This can help you in everyday situations, such as finding information and handling money online, whilst being able to communicate with friends and family virtually. There is support across Derbyshire to improve skills and access to digital life.
Plus there’s lots of online health and wellbeing support including apps to health with a wide range of health and wellbeing issues.
Get online in Derbyshire - local support
Rural Action Derbyshire has a map that lists digital inclusion projects, activities and support that can be accessed across Derbyshire.
The support is categorised according to who it is accessible to:
- the general public
- specific groups or clients
- visitors to Derbyshire public libraries
Social tariffs
Social tariffs are cheaper broadband and phone packages for you to claim Universal Credit, Pension Credit, and some other benefits. Some providers call them 'essential' or 'basic' broadband.
You should check with your current provider if they offer a social tariff. Find out if you qualify and how to apply for social tariffs.
Some broadband companies, like Sky, automatically offer the social tariff through verification, making. it easier than ever for low-income families to sign up.
Learn My Way - free digital courses
Learn My Way has free courses for you to learn digital skills to stay safe and connected.
Health and wellbeing apps
Health and wellbeing apps have seen a huge boom in recent years - but it can be difficult to know which ones are worthwhile.
Lower My Drinking
Lower My Drinking is a free app that will give you the expert advice and scientifically-proven tools you need to reduce your drinking to the recommended limit of 14 units a week or less.
Lower My Drinking will guide you to set your drinking goal. Then it will help you achieve this by guiding you to:
- track your progress towards your drinking goal
- recognise all the gains you will make by cutting down
- focus on what is really motivating you to reduce your drinking
- see how your drinking compares to the rest of the population
As well as this, Lower My Drinking will show you the issues that could potentially cause you to drink more than is healthy for you and give you a set of proven skills you can use to address these.
Emotional Wellbeing apps
DistrACT
Do you have concerns about you, or someone you know, self-harming or having suicidal thoughts? If you are not sure what to do next then the distrACT app may be for you. The distrACT app provides easy, quick and discrete access to general health information and advice about self-harm.
Feeling Good: Mental Health
The Feeling Good app offers positive mental training programmes based on scientific research.
The programmes can help you to feel better, lift your mood and recover from stress, anxiety and depression. Download the Feeling Good app.
Kooth
Kooth is a free, anonymous, confidential, safe, online wellbeing service, offering professional support, information, and forums for children and young people.