Presentation to a range of social housing providers in the UK about how a hyperlocal website run by and for your residents can help make for a better community.

1. Social Landlords Group Resident-led websites, letting you know what’s going on 21July 2010 William Perrin - william@talkaboutlocal.org Talk About Local (West Midlands) Ltd http://talkaboutlocal.org/faq William Perrin TAL

3. Abandoned cars and weekly arson Bingfield Park, Rufford Street 2002 Gas cylinders often in cars for extra ooomph Pics – Mark Bailey

4. Stolen moped Grand Prixs c2002 Bingfield Park Kings Cross Most Saturdays when Arsenal at home End with traditional moped bonfire Pics – Mark Bailey

5. The ‘Crackavan’ Rufford Street c2002 Pics – Mark Bailey

6. www.kingscrossenvironment.com over 950 articles Four volunteer writers – aged 40-65 Small number of authors Campaigns, information, wildlife, events etc Important part of wider regeneration – crime down, streets cleaner, public services more responsive http://talkaboutlocal.org/faq/

7. http://talkaboutlocal.org/faq/

9. The ‘Crackavan’ Rufford Street c2002 In front of my house Pics – Mark Bailey

10. Public Sector Information in action Brand new street light broken for 163 days Someone isn’t living up to contract From snagging to failure Can performance data help hold to account?

11. 2007-2008 Took a lifetime to find basic relevant information on web Street light repair – Islington average 26.5 days v 163 here Lever for getting things done Light gets fixed due to this and other factors

12. ‘Local websites of all shapes and sizes are providing community news and information to hundreds of thousands of people.....grass roots media can provide an accurate, reliable, popular sources of news and information without regulation or subsidy. Their news values and thresholds are new, reflecting grass roots interests and priorities.’ Digital Britain report

14. Traditional media leaders are coming around to the vision of local sites improving neighbourhoods and holding politicians to account: Alan Rusbridger, Cudlipp Lecture: ‘Depending on your point of view, you may find that vision of new ways of connecting and informing communities inspiring or terrifying. I think it is both – but it is a useful starting point to thinking about the value of journalism, in every sense of the word 'value'. And it is good to be forced to think at an even more basic level – about what journalism is and who can do it.’

23. Graphic and descriptive

24. Broadens scope from trad. voices

25. Puts C21st interface on C19th system

26. Residents can remain pseudonymous, combating fear

27. Discussion easily moderated

28. You can join in !

29. This is why we need to get people onlineWe train trainers OR come to you to run a session At the heart of Big Society In discussion with Peabody Kings Cross (Martin O’Donnell) and Family Mosaic (Angus) Would love to talk william@talkaboutlocal.org @willperrin Talk About Local (West Midlands) Ltd http://talkaboutlocal.org/faq