Cybermoor impact

1. RURAL ADVOCATE VISIT

2. DAY 2- BANDWIDTH LEAD
RURAL REGENERATION
Impact of Cybermoor
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The business case for rural broadband
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e-health - Alston Hospital
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Coffee
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Lessons from Cybermoor
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National Context
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3. EVALUATING CYBERMOOR
Action Research
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Academic partners
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Students
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Consultants
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Project reporting
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Performance monitoring
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4. IMPACT
Community impact
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Economic impact
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Education impact
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5. ECONOMIC
25% use PCs to work from home – 7.4% national
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average
26 jobs created
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Economic value to Alston is over £300K
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SMEs supported with e-commerce, website
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design and general advice

6. EDUCATION
Two thirds of adult population improve their ICT
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use

7. SUMMARY IMPACTS
OF
New jobs created
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Inward investment as businesses move in
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Basic ICT skills embedded in the community
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Better performance by schools
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Better use of community resources
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8. THE SUSTAINABILITY
CHALLENGE
Lowest wages in the UK
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High cost of delivering broadband
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“Middle mile” bandwidth costs
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£10 /Mb / month in Manchester
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£266 /Mb / month in Alston
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Low propensity to take up technology
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10. ENGAGING THE COMMUNITY

11. PARTICIPATORY BUDGETING

12. FEEDBACK

13. DECISION MAKING
Members of the community were
asked to choose and prioritise 5
out of a total of 18 identified
schemes.

14. SUMMARY
Bandwidth lead regeneration delivers benefits
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across the community
Innovative use of technology
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Delivers better public services to people
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Economic impacts –money stays local
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BUT
Barriers to further development can only be
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supported by government