Knowle West Web, as part of the Association of Bristol Community Centres (which also includes CSV Avon Training, CSV Media, Malcolm X Centre, St Werburghs Community Centre, Bristol Wireless and Future Learning), is now part of a new Social Impact Demonstrator (also known as SID) project funded by ufi.

More than 150 UK online centres across England will be involved in the projects supporting people identified in last year's Social Exclusion Action Plan - families in poverty, teenage parents, adults with mental illnesses and those supporting children in care. Some projects will also support older people, who form a large proportion of those on the wrong side of both the social and digital divides.

Helen Milner, Managing Director of UK online centres said "The projects will explore the links between social and digital exclusion and how ICT and the skills to use it can benefit individuals, families, communities and society itself. The project results will help shape the future development of the whole UK online centres network.

Today, 4 new I-points were installed on the machines for public use in Knowle West Web's room up at The Park.

The I-point software is an easy and convenient way of finding advice and help on all aspects of finding training and jobs including writing a CV, finding a course, help with job hunting, careers and training advice by email and talking with a professional careers adviser.

Why not come in and give them a go?

As announced in a previous news piece, the hardware running the Knowle West Web network at The Park is to be replaced in the near future.

We have now learnt that the network upgrade - and the need to turn off the network to do the work - will now take place after Wednesday, 13th June.

Let's hope the weather has cleared up by then so the work can be done speedily and normal service resumed

In the next couple of weeks the Knowle West Web network will be turned off for a few days to allow an upgrade of the equipment at The Park. All the kit on the roof of The Park which has been providing your internet connection has been suffering the worst of the local weather for the last few years and is now beginning to show its age. This will be swapped out and replaced with more modern (and weatherproof!) kit.

More details will be posted here as they are received. So please call here back soon for more information.

Today 2 I-points to help with learning, jobs and careers advice were installed up at The Park - one in the Knowle West Web room and the other in the Future Learning office.

Produced by Connexions South West and funded by the Learning & Skills Council (LSC), the I-point software offers a new way for local people to find careers information on the web.



If you need help with writing a CV, filling in job applications or brushing up on your interview skills, using the I-point can help. Alternatively, you might want to return to learning or work after a break, find out about volunteering, update your skills or even fancy a change of job and are unsure of what to do next. The I-point can help here.

The site links used by the I-point are also being added to the site FAQ available in the members' area.

Gerry Painter also has the I-point software installed on his laptop, so Knowle West Web members will be able to try it out when he comes calling.