Connecting Dartmoor!

Earlier this year, DNPA worked with local communities and Devon County Council to submit an Expression of Interest for a Dartmoor project to the Rural Community Broadband Fund, administered by Defra.  If successful the project will draw down money from the fund to focus on the specific needs of some of Dartmoor’s rural communities by enabling these remote ‘hard to reach’ communities access super-fast broadband.
In September 2012 we heard that our initial ‘Expression of Interest’ had been favourably received by Defra and we have been invited to work up a full bid for submission, subject to a number of conditions and caveats. We will continue to work closely with DCC and the Connecting Devon and Somerset project to develop the project. The support of the local communites, PC’s and local businesses will be vital in helping us develop a strong bid.    

To support the bid we need to show strong evidence of community demand for a better broadband service. To do this we need as many Dartmoor residents and businesses to register their interest by completing a simple survey from the property that takes only a few minutes

www.connectingdevonandsomerset.co.uk/connection-speed-survey (external website, opens new window)

Or if you don’t yet have access to the internet from your property, you can call the hotline number 0844 4636887 (calls cost 5p min from BT landline) or contact Jo Rumble, Communities Officer on 01626 831024 to arrange for a survey form to be sent to you.

Connecting Devon and Somerset - Get up to Speed!

Why not kick start the New Year by attending a free technology awareness raising event for businesses offered by Connecting Devon and Somerset.
 
These awareness raising events (delivered by YTKO) will focus upon the business benefits that faster and superfast broadband can unlock.

Subjects include:

• effective online marketing;
• increasing sales and productivity;
• enhanced staff flexibility through home or remote working;
• online collaboration.
  

Businesses across Devon and Somerset will be able to benefit from in depth support in areas including:

• one-to-one mentoring and diagnostic sessions tailored around business needs;
• further mentoring sessions to help progress those businesses with ambitious growth plans; and
• skills workshops that will cover specific subjects such as e-marketing, e-commerce, and cloud computing.
  

Devon events

Dawlish
Tuesday 26th February
10:30 – 12:30
For further details and to book (external website, opens new window)
 
Plymouth
Wednesday 27th February
10:30 – 12:30
For further details and to book (external website, opens new window)

Newton Abbot
Tuesday 12th March
10:30 – 12:30
For further details and to book (external website, opens new window)
 
Bovey Tracey
Tuesday 16th April
14:00 – 16:00
For further details and to book (external website, opens new window)

To find out more please follow the link below to sign up for an awareness raising session close to you, email the team at cds.team@ytko.com or call 01392 911013.

Further events will take place throughout 2013.  Additional dates and venues will be made available over the coming months and you can find out more by regularly visiting the Community and Business Support section on the Connecting Devon and Somerset website