Our Digital City

Our Digital City aims to create a truly inclusive ‘smart city’ where no one is left behind and everyone can access the benefits of technology.
Knowle West Media Centre is collaborating with deprived communities and organisations within Knowle West and across the city to share skills, tools and ways of working. Beyond Knowle West, they are working closely with Hartcliffe and Withywood, St Pauls, Easton, Barton Hill, Lockleaze and Southmead. These are some of the most deprived areas in Bristol.
Through Our Digital City they want to improve access to information, services and opportunities for people across Bristol, so they can develop new skills and become more active in their communities. Through this project they are connecting people using new technologies, supporting social change and developing resources for the city.
They welcome people of all ages from Knowle West and across Bristol to learn more about computers, the internet and technology. The team offer free one-to-one sessions to help participants get to grips with technology.
At St Paul’s Learning Centre they launched sessions helping people tackle their tech. In Barton Hill Settlement and Baggator Easton as part of our ‘train the trainer’ approach, they helped staff become confident workshop leaders.
As part of the ongoing mission to equip community organisations with the digital skills necessary for adequate development in the modern world, Our Digital City delivered a series of film making workshops via online video conferencing during the period of national lockdown.

Context: Knowle West Media Centre is based in one of Bristol’s most deprived neighbourhoods. It combines creativity with a wide range of digital technologies to empower young and old people alike, helping to make sure that opportunities are available for the many, not the few.

Stakeholders involved: Local Authorities

Key learning points: NEI.

Evaluation: No

Information sources: https://www.facebook.com/knowlewestmedia

Read the full analysis: https://kwmc.org.uk/projects/ourdigitalcity/