Seedkit Receives auDA Foundation Grant to Support Digital Inclusion Measurement

Seedkit has been awarded $40,000 to build the capacity of social enterprises and for-purpose organisations to measure and communicate their digital inclusion impacts.

The Seedkit Team: Professor Jo Barraket AM, Dr Joanne Qian-Khoo and Warren Armstrong

Each year auDA’s Community Grants Program awards 15 grants for innovative projects that increase the benefits of the internet for Australians.

In the most recent awards, announced on Monday 3 February at a celebration event held at the Lord Mayor’s Charitable Foundation in Melbourne, Seedkit and the Melbourne Social Equity Institute at the University of Melbourne have been awarded $40,000 to extend the functionality and resources of the Seedkit platform to support digital inclusion measurement.

Professor Jo Barraket AM, co-founder of Seedkit and the Director of Melbourne Social Equity Institute said “More than two million Australians are digitally excluded. For-purpose organisations and social enterprises working to address digital exclusion have critical on-the-ground expertise to create meaningful change, but are often not resourced to measure their impact. Our project will build the capacity of these organisations to measure and communicate their digital inclusion impact.”

This new project will contribute to existing digital inclusion measurement work in Australia by developing a suite of indicators and learning resources that support for-purpose organisations to measure and communicate the outcomes of their digital inclusion work. The resources, once developed, will be made available via the Seedkit platform, ready for public access.

Visit the auDA website to learn more about the Community Grants Program.

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