Update, Jan 3: The W14 group has just reached a landmark 1,000 members. Congratulations Annette! When nearby boroughs of London were burning, the streets crowded with youngsters looting shops and rioting during the summer of 2010, the police commander for West Kensington knew exactly where to turn. To get accurate news out to the local [...]
Jeremy Hunt and the DCMS have today announced the first Local TV pioneer areas which are expected to be: Belfast Birmingham Brighton and Hove Bristol Cardiff Edinburgh Glasgow Grimsby Leeds Liverpool London Manchester Newcastle Norwich Nottingham Oxford Plymouth Preston Southampton Swansea with a further 24 areas to follow. At Talk About Local we are advocates of [...]
Lati Achchi Poplar (mp3) On Monday morning William and I went to the UK online centre at the Aberfeldy Neighbourhood Centre in Poplar, East London. Aberfeldy is one of the many Community Capacity Builder UK online centres that we are currently working with, to help their volunteers use online tools to engage and communicate with local [...]
Myself and Mike have just about recovered from the National Digital Inclusion Conference 2010 in London on 10th-11th March. It was a busy couple of days – we got to meet an awful lot of people, put a lot of faces to names and get involved in some very interesting discussions. During the first day [...]
Almost every community has a campaign on the go – they define and unite communities like nothing else. Both positive and negative campaigns unite more than they polarise, whether raising money for a childrens playground or campaigning against a noisy pub . And all campaigns need a voice – online publishing is by far the [...]