Transcript Carpenters Connect

Carpenters TMO
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Carpenters Connect
Home2Home Community
Channel
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• Carpenters Connect, is an advanced
broadband infrastructure which gives all
wired up households on the Estate, free
unlimited access to a service that supports
video on demand, interactive TV, local TV,
digital TV, games, Internet, email and a
UK leading "PC on your TV" service that
allows the use of MS Office software
through the TV set.
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• The Home 2 home channel is the
Carpenters Estate’ own TV channel and
web-site accessible via the main menu of
the Carpenters Connect service. The H2H
channel, includes online discussions,
news, notice boards, resident produced
videos. The aim is to improve these
current options to further encourage
positive usage and generate overall
increased involvement from all residents.
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Objectives
• The objective of the H2H channel on the
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Carpenters Estate is for the local residents to
have the ability to access their Estates’ own TV
channel, which gives access to a wide range of
information on local issues. In addition to this, it
can also present itself as one solution to
involving and training local people.
People Matter! Is a very important feature in
the success of the H2H channel among its
residents is that its’ ethos centres on
empowering local people to be involved in
community activities and decisions which affects
all residents.
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It links our community
• The TMO board maximises the benefits of the
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service by the H2H channel filming the TMO
Board and general Public Meetings.
A recent resident survey conducted early this
year indicates high tenant satisfaction with the
H2H channel. Regular updating and revamping
of the web site and associated functions
continues to maintain interest and constant
usage by local residents.
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• Its’ continued success is evident by the
fact that the local school is also wired-up
to receive the Estates channel services. In
the last 6 months, the Local Police shop
has also been wired-up with the
Carpenters connect service too. The aim
is to enable an effective link between the
local residents and the Police.
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• With positive input by the local health and
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education organisations on the Estate, the
channel becomes an effective information tool
covering a wide range of informative and
interesting subject matters.
Accessibility to the H2H channel through a set
top box via the residents’ own TV in the comfort
of their own home ensures community
participation from all wired up households to
include those from different cultural
backgrounds, different age groups and those
who may be experiencing different levels of
deprivation and exclusion.
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• The use of film videos made about local people,
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local issues and in some cases filmed by the
very people living on the Estate is a positive
opportunity to involving local people and
breaking down potential barriers of people
accessing opportunities to becoming more
involved.
The Carpenters Connect wired-up
infrastructure is one that can be used in
other Estates too. An updated version of
the service was recently launched in
Tower Hamlets Union Warf Estate.
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 Over 350 households in Carpenters TMO have
access to the channel and can watch more
than 80 programmes starring local people
talking about local issues.
The following DVD shows the services available
through the infrastructure and a medley of
films that includes:1. “Meet the Neighbours, people spoke purely
about what interested them and featured more
than 100 local residents
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2. The history group was set up for older
residents to record their memories of day
gone by.
3. Jasmine gave birth to triplets (naturally
conceived) and after appearing on the
Home 2 Home channel she was
contacted by a couple of local residents
on the estate, keen to offer their help.
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4. “Living the High Life”- some residents on
the estate were angry with the living
conditions in the tower blocks and
expressed their views and all comments
were also put to Newham Council who
then responded on camera. (Also shown
on the Community Channel on Sky)
5. Newham Council have commissioned
masterplan on Carpenters estate. Home
2 Home film every stage of the
masterplan process keeping residents
updated.
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6. Home 2 Home is also a social enterprise
and takes commissions from outside
bodies to produce videos.
Neighbourhood Renewal asked for a
series to be made reviewing their
projects.
7. Home 2 Home takes everyone seriously.
“Sarah & Joanna” are our local reporters
and cover all sorts of stories. Here is one
a local football match they reported on.
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