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Get up to speed – Community

Connect with the community to address the lack of stable broadband, enabling online shopping, cheaper deals, and saving on fuel and holiday costs. Learn how digitally included households save money and access benefits. Engage with schools, parents, villages, and residents through workshops, clinics, and digital champions. Civic engagement includes social media support for councillors and crisis management. Cosmic, an IT organization in East Devon, provides digital solutions for all.

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Get up to speed – Community

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  1. Get up to speed – Community “Connecting Devon & Somerset”

  2. Lack of high quality stable broadband • Unable to shop online • Cheaper deals • Reduce fuel costs • Group savings • Holidays savings • Digitally included households saves, on average, around £2000 a year - Can’t use price comparison sites/apps like price runner. • Can’t access universal and benefits systems Mind the Gap: Digital England – a rural perspective 2011 PCW survey 2010

  3. What are our plans? • Community engagement • School & parent engagement • Parish & resident engagement • Digital champions • Civic Engagement

  4. Roll out through Schools • Part of a parents evening or open evening or separate event • Produce publication to support events parents to read • Parents guide to IT

  5. Parish engagement Village hall sessions • How broadband can help • Basic IT courses • Clinics broadband issues • Workshops/clinics/support • Social media • Shopping online • Taking good photographs • Gadget shows ‘50% of parents who share childcare with grandparents want more education or support for grandparents in managing children's use of technology’ Vodafone survey Sept 2012

  6. Civic Engagement • Support Cllrs • Understanding Social media • How Cllrs could make the most of social media • How to manage your digital reputation • How to deal with a crisis (physical or reputational)

  7. Digital Champions Recruit volunteers • Enthusiasts for digital technology or broadband. • Local knowledge including contact with locally based clubs and groups • Good communicators

  8. Who are Cosmic? • IT organisation based in East Devon • Deliver everything digital, web, tech, training and consultancy for 15 years • Social Enterprise - Social Enterprise Mark ‘Ensure everyone (who wants to be) is included in the digital age’

  9. Digital Mentors

  10. Digital Mentoring

  11. Can you help? • Do you know ? • A Digital Champion • Community who would like to host an event • Event that you would like us to come along to

  12. Like to know more? Call 0845 094 6108 Email matt@cosmic.org.uk Twitter @cosmic_matty

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