Archive for March, 2007

Digital Challenge: Sunderland wins - Birmingham to share £2m

Wednesday, March 14th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

Congratulations to Sunderland for winning the government’s digital challenge, pocketing £3.5 million to develop a number of community wide digital schemes, including a video conferencing network for voluntary groups in the city, community e-champions (essential in my view to remove the fear and confusion barrier over new technology) and an emphasis on networking and empowering [...]

Podcast - The Highgate Apprentices challenge the government

Wednesday, March 7th, 2007 | 1 Comment »

This programme is presented by two teenagers from Highgate in Birmingham. Earlier this month Stephen Hughes and Gareth Deeming spent a day in London talking to ministers and senior civil servants about young people and the communities where they live.

They had a few minutes with Baroness Andrews and recorded their conversation [...]

 
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