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Launch event: Thursday June 4 at the Rufford Park Golf and Country Club, near Ollerton
Join the Nottinghamshire Digital Champions Network and make a digital
difference to your local community by helping local residents and businesses
get online.
Book online and join us on Thursday June 4 for our launch event at the Rufford Park Golf and
Country Club and find out more about:
- How the programme works
- The three different Champion roles
- The help and support on offer.
Places are limited - register today and become part of our local digital revolution.
Please note: This event is hosted and delivered by Digital Unite on
behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council. Information on the roll out of the
Better Broadband for Nottinghamshire programme will not be available.
About the
Nottinghamshire Digital Champions’ Network (NDCN)
The Nottinghamshire Digital Champions’ Network (NDCN) is being delivered on
behalf of Nottinghamshire County Council by Digital Unite. Digital Unite is one
of the UK’s main providers of digital skills learning and since its inception
in 1996 has helped over 500,000 people engage with digital technologies through
their digital inclusion products and services.
The NDCN is a brand new initiative to create, attract and support a team of
digital champions across the county who can help residents and businesses get
online. NDCN will recruit not only Digital Champions, but also Community
Champions and Rural Business Champions.
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During March and April the better Broadband for Nottinghamshire Team have
been really busy delivering more and more fibre enabled cabinets across the
county.
As at the end of April, over 41,000 residents and business are now able to
upgrade their slow broadband to fibre-optic bringing speed uplifts and improved resilience.
With well over 200 cabinets now live and ready to take orders there’s no
time like the present to take advantage of what fibre optic broadband can do
for you. Remember, installing the cabinet is only half the story!
Want a faster
speed? Upgrade your service!
To benefit from the faster speeds on offer from the fibre-optic cabling
being installed across the county as part of the Better Broadband for
Nottinghamshire programme, please remember you must upgrade your existing
connection. If you don’t, you won’t benefit from the new speeds and all the
other benefits on offer. You can do this by either discussing the options
with your existing Internet Service provider (ISP) or by reviewing the information
on price comparison sites of which there are many.
Over the past few weeks we’ve been able to bring broadband to a number of
additional areas or further extended existing coverage in Collingham, Cuckney,
East Drayton, East Markham, Elkesley, Elston, Laxton, Nether Broughton,
Papplewick, Sturton Le Steeple, Sutton in Ashfield, Sutton on Trent, Tuxford
and West Markham.
Why not visit our regularly updated 'Where
and When' checker.
Fibre broadband is
already available in
Arnold, Aslockton, Averham, Beeston, Bilsthorpe, Bingham, Bleasby, Bunny,
Burton Joyce, Carlton on Trent, Clipstone, Coddington, Cotgrave, Collingham,
Cropwell Bishop, Cropwell Butler, Cuckney, East Bridgford, East Leake, East
Drayton, East Markham, Edwinstowe, Elkesley, Elston, Epperstone, Farndon,
Gedling, Gotham, Gringley-on-the-Hill, Halam, Hucknall, Kelham, Kimberley,
Kirkby in Ashfield, Lambley, Laxton, Lowdham, Mansfield, Mansfield Woodhouse,
Misterton, Nether Broughton, Newark, New Ollerton, North Muskham, Orston,
Papplewick, Pinxton, Pleasley, Ranskill, Rampton, Retford, Ruddington,
Sandiacre, Selston, Shireoaks, Southwell, Sturton le Steeple, Sutton in
Ashfield, Sutton-on-Trent, Tuxford, Underwood, Upton, Warsop, Watnall, West
Bridgford, West Markham, Weston, Whatton, Worksop.
Find
out how to upgrade.
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Did you know your business could
get a grant of up to £3,000 to upgrade to faster, better broadband through the Broadband
Connection Voucher Scheme.
Which areas are eligible for a voucher?
Vouchers are available in the Broxtowe, Gedling, Hucknall, Rushcliffe and the city of Nottingham.
The scheme provides grants of up
to £3,000 to cover the capital and equipment costs of upgrading your broadband
connection. You pay the VAT charged and the monthly line rental to your service
provider. The monthly costs vary by provider and package, but a quarter of
businesses pay £40 per month or less.
Eligibility Criteria
- You must have a registered office and trading address
in one of the following areas: Broxtowe, Gedling, Hucknall, Nottingham
City and Rushcliffe.
- You must be an SME (Small or Medium Enterprise),
Charity or Social Enterprise
- You must not have received more than approx. £120k in
grants in the last three years
What are the benefits of upgrading your
connection?
Reduce capital expenditure on
hardware and software by getting into cloud computing.
Improve information sharing and
provide a better customer experience.
Introduce time and money saving
applications and services, including IP voice, data storage, video streaming
and HD videoconferencing.
Allow people to work from home in
exactly the same way as they do in the office (i.e. using exactly the same
applications and accessing exactly the same systems and information).
Increase the availability and
reliability of your vital communications
Increase the availability and
reliability of your vital communications
What type of connectivity is
available through the scheme?
Firms involved in the scheme will
work with you to ensure that you are offered the most suitable solution for
your Business. Among the services that can be provided as part of the scheme
are as follows:
- Fibre To The Premises (FTTP)
- Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC)
- Fibre on demand (FTTPoD)
- Ethernet First Mile (EFM)
- Leased Line
- Ethernet
- GEA
What do you do next?
Spread the word amongst other
businesses. If there's a number of business units in one location, you can
aggregate your vouchers to create a much bigger pot of funding.
The vouchers are on a first come,
first served basis, so please don't delay. Do visit www.connectionvouchers.co.uk
and find out more.
Join us on
Facebook and help us achieve our next milestone of 300 likes.
It’s a great way of keeping in touch, seeing what’s going off in your
communities and being part of the Better Broadband for Nottinghamshire ever
growing community.
Why not post a 'selfie' of yourself, your family or your business showing
others what fibre is like for you! We’re always keen for as many people as
possible to share their experiences of life before and life after fibre!
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