Digital Switchover Grants
Hull CVS has been appointed by Digital Outreach to work with the voluntary and community sector during the run-up to the digital TV switchover by providing grants, materials, free training, support and guidance to enable you to inform the people you support.
We can support you by providing:
Free briefing sessions
Free briefing sessions enable you staff and volunteers to feel confident to give switchover and Switchover Help Scheme advice to people they support.
Grants
The Small Grants Programme funds events, activities and initiatives that get switchover and the Help Scheme information to as many people as possible. Download an Application Form now.
Free leaflets and promotional materials
Leaflets and promotional material are available for you to use at events and activities.
What will the Small Grants Programme fund?
Grants are available for voluntary and community sector organisations to help raise awareness of the switchover from analogue to digital television.
Grants are available for activities, events and initiatives that engage people in switchover and the Help Scheme. They should add value to existing planned activities. Download an Application Form now.
Who can apply?
You can apply, if your organisation works with:
- Older people.
- People who are socially isolated.
- Those with sensory, mobility, or dexterity impairments.
- People who have mental health conditions.
- Those with English as a second language.
- People with learning difficulties.
What kind of projects have received grants?
- Transport for those less mobile so they can get to a switchover event that they otherwise would have missed.
- A portable digital TV to be used at a series of events to demonstrate how to re-tune.
- The cost of running a session about switchover.
- Tea, coffee and cakes to encourage people to attend a switchover event.
- The cost of a ‘switchover advice’ stall at a local fair.
Who are Digital UK?
Digital UK is the not-for-profit organisation created by the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and Five to lead the UK digital TV switchover. It is independent, which means that all the advice and information they give us is unbiased.
What is the Switchover Help Scheme?
The Switchover Help Scheme is run by the BBC and provides older and disabled people with everything they need to switch one TV to digital.
For more information about the support available to you, contact:
Hull CVS
Contact: Jenny Jenkinson
Email: jjenkinson@hull-cvs.co.uk
Telephone: 01482 595570
Additional Information:
Anyone can contact Digital UK on 08456 50 50 50 or through the website www.digitaluk.co.uk
For more information on the Help Scheme, please visit: www.helpscheme.co.uk
The Help Scheme can help those who:
- Are aged 75 or over; or
- Have lived in a care home for over six months; or
- Get (or could get) certain disability benefits; or
- Are registered blind or partially sighted.
The standard option available to all eligible people includes:
- Easy-to-install equipment;
- Installation by an approved installer; and
- A 12 month aftercare service.
There is an all-inclusive cost of £40 for the standard option or for eligible people on certain income-related benefits, it’s free.
