Over 200 residents in Castle Vale, Birmingham to date have signed up to a new scheme to help them get online and get to grips with the internet, thanks to a pilot project led by Castle Vale Community Housing Association and CommunityUK.net and supported by Birmingham City Council’s ‘Digital Birmingham’ team.
Peter Richmond, chief executive, Castle Vale Community Housing Association, said, “We want Castle Vale to become Birmingham’s first ‘digital neighbourhood’. By tackling digital inclusion at many levels, it will create the opportunities for people to connect with each other, buy goods and services, access jobs and prepare for universal credit, as well as being a test-bed for trialling new applications and services.”
