kent innovate to save workshop kcc
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Kent County Council, Innovate to Save Workshop, Sessions House, 17 December 2009TRANSCRIPT
William Perrin TAL
Empowered communities fighting decayInnovate to Save WorkshopSessions House Lecture TheatreMaidstone, Kent
18 December 2009
William Perrin - [email protected]
Talk About Local (West Midlands) Ltdhttp://talkaboutlocal.org
Abandoned cars and weekly arsonBingfield Park, Rufford Street 2002Gas cylinders often in cars for extra ooomph Pics – Mark Bailey
Stolen moped Grand Prixs c2002Bingfield ParkKings CrossMost Saturdays when Arsenal at homeEnd with traditional moped bonfire Pics – Mark Bailey
The ‘Crackavan’Rufford Street c2002 Pics – Mark Bailey
Caledonian Ward Safer Neighbourhood Panel
North King Cross Environmental Taskforce
West Area Committee
West Area Planning Committee
CYP Management committee
Kings Cross Development Forum
Gifford, Rufford and Randells Residents Association
Team Cally
Sparkplug Management Committee
Planning Applications (dozens)
....but found huge information burden mostly from council and local public services
We used the web to streamline all this
Got stuck in to these local exercises over several years........
‘Strategic plans’ - many
www.kingscrossenvironment.comover 700 articlesFour volunteer writers – aged 40-65Small number of authorsCampaigns, information, wildlife, events etcImportant part of wider regeneration – crime down, streets cleaner, public services more responsive
£1 million for community under S106Web-led campaign drove people into traditional comms channels required for statutory processesOut-manoeuvred Network Rail
Translate council planning documents into locally relevant language 400 people per day
Stoke-on-Trent www.pitsnpots.co.ukCampaigning, challenging styleReflects local frustration at political scene3 writers, 30,000 comments on local politicsWordpress site£20 a month
www.digbeth.org
Digbeth gritty industrial area of South B’ham
Arts, events, positive stories
Digbeth is Good redefined image of Digbeth on line
Costs - £10/month
Wordpress blog
Team of 5 people400 pv a dayThousands of articlesVillage population 500Wordpress.comC£10/month
www.harringayonline.com2,000 membersHarringay Town and Green LanesChatty informal feelWide range of local issues£15 month
Very small town ningChatty informal feelWide range of local issuesOver 50 membersFree
Kent has rich civic subculture online in some areas – mainly Thanet
• Partnership with UfI/UK online centres
• Help people create community sites in over 150 places across England
• Engage 3,000 people• Give people confidence and
support to create local sites using free tools
• Online support network and website http://talkaboutlocal.org.uk
• Funded by Channel4, Screen West Midlands and Advantage West Midlands
• Bespoke intensive interventions and consulting available to clients
http://Kingtonblackboard.orgUK online centre – Marches Access PointStarted August 2009 with TALRural town life and newsWordpress site
http://W14london.ning.comDeprived area of West LondonStarted August 2009 – with TAL and local NDCLocal discussion and informationNearly 200 members alreadyNing.com site – cost £zero
http://letstalkb8.ning.comLate October 2009 from TAL sessionEvolution Centre, Washwood Heath, Birmingham
•Empower people who live and work in an area to speak about it
•Web allows new voices to emerge beyond usual suspects
•C21st face on C19th democratic systems
•TAL can stimulate local independent web sites that talk about an area, are self sustaining an owned by community, not the Council
•TAL approach gives air gap for LAs (and citizens) leading to better result
•TAL low cost – probably cheaper than printing and distributing colour booklet
Want talk about local in your area?
Short, simple process
1 Get in touch [email protected], [email protected] Work together to identify training outlet/approach – ideally a uk online or similar centre on the ground3 We train trainers who get grant of £1,000 reach out to 20 or so participants4 Participants create websites, TAL and trainers support them
http://talkaboutlocal.org