Guidance

Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund (closed to applications)

Apply for grants from the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund to support digitally excluded people.

• From: Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
• Published: 13 August 2025
• Last updated: 10 September 2025 — See all updates

Applies to England

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Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund

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Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund - Annex A - Application Pro Forma

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Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund - Annex B - Assessment Framework

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Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund - Annex C - Core Terms

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Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund - Monitoring and Evaluation Report

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Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund - Project Cost Breakdown Form v2

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The Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund is one of the first 5 actions from the Digital Inclusion Action Plan: First Steps to support digitally excluded people. The fund aims to support:

• innovative interventions to produce new knowledge on ‘what works’, building the evidence base on effective digital inclusion interventions
• best practice with the ambition to scale and replicate successful activities across England to increase digital participation

Grants of £25,000 to £500,000 are available to fund projects of different sizes. All funded activities must be completed by 31 March 2026.

Published 13 August 2025

Last updated 10 September 2025 + show all updates

1. 10 September 2025

   The Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund has closed to applications.

2. 5 September 2025

   The link to apply to the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund has been updated.

3. 13 August 2025

   First published.