| December 21st 2004 |  Thank you to everyone who completed our online survey, we'll be publishing results in the next edition of Tittle Tattle. Click here to e-mail us if you'd like to be notified of the results. | Chcek out the prototype small business support website from e-Skills at
www.e-skills.com/makeitwork |
| December 21st 2004 | Citizens Broadband Forum & UKVBroadbandPlace.co.uk
Join the CBF to talk about broadband and related issues or let us know your story about broadband and you'll be entered in a free monthly prize draw for a luxury £200 hamper. | Click here to visit the Citizens Broadband Forum
OR
click here to tell us your broadband story |
| December 21st 2004 | Merry Christmas and best wishes for a safe and happy New Year!!
A big thank you to our users for supporting UKVillages.co.uk during 2004. Now that winter is well and truly here we've put our snowy theme up across the website, let's hope nature follows our example! | Click here to view our Christmas card |
| December 20th 2004 | The Community Heritage Store Workshops
The CHS serves a select group of communities in West Norfolk. We're pleased to announce the dates for the first round of local CHS Workshops. We'll be in:
· Nordelph Village Hall on 18th January, 2005
· Walpole St Andrews Community Centre on 21st January, 2005
· Wiggenhall St Germans Village Hall on 26th January, 2005
All the workshops kick off at 12noon and finish at 8pm – show up anytime throughout the day. Each workshop will have free food and drink and a luxury hamper prize draw!!
The CHS Website is an ODPM e-Innovations project with the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk. | |
| December 17th 2004 | Congratulations to Stepps in North Lanarkshire
For reaching 10,000 visitors in just two years!!! Well done to everyone in the community and thank you for using UKVillages. | Click here to visit Stepps |
| December 15th 2004 | Finding friends through the UKVillages.co.uk Guestbook
We've had several users recently inform us that they found old friends using the UKVillages Guestbook. Two good school friends who ended up in Fife and Durham respectively, were able to touch base again after 15 years apart. So why not take a moment and read through the Guestbook and see if you recognise anyone - or post details of your own search. | Click here to view Guestbook entries and add your own |
| December 7th 2004 | UKVillages.co.uk judges and presents the Calor Village of the Year IT Award at the Millennium Hotel in Grosvenor Square
Congratulations to the winners who received their award from Hugh Fernley Whittingstall the TV personality and Ellie Stoneley from UKVillages.co.uk | Click here to see the 2004 winners!! |
| December 3rd 2004 | Launch of the Citizens Broadband Forum
This is the place for individuals, communities, local groups and businesses to swap ideas, case studies, warnings and concerns about broadband and related issues.
If you're a registered UKVillages.co.uk user, you can login and start contributing to the Forum straight away using your postcode and password at http://www.citizensbroadband.co.uk | |
| December 3rd 2004 | Re-design of UKV Broadband Place Launched
The Broadband Place can give you guidance and help on all broadband issues from getting it to using it and making the most of it.
Read case studies and examples from others who are using broadband or struggling to get it. You can even submit your own example and be entered in a free monthly prize draw for a luxury £200 hamper. | |
| November 2004 | A warm welcome to Adam and Sara who have joined the customer service team at UKVillages.co.uk |  |
| November 30th 2004 | institute for public policy research - Manifesto for a Digital Britain
UKVillages attended the launch at the House of Commons. UKVillages.co.uk is one of the six websites chosen as a positive example of empowering local people. | Click here to read the article:
'The Network-Empowered Citizen: How People Share Civic Knowledge Online' |
| November 25th 2004 | CHS Website Launch - an ODPM e-Innovations project with the Borough Council of King's Lynn and West Norfolk
The website is now launched and awaiting submissions from the people of West Norfolk. | |
| November 13th 2004 | UKVillages attend Norfolk Parish Council Association AGM |  |
| October 13th-14th 2004 | UKVillages attend RuralNet|UK Conference | |
| September 30th-October 3rd 2004 | UKVillages attend NALC Conference in Scarborough | |
| September 9th 2004 | Launch of the Community Heritage Store Project
The CHS serves a unique collection of 30 Fenland communities in West Norfolk. Each Community Store covers all aspects of local heritage and local people are invited to share any information they might have. | |
| September 2004 | New servers for UKVillages
Due to demand and high traffic we've had to expand our bandwidth capacity again to include new servers! Thank you to all our users for their continued support. |  |
| August 27th 2004 | UKVillages.co.uk help to put Crick on the BBC
When the BBC asked us for an example of a proactive and exciting local community to work with on a photo feature we contacted Chris Attridge of Crick in Northamptonshire and he organised local people to feature in this wonderful photo diary of the community. | Click here to view the photo diary |
| August 27th 2004 | Updated Top Villages List
Ever wondered where the hot spots on UKVillages are? You can see the top 20 now, on the right of this page and at the bottom of the main search page at http://www.UKVillages.co.uk | |
| July 22nd 2004 | Winners of London Theatre & London Eye Tickets have been notified!!
The survey is now over and all the winners have been notified. A big thank you to everyone who took part in the survey!! |  |
| July 21st 2004 | Funds for Community Groups
While on the various noticeboards keep an eye out for the little jar (like the one to the left) - this means that the notice has information on funding for local organisations! | |
| July 9th 2004 | Awards, Grants & Competitions for community groups
We've updated our Awards, Grants & Competitions page to include two new awards and included the latest information for grants and competitions. | |
| June 9th 2004 | Winners of the Royal Ascot Tickets have been notified!!
It's not too late to win the tickets for London Shows or the London Eye so click here to win! | |
| May 28th 2004 | Tittle Tattle 18 Out Now!
Latest UKV news - and WIN tickets for London shows and Royal Ascot and see Parish and Local Shop survey results | |
| April 29th 2004 | Parish and Community Councils on UKVillages
Are you involved with your local council? There are many ways that your council can use UKVillages to promote your activities, minutes, meeting dates, local issues and so much more. For more information on all the options available visit http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/parish | |
| April 2004 | UKVILLAGES IS 4 YEARS OLD!!!!
Thank you to all our users, contributors, sponsors and supporters for continued use, enthusiasm and encouragement! |  |
| April 8th 2004 | Could extra cash help your community group?
Every Co-op Dividend cardholder has the option to donate the "odd pence" from their twice-yearly Dividend payments into the scheme and since 1997 almost £5 million has been raised for all kinds of community projects by committed Co-op Dividend cardholders who want to help change the lives of others in their local areas. | Click the banner in the lower left of every village homepage or click here. |
| April 8th 2004 | Full Text Editor Now Available on Notices
When posting a new notice or editing an existing notice you no longer need to know HTML to control the look of your main text. To change the layout, size or colour simply click the 'Use full editor' button in the full details section of the forms. | On the forms for posting a new notice or editing an existing notice. |
| April 6th 2004 | UKV Broadband Place
Find all you need to know about broadband. Anything from what broadband is to whether or not you can get it in your area. Advice on what to do if you cannot get it and what options you have if you can. Information is also available on local campaigns, exchanges and suppliers. | Click the Broadband in the Area signpost on the left hand side of any village homepage. |
| February 9th 2004 | Countryside Communities - Grants for community projects
One of several initiatives to get Lottery money to where it is needed most. The eight local authority areas covered by the Countryside Communities initiative include 300 villages in England. For more information please click the area name below:
· Boston Borough Council has £720,000 available
· West Lindsey District Council has £1 million
· West Norfolk District Council has £1.8 million available
· North Norfolk District Council has £1.7 million available
· Fenland District Council has £1 million
· Dover District Council has £2.1 million available
· Shepway District Council has £1.9 million available
· Sedgemoor District Council has £1.8 million available
For more information on Countryside Communities and other grants, awards and competitions please visit http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/awards | |
| January 28th 2004 | What do you want from your local Parish Council?
UKVillages.co.uk is undertaking a survey (in association with The Countryside Agency and NALC - the National Association of Local Councils) to find out what you want from your Parish Council. Your responses will be used to inform central government about local views on Parish Councils. To find out more and fill in the survey visit http://www.ukvillages.co.uk/parish | |