Nominet Exhibition- Our Day Out

The Windmill Hill City Farm Community Development Team are on a day out today.  We are at the Nominet Exhibition in Broadmead.  We are here all day chatting to people and exploring ways to see how the internet can bring people, ideas, learning and communities together.

We met local resident Ron today, who went online for the first time only a few days ago. He had lots of stories to tell us about being sustainable, due to his thrifty lifestyle during the war years spent working on a farm.  He chatted to us about the benefits of being resourceful, how he keeps himself young and always open to learning new things.

Lots of inspiring people came into the Nominet exhibition who shared with us the ways they contribute to their local community and environment. We met Mohammed who works with children and adults with learning difficulties and supports them with numeracy and literacy skills.  He talked to Iwona our Fruitfulness volunteer worker about how is always finding ways to be an 'Active Citizen' in his community in Portishead.

Georgina, Jamela, Abby and Megan from a local school came along to the exhibition to find out what we were up to at the Nominet Exhibition.  Abby was interested in blogging and setting up her own blog about climbing and reading - the other girls said she is a brilliant writer.  We had a chat with her about how to set up a blog and we are looking forward to reading her new blog.

The girls were also interested in volunteering and Jules the Community Development Worker and Rosie our volunteer Sustainablity Engagement Worker talked to them about volunteering at the Farm.
We look forward to finding out what volunteering opportunities they may get involved in.

Today we have also been developing some new exciting projects for Active Citizens in 2013. We are developing a project which we hope will encourage people in the local community to find ways to be more sustainable in everyday life. Step Out for Sustainability (SOS) will explore ways to encourage households in the local community to make thoughtful decisions about how they travel, cook, shop, run their houses and deal with their waste.  Details coming soon...

Our Digital Planet Exhibition in Broadmead

The Active Citizens Project will be taking part in the Nominet Trust’s Our Digital Planet exhibition at Bristol Broadmead on Friday 21^st September.  Do come along and meet the project team, we’ll be there from 10.30a.m. to 4p.m.

The aim of the exhibition is highlight the broad and far-reaching impact the Internet is having on our lives and to help people understand more about its potential.  The exhibition includes images and information on projects that show how the Internet helps with:

• Democracy

• Community Engagement

• Support Networks

• Social Isolation

• Health and Well-being

• Economic Well-being

• Hobbies and Interests

There will be an Internet station for you to use yourself, to find out more, perhaps to get online for the first time?  Nominet Trust experts will be on hand to give help with any questions or issues you may have.

The Active Citizens project team look forward to meeting you and finding out about your ideas for how to use the Internet to get involved with – or start – a local initiative in your community.  We will have information on volunteering opportunities,  local environmental projects around Bristol, the Fruitfulness Project and how to create a blog.