“Alt Valley’s Got Talent” winner announced June 23, 2008
Posted by Rich Spragg in Awards, Capital of Culture, Community Development, GMDDA, ICDC, Liverpool, Merseyside, News.Tags: Alt Valley Vision
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Huge congratulations to the ultimate winner of Alt Valley’s Got Talent, singer/songwriter Michelle Strahan! Michelle won £250 and the opportunity to perform at a star-studded Open Culture event in 2008.
Special Runners Up Kirsty Crook and Urban Street Stars Juniors won £50 each
To celebrate the success of ICDC’s digital inclusion project, Alt Valley Vision, a community talent contest was held for anyone over the age of 8 who lives, works, studies or plays in the Alt Valley area of Liverpool.
Auditions were held in the community during half term week and each audition was filmed and is available to view on Alt Valley’s Got Talent website for all to see.
The final will took place during the Alt Valley Music and Arts Festival on Sunday 22nd June, with guest judges, Professor Phil Redmond and Joanna Jones Director of Bananafish Management, a successful TV, theatre and film casting agency based in Liverpool.
myguide and UK online centres scoop national e-Gov award February 4, 2008
Posted by Rich Spragg in Awards, Digital Inclusion, GMDDA, News, e-Skills.Tags: e-gov awards, Helen Milner, myguide, UKonline
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UK online centres been celebrating success after scooping a special ‘highly commended’ award for Building a fairer society with e-Government.
The award was collected by Managing Director Helen Milner. She attended the E-Government National Awards in London on Tuesday 22 January 2008 along with a delegation of UK online centres. The award recognises the outstanding contributions of the UK online centres network and myguide in building a fairer society with e-Government by helping disadvantaged people to use computers and the internet and improve their lives.
Helen Milner said: “I’m delighted that myguide and UK online centres have been recognised for our contribution in motivating and supporting digitally excluded people to get online, get connected to public services, and get the skills and confidence to make computers and the internet work for them.
“There are often complex factors at work in exclusion - age, culture, disability, income, education or even attitude. Overcoming those barriers is key to creating a fairer and more equal society, and that’s the goal UK online centres and myguide are working towards.”
Liverpool based company wins top award for Excellence in Public Procurement 2007 July 5, 2007
Posted by Rich Spragg in Awards, Business, Liverpool, Local Authorities, Merseyside, Merseyside ICT, News, North West England, Technology, open-source software.add a comment
The case for open source software was made even stronger last week when Liverpool company, Blue Fountain Systems Limited was honoured for outstanding achievement at the annual Government Opportunities (/GO/) magazine Excellence in Public Procurement Awards, 2007.
Blue Fountain Systems has been awarded the Best Small Supplier Innovation Award , in recognition of its work as the provider of the blueSchool™ application to Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council.
blueSchool™,which is used by schools throughout Stockport, has been developed using open source software technologies to deliver a web based virtual learning interface for teacher and student communication. (more…)
Sunderland wins Digital Challenge March 15, 2007
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Sunderland was unveiled yesterday as the winner of Communities and Local Government’s Digital Challenge competition and will receive £3m to deliver its plans for a digitally enabled community that will benefit some of the most vulnerable and socially excluded people in the area.
As the winner of the Digital Challenge, Sunderland is now recognised as an example in how ICT technologies can be used to tackle social exclusion.
Onteca wins place at BBC Innovation Labs for the second year running February 6, 2007
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Merseyside-based company Onteca will now join the most innovative companies from the North of England in pitching their idea direct to BBC commissioners, representing Merseyside’s Digital Media sector at this highly prestigious event.
To quote the BBC Press Release: “Innovation Labs are a series of events bringing together BBC Commissioners and regional digital media companies to develop and commission innovative new products and services for the BBC.”
What it doesn’t stress here is that getting a place at the labs is highly competitive. In the entire North of England only ten new media companies can be selected to attend. As the process of applying is so simple, and potential rewards so great, a good proportion of the digital media sector gave it a go. Onteca is the only Merseyside based company to gain a place, and is one of only two from the England’s North West region. Onteca is also one of the few in the UK to be invited two years in a row.
Last year, Onteca went to the Innovation Lab held in Cumbria, and the eight companies invited to Cumbria were all from the North West region. This year they were competing with the best companies from across the entire North of England to win one of the coveted invites to a hotel in North Yorkshire.
Managing Director Jon Wetherall said “We are really excited about this opportunity, the repeat invitation to Innovation Labs recognises our status as one of the most innovative Web 2.0 developers in the UK”
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