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Launch of new website
The Deputy First Minister for Regeneration, Leighton Andrews AM, officially launched the new Communities @One website (www.communitiesatone.org) at Communities @One funded project Merit in Merthyr.
The site has been built to include features such as a directory and forum following feedback received from members of Communities @One funded projects. Your feedback has enabled us to create a site which has been tailored to your requirements and includes features which benefit you and your project or groups aims directly.
If I can do it anyone can!
Rhyddwen Jones is the secretary of a local rugby club. Going to Megabytes in Aberfan and using the ICT equipment supported by a Learning Officer, has allowed her to develop her skills and produce literature for the club. She says if she can do it anyone can!
The whole community benefits from ICT
Mary Cassidy has found that attanding a new ICT drop in centre has not only given her new skills but also given her new friends.
Time to learn new ICT skills
Paul Smithers is one of a growing number of pensioners who have discovered that they can learn new IT skills thanks to the Communities@One initiative.
MERIT provides facilities for the whole community
Merit is made up of a number of existing group members who operate on a peer to peer basis to develop the ICT skills of members from the surrounding community. The project funded by Communities @One includes the employment of a Coordinator to open, manage and support the running of various classes including computer rebuilding and maintenance, digital photography and an internet drop in facility.
Simon Smith is the ICT Development Officer.
Website includes whole community
The new Communities @One website offers advice and information to community groups, and provides a place for Communities @One funded projects to network, find other projects with similar interests in their area and share good practice and ideas. It is a hub of information where you can find out the latest digital inclusion news as well as helpful toolkits and tips which you can use within your own project.
Caroline Caviel from Megabytes says it provides something for the whole community
