackling digital inequality: 'Online Objectification' will explore how young women experience objectifying content on social media and will develop intervention resources to mitigate these harms. @dawnwoolley.bsky.social
May 9, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Announcing another of our new Feasibility Studies tackling digital inequality: 'Online Objectification' will explore how young women experience objectifying content on social media and will develop intervention resources to mitigate these harms. @dawnwoolley.bsky.social