An online notebook
I was delighted when UK online centres decided to make their bid for the Digital Mentor fund from CLG, inspired by the community initiative to take a policy initiative by the scruff of the neck over at DigitalMentor.org. Now the bids are in, all that those who are involved can do is sit and wait. … Keep reading
It’s good to see plenty of new content being added to the Voicebox blog – the home of the UK online centres and Citizens Online bid for the CLG digital mentor fund. For example, Mike Amos-Simpson on ‘What is Open Collaboration?‘: I find the idea of developing and running a programme in the open very … Keep reading
I am enjoying helping with the Voicebox bid for the CLG digital mentor project: those involved like Helen, Anne and Ben from UK online centres are so enthusiastic and eager for the open, collaborative approach they are taking to succeed. Here’s a video of Helen Milner talking about the Voicebox bid: As part of the … Keep reading
I have just come back from a meetup in Birmingham of folk interested in the Digital Mentor concept and how we can all collaborate on a bid. I got to meet some great people for the first time, and catch up with some familiar faces. Also present was Ben Brown from UK Online Centres, who … Keep reading
Things are starting to pick up with the digital mentors initiative, which is a part of the digital inclusion programme supported by the department for Communities and Local Government. There is now the option to express an interest in tendering for the money to run the pilots, which is a reasonably healthy £900k. To help … Keep reading