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Knowle West Media Centre

by Makala Cheung 07/04/2008 in Bristol

I’m Press and Communications worker for the Knowle West Media Centre. We offer cutting edge media services and facilities from our new environmental building, and exciting hands on learning alongside professional practitioners. We are strongly embedded in the local community and run various groups for residents, especially young people.
My role involves doing press and [...]

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CAN DO COMMUNITIES, Learning for Change National Event

by Stephen Hilton 22/11/2007 in Events

The Scarman Trust has been very supportive of Connecting Bristol. They are holding the following free event, which has a very interesting, diverse and potentially explosive line up of speakers. I wish I could be there…
You are invited to attend the launch of the Scarman Trust’s “You Can Do”
Guides. Designed to equip citizens with [...]

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DC10 Project Management Consultancy – Community Capacity

by Stephen Hilton 08/11/2007 in Bristol

Birmingham City Council, on behalf of the Digital Challenge Network, is offering a 12 months consultancy contract for a Project Manager. We are looking for an effective people connector with a firm standing in Community and Voluntary (CVS) work. You should be well organised and with an understanding of how IT can enhance service [...]

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A visit to Princess Royal Gardens

by Woodsy 05/12/2006 in Bristol

It’s the last Tuesday in November and it’s before 10.00 am – not a sensible time for a nightbird like your scribe. I’m ringing the bell to gain access to Princess Royal Gardens in Redfield. I’m here to meet Heather Barham of Bristol City Council and Ronnie Corbett, scheme manager for PRG. Heather’s come to [...]

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What about older people?

by Clare 20/11/2006 in People

Last week’s visit from Stephen Dodson and Bert Provan (Chair of the Digital Challenge judges), seemed to highlight the need for us to look carefully at what we are offering older people. There are some fantastic and diverse projects going on already:
Mobile Bristol and CLASS
Members of CLASS, a self-directed group of older people, have [...]

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Home help in Knowle West

by Woodsy 13/11/2006 in Bristol

Innovative developments just seem to keep happening south of the Avon with news that Knowle West Web and Future Learning have succeeded in securing funding to employ a part-time tutor to teach Knowle West Web users and residents in their own homes how to surf the internet and use email, as well as answering [...]

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Correspondence with Ronnie Corbett

by Woodsy 31/10/2006 in Bristol

Bristol Wireless has recently received an email from Ronnie Corbett, warden of Princess Royal Gardens in Redfield, where they installed an LTSP suite of allegedly ‘redundant’ computers in the residents’ common room. Ronnie now wishes to reach out to the local community and invite them in, where the resident mentoring team of silver surfers will [...]

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Straight outta Easton – DIY digital inclusion

by Woodsy 27/09/2006 in Bristol

In the spring I was fortunate to meet Tim Erickson of e-democracy during his Bristol visit. One thing he said about building online communities stuck in my mind, namely the momentum has to come from the bottom up, not be imposed from outside or the top down.
This bottom up approach is happening already in [...]

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