Steve Thompson Community Engagement Coordinator

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Steve ThompsonCommunity Engagement Coordinator
s.d.thompson_at_tees.ac.uk
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Practical Design for Social Inclusion Any links
mentioned can be found at www.tvcm.co.uk/prato/08
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s.d.thompson_at_tees.ac.uk
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Social Inclusion Demonstrators (S.I.D.)
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Background the SID project   National context
There were 20 SID UK Online Centre Projects
around England with the aim of exploring how
access to ICT and skills can help to improve
quality of life for individuals and families in
local communities (eGov Monitor, 2007). The
target participants were the three million people
who use UK Online centres. Of these, around half
are unemployed and two thirds reside in wards
experiencing high levels of deprivation.
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Background the SID project   Local
context   Based at Destinations in Saltburn, UK
Online Centre. It aimed to offer innovative
methods of ICT engagement, resources and learning
styles, and varied venue types to cater for
diverse needs. The project was tailored to the
local policy context which specified (i) a need
for increased access to community-based learning,
in particular, but not exclusively, in rural
areas (ii) effective use of e-learning for
community engagement and (iii) upskilling for key
social groups .
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Background the SID project   The project also
addressed a need specified by the Regional ICT
Strategy Boards to   ...create electronic
village halls as there is a clear benefit in
disparate communities becoming engaged in like
activities including sub-regional government
policies and broad learning activities.
(Towards an eRegion Strategic Electronic
Development for the North East of England) .
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The SID Report www.ukonlinecentres.com/corporate/i
mages/stories/downloads/digital_inclusion_research
_report.pdf http//tinyurl.com/5dpa7y

• Partnerships with local community groups and
  organisations were key in reaching the target
  audiences.
• Working with hard to reach audiences involves
  long-term relationships with partners and
  individuals.
• Taking technology out to local, familiar and safe
  environments was essential to reach new
  audiences.
• Building self-confidence and self esteem were
  essential first steps in skills development.
• New technologies like social networking and
  digital media helped hard to reach or isolated
  groups express themselves in new ways.

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PRACTICAL DESIGN - Web 2.00 And Free Open
Source (FOSS) Applications
SUSTAINABLE, SCALEABLE, REPLICABLE, EVER
CHANGING, HUGE USER BASE AND SUPPORT COMMUNITY
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Margrove give presentation to local school
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Margrove Park Digital Village
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A Digital Village is a space where a community
expresses their identity though ICT and Digital
Media. This may be from an artistic, heritage, or
economic perspective or a mixture of all
three.To engage in the activities the
participants need to learn new skills and so the
Digital Village also becomes a learning community
What is a Digital Village ?
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Margrove Park Digital Village
Starting with culture and heritage material
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Margrove Park no school, no shops, no pub, no
post office
Community Centre
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Margrove Park Digital Village
And moving to more social and economic activity
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www.tvcm.co.uk/index.php/sid
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The SID Project Final Celebrations
The Design
Ormesby School the arts department want to do
something big, art and aspirational The answer
is .
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The Reality
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Dreams Hopes Wishes
The exhibition Click to view a short sample
featuring the recorded voices for the exhibition,
some pictures of the build and the exhibition and
then exhibition content itself The Outcome Click
to view feeling expressed by the participants
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And Now..Starting Next week
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• The overall aim of project is to investigate the
  effectiveness of a Digital Villages Network (DVN)
  as a model for providing access to services and
  virtual learning for rural communities in East
  Cleveland.
• Within this we aim to
• Build capacity within and across rural and
  coastal communities through the development of a
  community research network
• Investigate and map access to and use of ICTs,
  broadband and community media across Redcar
  Cleveland generating the first dataset of
  ICT-related activity within diverse communities
  across the region
• Explore the role of the DVN in facilitating
  community participation and social connectivity
  within and across communities
• We aim to build a network of six community
  research nodes located in rural areas. The
  project will offer skills training and
  development to twelve participants to become
  researchers in their own communities and help to
  build the network.

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The People and Place Projectwww.peopleandplace.c
o.uk
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Click here
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Freebrough School (design and build)
Click here
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Skinningrove Jetty Launch

• Original build by Freebrough School
• Further building by community groups

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Skinningrove Jetty Launch

• Original build by Freebrough School
• Further building by community groups
• Songs From Whitecliffe Primary
• Ribbon cutting by Ashok Kumar MP

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Skinningrove Jetty Launch

• Original build by Freebrough School
• Further building by community groups
• Songs From Whitecliffe Primary
• Ribbon cutting by Ashok Kumar MP
• And finally..
• A bid for 150K to begin the refurbishment of
  Skinningrove Jetty IN REALITY !

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What Next
Wed Welcome transnational partners for the
People and Place project Looking for
transnational partners (Europe) to
develop THE GLOBAL DIGITAL VILLAGE s.d.thompso
n_at_tees.ac.uk
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this Presentation has been supported by the
Arts Humanities Research Council project
Practical Design for Social Action (PRADSA)
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