Working in the Home Office’s engineering profession
Read about Imran's role as head of engineering at the Home Office and how the department is improving its digital systems.
Read about Imran's role as head of engineering at the Home Office and how the department is improving its digital systems.
Read about our project to bring the Croydon Safeguarding Children Partnership's website in-house.
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community.
Adults who have difficulty getting online will be able to access digital skills courses, workshops and drop-ins in their local libraries after Croydon Council was successful in securing grant funding.
Find out how Croydon Council uses Figma to improve the design and delivery process for its digital services.
ChatGPT has taken over the web and with it, raised a lot of concerns. This article will cover what it is, how it works and whether you should use it.
Explores how Croydon Council's User-Centred Design team tackled the challenge of improving the school medical form.
ClearCommunityWeb are a local social enterprise helping people feel more confident and comfortable with technology through classes, workshops and individual support in the home.
Service designers work with many other disciplines to help make sure the needs of users are prioritised. They design end-to-end services, thinking about everything.
Your quarterly roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community.
Technical Architects are responsible for the design and build of the technical architecture that benefits Home Office teams as well as the services you use.
Writing with accessibility in mind allows your posts to be successful, as they will be clear, understandable, and most importantly, inclusive for people with disabilities.
Claire Scaramanga talks to two work experience students about how it can help with young people's careers.
ClearCommunityWeb has been nominated for an award at the Croydon Business Excellence Awards.
Croydon Council’s digital platform team has relished the chance to move on from Covid apps in the last 12 months.
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community.
The newly launched Hub will give residents the opportunity to gain new skills in the growing industry.
The Home Office graduate Dynamic Development Scheme opens soon.
ClearCommunityWeb have a small selection of Laptops available to help local residents who need access to a computer at home for a short or medium-term loan.
Rob and Sheida talk about how content and interaction designers work together to deliver great results.
Public sector websites have to conform to accessibility standards, find out what that means and how to achieve it.
Every day, our teams across the UK and beyond deliver outcomes to improve citizens’ lives.
Deana Hassanein and Elizabeth Tweedale discuss the benefits of learning to code, being female in the tech industry, and empowering young girls with the confidence to take on coding.
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community.
ClearCommunityWeb have a full programme of activities in Croydon designed to help build confidence and awareness of digital technology.
Scaramanga take us through why Community Management is important in social media.
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community.
Croydon's ClearCommunityWeb reflect on a year of digital inclusion work, at a time when the ability to get online changed lives.
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community, for autumn 2021.
Digital Awareness UK and Vodafone launch a series of free webinars for parents and carers to learn about how to survive and thrive online.
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon’s tech community, although we know it’s been a while!
ClearCommunityWeb share their insights into promoting digital inclusion during lockdown.
The technology has enabled the council’s digital department, CDS, to support the council’s pandemic efforts alongside building better online services for residents.
Community Fibre is offering 10Mbps broadband at the affordable price of £10/month for one year to help London households get back on their feet.
A roundup of what Croydon's tech community has been blogging about in the past few weeks.
Join our tech community on LinkedIn to keep up to date with our latest event news.
Digital Horizons teaches people in South East London to use tablets from their own homes. Georgina Foster talks about the challenges of remote digital inclusion.
Your regular-ish roundup of news and views from Croydon's tech community.
Would an injection of knowledge, skills and specialist expertise help you deliver key strategic projects and grow your business?
A bird's eye view of the flourishing tech scene in the CRONX.
Digital Awareness UK is running online safety webinars for parents and carers to help protect kids from dangers like grooming.
You can help isolated people to improve their digital literacy and stay connected, and boost your own skills in the process.
ClearCommunityWeb is running a new remote course to help you learn internet basics and get to know your own laptop, tablet, or computer.
A roundup of what Croydon's tech community has been blogging about in the past few weeks.
ClearCommunityWeb, a community tech support service, is working with Age UK Croydon to help more residents in Croydon benefit from being online.
Caterham School hosted its third Education Evolution Conference last week, this year in partnership with Croydon Council and Ada, the National College for Digital Skills.
A roundup of what Croydon's tech community has been blogging about in the past few weeks.
Grants of up to £30,000 are available to help London's communities and businesses recover from lockdown.
Former Kayak and DailyMail lead engineer, Colin Humphrey, introduces us to the Croydon start-up that he founded during lockdown.
A look back at our fun virtual showcase of diverse Croydon Tech at last week's event.
Leeds and Croydon Councils recently won central government funding to create a comprehensive and collaborative how-to guide for digital inclusion.
Croydon Council has been teaching vulnerable residents how to get online, learning and adapting along the way.
We’re running a fun, PechaKucha-style showcase of Croydon tech on 10 September as part of London Tech Week 2020.
The team at Scaramanga Agency are delighted to have taken up new office space at No. 1 Croydon. The move comes as the team expands, with Mike Gammon joining the team as Head of Design.
Last month, Croydon Digital hosted a virtual round table with school teachers in the borough who came together to share notes on how they adapted their approach to teaching during lockdown.
A roundup of what Croydon's tech community has been blogging about in the past few weeks.
A new initiative is collecting devices for children, young people and older people in need.
ClearCommunityWeb has 10 tablets available for isolated residents - get in touch if someone you know is stuck on their own.
A roundup of what Croydon's tech community has been blogging about in the past few weeks.
Local social enterprise ClearCommunityWeb has helped over 100 vulnerable people stay in touch with friends and family during lockdown
Croydon Council and partners have completed the first sprint of an Alpha code sharing project, and here's what they've found so far.
If you're involved in tech, the public sector or charities (or all 3) come along to this techUK event to discuss how to best support vulnerable people remotely.
Croydon’s businesses share advice on how to keep your business going, stay connected and work from home effectively.
Chris Giddins, CEO and Founder of Uniqodo, talks about the company's initiative to use their platform to support local businesses during the coronavirus lockdown.
Use this service if your business can offer to help respond to the impact of Coronavirus.
£500,000 of funding is available for technology companies who come up with digital support solutions for people who need to stay at home because of coronavirus.
Clear Community Web is offering support and advice with tasks like online shopping, video chat and online forms.
Several Croydon Digital Events have been postponed to help stop the spread of coronavirus. Check here to find out what's changed and what's on the horizon for CDS.
A tribute to the humble laptop sticker, used by CDS and digital teams everywhere to celebrate good work and communicate values.
Techembrace specialises in technology solutions for the business and education sectors. As its director, I'd like to highlight some educational opportunities available for pupils and teachers to get to grips with tech.
Director of Strata Security and experienced entrepreneur Ben Holt on how Croydon's community spirit gives it the edge over East London.
Chloe Cort, founder of Share My Space, on how she got the idea for a digital tool to relieve the shortage of commercial space for small businesses.
Smart parking startup Hozah crowned 2019’s best business for digital, data and tech - closely followed by Uniqodo and Rise Media.
Better late than never, here's the verdict on whether the Croydon Digital blog team managed to pass the high standards they set themselves.
East Croydon Cool speaks to the CGI artists who have been digitally tagging the Cronx with bizarre figments of their imaginations.
We kick off our new series profiling great Croydon digital businesses with a visit to TMRW, South London's largest coworking space.
Rather than reinventing the wheel, Croydon Council has agreed with Brighton & Hove City Council to re-use its web publishing platform and work on updates together
A perfect summer evening marked the relaunch of the Croydon Digital blog.
Rebooting the Croydon Digital brand and website with a much improved design, better content and new features.
We're having a karaoke and networking night at Urban Exchange Bar, for our third Croydon Digital monthly informal social.
It's games night at Croydon Digital's second monthly informal social evening.
Announcing Tech Stack Croydon, a brand new event for software development and operations people.
Read about our 1st drinks event in Limitless VR, one of the coolest hangouts in Croydon.
Croydon resident and seasoned tech networker Ash will be helping to bring our community together.
Croydon Digital is written by the community, for the community. Get writing!
Find out how to best to approach selling to the public sector.
Sussex Innovation Croydon held their first Open Coffee event this week.
Reflections on the power of networking and the importance of this community, from a former Croydon Tech City co-founder.
Introducing Croydon Digital, a blog for and by the digital changemakers of Croydon.
Hello, World! Introducing the council's new digital leadership to the local tech community.