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PCCARE Training provider for Get IT On Project
PCCARE new and improved website launched
We have launched our new website, tell us what you think, what could be changed and if there is anything that could be improved, contact the team your opinions and views would be gratefully accepted and suggestions posted here.
PCCARE Com 2.0 Delivery Partner
NSA PCCARE were successful in their tender to run the Circuit Rider Program for Communities 2.0 and can assist, support and training groups and individuals within the Com 2.0 target areas for FREE.
Neath Port Talbot Environment Awards
NSA PCCARE have been shortlisted for the Neath Port Talbot Environment award for its unique Reuse / Recycling, we have been invited to the Towers Hotel on the 20th November 2009, where the winners will be announced. We are very proud of the success we have archived over the past 8 months and would like to take this time to thank our volunteers who have helped make the reuse and recycle scheme a reality. We would like to take this opportunity to say a special thank you to Austin Dredge, a dedicated volunteer who passed away recently. You will be greatly missed by all within New Sandfields Aberavon.
PC Care launches on Valentines Day
PC Care in Sandfields Aberavon opened the doors to its new PC suite this week. It will offer free drop in internet access and flexible learning for the community along with a whole package of support to get people using new technology successfully – from switching on a computer, to shopping on-line and even social networking.
Funding for the project comes from Communities @One, the Welsh Assembly Government initiative to improve access and engagement with technology for people in Communities First areas.
The grant has funded 4 staff who will support people with their ICT learning. Support technicians will be on hand to help people experiencing PC problems at the centre or even at home. Local voluntary groups can also use these services. A technology suite will showcase all the latest new technologies such as internet telephony (or VOIP) so people can experience it.
Layton Emery is Project Leader and invites people to try out the new facilities, “By offering a one stop shop in Sandfields Aberavon we want to break down the barriers that put people off trying out computers and help them develop new skills in a friendly environment. We can even tailor training to suit peoples’ needs such as computer rebuilding sessions which several people have shown an interest in. These facilities will make a big difference to people’s confidence with ICT.”
PC Care’s project organisers worked with their local community broker Matthew Lloyd to put together the project plan. Matthew says “PC Care is working at the heart of the community tackling digital exclusion. By training volunteers to recycle computers, offering practical support to people and planning long term sustainability, PC Care will really build up the community’s capacity.”
Communities across Wales are showing a huge appetite for technology; in its first year Communities @One has committed £3.7 million committed to 92 community projects in Communities First areas.
Projects supported through the grant fund range from large scale projects providing learning packages to the community with the employment of mentors and technical support, to small projects where digital cameras help engage people who previously thought technology was a turn off.
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