The Tech to Connect Challenge was a one year
programme delivered by Nesta Challenges and funded
by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
(DCMS). It was inspired by the 2018 strategy for tackling
loneliness in England called ‘A connected society’,
which sets out the Government’s vision and its ongoing
commitment to this issue, alongside some important
initial policy commitments. It also details the Civil
Society Strategy which highlighted the importance of
technological innovation to tackle some of the world’s
most complex social challenges. It recognised that the
Government can’t make the necessary changes alone,
and set out a powerful vision on how we can all play a
role in building a more socially connected society.
