Trident Social Investment Group has continued to roll out its green and paperless strategy by moving its board meetings to the cloud using CGFirst. Trident has reduced its paper output by 100s of reams a month by introducing Apple iPads to the boardroom. Using CGFirst has halved the time it takes Trident’s administrative staff to…
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Digital Inclusion
Wales & West’s free wi-fi with Meraki and BT
Wales & West Housing, in collaboration with Meraki and British Telecom, recently reached its first milestone in deploying its free tenant wi-fi project powered by Meraki wireless access points. So far, six networks comprising 34 MR12 access points have been installed in both North and South Wales, providing connections for over 250 separate devices. The…
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Teenage digital champions bridge the generation gap
Sixth formers from Michaelston Community College joined residents at Wales & West Housing’s Oldwell Court in Cardiff to show them how to use the internet. The initiative was part of the housing provider’s digital inclusion programme and was the first time that a social housing provider in Wales has joined forces with BT’s Digital Champions…
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WM Housing’s boost with Social Telecoms
WM Housing Group has signed a two-year contract with Social Telecoms to provide mobile phones for the business and help with their digital inclusion strategy. As part of the deal, Social Telecoms has given £5,000 towards WM Housing’s digital inclusion project, to help its tenants get online using kiosk computer terminals in the group’s offices…
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Digital inclusion guide from Carnegie Trust
The Carnegie UK Trust has launched a seven-step guide to digital inclusion aimed at local authorities, housing providers and other public- and voluntary-sector organisations, providing an easy-to-use toolkit for them to help get people online. The report showcases six different approaches used to encourage people online in Liverpool, Glasgow, Leeds, Sunderland, Wiltshire and Fife. These…
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Too cool for school
As survey after survey shows the changing demographics of internet access among tenants and the different ways they do so, it is becoming apparent that for many younger tenants, their smartphone is the internet and that they feel no need for any other devices to access the internet. Furthermore, ‘Generation Y’ is much more likely…
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