everyone.connected
Helping four million people and businesses cross the digital divide by 2025.
What is the digital divide?
The gap between people with internet access and people without it is called the digital divide. In short, it refers to unequal access to connectivity, digital skills and technologies in society.
For people negatively affected by the digital divide in the UK, it’s difficult to complete everyday tasks, such as accessing online learning or staying in touch with loved ones.
What is our everyone.connected campaign?
We believe connectivity is essential, and everyone should have access to the opportunities it provides. The digital divide between those who have access to digital technology, and the 1.7 million households who do not, is at risk of widening further.
We have helped over three million people and businesses cross the digital divide.
How we’re keeping everyone connected
Donating connectivity and tech
Working with partners we will continue to donate mobile connectivity and technology to those who need it most.
Affordable and accessible services
Offering targeted, affordable tariffs and services that make being connected super accessible.
Upskilling businesses and communities
Working with partners to provide free support to digitally transform and upskill businesses and communities.
Together we have helped 3,913,203 people cross the digital divide.
Since May 2021.
Latest updates
Discover what we've been doing to close the digital divide in the UK
Vodafone supports Liverpool’s Digital Inclusion Initiative
To help close the digital divide, Vodafone provided 40GB of free data, calls, and texts for six months as part of the Digital Inclusion Initiative.
Vodafone partners with LandAid
Collaborating with LandAid, Vodafone donated free SIM cards to Centrepoint, the UK's leading charity for homeless young people.
Vodafone UK won 2 awards at the 2024 Mobile Industry Awards
Vodafone UK won ‘Innovation of the Year’ for VOXI’s GenAI chatbot and ‘CSR Initiative of the Year’ for everyone.connected and the partnership with The Trussell Trust.
A successful first year between Vodafone and Sported
Vodafone’s collaboration with Sported has helped more than 200 community sports clubs by offering free connectivity, digital skills training, and grants.
Supporting The Trussell Trust
As part of Vodafone’s partnership with The Trussell Trust, employees volunteered to support a food donation drive and pack 500 kits of hygiene essentials.
Vodafone’s free everyone.connected SIMs
Testimonies from people in need who were provided with a free SIM card through Vodafone’s everyone.connected campaign, in collaboration with Unconnected.org.
Jason Robinson launches a UK tour of community sports clubs
Vodafone UK Business ambassador and rugby legend, Jason Robinson OBE, delivers top-class rugby coaching sessions with children across the UK, encouraging young people to get active through sport.
Vodafone explores how to bridge gap in the digital divide
Chief Corporate Affairs and Sustainability Officer at Vodafone UK, Nicki Lyons, dives deep into why we must question the digital divide, with a long-term and flexible approach that involves everyone.
Emma Willis shines a light on reality of the digital divide
Vodafone partners with Emma Willis to launch a three-part docu-series highlighting Britain's hidden crisis of the expanding digital divide and the realities of being on the wrong side of it.
Faces of Disconnection
Vodafone has partnered with world renowned photographer Rankin to commission a series of images that depict the many faces of digital exclusion in the UK. The series of royalty-free images are available to charities for free