helen milner, chief executive, uk online centres (gb)
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Helen MilnerCEO - Online Centres Foundation
Europe’s Growth Strategy: Economic Impact of Digital Inclusion
5 November 2012
4,737,788,855Number of people in the world who
have NEVER used the internet (February 2012)
Who is offline? (has NEVER used the internet – UK population)
1m online for £30m: How have we* done?* UK online centres: April 2010 – July 2012
1 April 2010 – 27 April 2012
JUST in contactsmoved online
Clive: Employment• Clive was made redundant at
56. He has now found work
• One unemployed person costs the government £8,000 (€9,900) a year
• Over 10 years saves £80,000 (€99,000)
• 8% of 1m = 80,000
• 80,000 people @ £80,000 each = £640m (€800m)
£640m (€800m)
Roger: Homelessness• Roger was homeless and is
now working and helping others
• Homelessness costs Government £26,000 (€32,400) a year
• The support Roger has received and is giving = saving £750,000 (€936,000) (10 years of being homeless for
Roger + 2 of his learners)
• 2% of UK online centres’ users are homeless
£750,000 (€936,000)
Norah: Health• Since getting online 78 year old
Norah has lost weight and her diabetes has much improved
• By getting online and reducing her symptoms, Norah alone will be saving the NHS £5,000 (€6,300) a year for the rest of her life
• If just 1% of diabetes sufferers were similar to Norah, saving = £145m a year (€181m)
• Norah has also improved to her arthritis and high blood pressure£145m (€181m)
a year
Cheryl: Volunteering• Cheryl had been out of work for 15
years and she began learning at her local UK online centre
• Since then, she has supported hundreds of people to do more online
• Volunteering provides a value of £18 billion (€22.5bn) to the economy each year, each volunteer provides a value of c£1100 (€1370)
• 20,000 volunteers in the UK online centres network who contribute £22m (€27,5m) a year
£22m (€27,5m) a year
LOCAL + TECHNOLOGY + SCALE
