CLICKBURYPARK
The clickburypark project came to life as a result of a community initiative led by a handful of individuals living in the Bury Park area of Luton. These people strongly believed that the Internet and communications technology could and should be better used in their disadvantaged neighbourhood to empower local citizens by making it easier for people to access information on public and voluntary services and community organisations whilst at the same time acquiring skills which would help them to bridge the digital divide.

The cornerstone of the project was a state-of-the-art community Web portal with highly interactive features which will make it easy for almost anyone (with minimal training) to maintain different parts of the site for and on behalf of the community.

By carefully documenting our progress, using video, photographic and printed media, we also hope to create a blueprint, which can be used as a highly cost effective model for similar wired communities both in Luton and elsewhere in the UK.

We envisage that clickBuryPark will be a true community project in every imaginable sense of the word. Following initial infrastructure development, it will be built, maintained and sustained by local individuals, community groups and companies.

Besides creating a community portal to offer a vital link to information and advice on local organisations, services and cultural issues, it will also play a key role in up-skilling local people and helping to alleviate many social problems, including isolation among women, drugs abuse and youth unemployment.

More than anything, our vision is about using ICT as part of the general drive to alleviate poverty and bridge the digital divide in one of Britain’s most underprivileged communities.

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