Program aims to improve deadly digital skills

Published: 14 October 2020. (Note: information was correct at date of publication but may have since been changed or superseded.)

Cairns Libraries has been awarded a $10,000 Deadly Digital Communities (DDC) Grant to help to bridge the digital divide for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

To be delivered in 2021, Council will seek to partner with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups to provide a program that will improve digital literacy skills and access to learning opportunities.

The grant is an ongoing partnership between the Queensland Government led by State Library of Queensland and Telstra.

This resolution is to be ratified at the next Ordinary Meeting of Council, to be held on 28 October 2020.