Have you something to say, 96ktalkback can help you say it!
Whether you want to talk about local issues or tell a story, or communicate about your community, you are in the right place.
Whatever you’re interest, we can help you to share your pictures, stories and interests through 96ktalkback, a video, or even a record a podcast. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have any experience – if you’ve got something to say, we’ll help you say it.
Make your voice heard! Go to the Community Reporter section of the site to find out how you can become a community reporter and access some free training that will help you get started with blogging, digital images, and video recording.
Whose Website is this?
Let's look at who it does not belong to first. It is not a government or local government initiative, in other words it doesn't belong to the council, neither does it belong to any other public body. Nor is it run as a profit making business.
We are a group of community development workers who have constucted this site for the people of Great Yarmouth Borough. We want ordinary people to come forward and form a steering group which will give direction to how the site develops.
In other words - if you live, work or study within the Borough then this site is yours.
What does the site offer?
The Project
The project name is 96kTalkBack. 96k refers to the population of Great Yarmouth (approximate) and TalkBack refers to the two way communication tool that we have built. It is an internet based project designed to ‘reach’ as many people within the Borough of Great Yarmouth as possible whilst giving ‘ownership’ of the concept to those same people. 96kTalkBack is available to all who live, work or study in the Borough of Great Yarmouth.
96kTalkBack is a community development tool that will proactively seek the views/concerns of local people and give a public platform for them. We place a particular emphasis on those who, for whatever reason, do not currently get involved. The project is designed to hold those in power publicly accountable for their actions/inactions and to promote the needs of the most vulnerable.
We are intending to be available as a single point of access for all residents to, and for, all service providers in the Borough. We will provide news, information, job vacancies, good news stories and engagement opportunities. We also intend that the delivery of this should be done intelligently and in a fun way so that people have a reason other than need to come back.
96kTalkBack will not duplicate the work of other agencies, nor does it seek to replace that work. It was designed to support the work of whatever system of local government that came to Great Yarmouth – unitary status or neighbourhood management. It has been developed to be a tool that can be used by agencies, services, councillors etc to engage with ‘the community’ and for ‘the community’ to gain access to the decision making process, either by direct involvement or by publicly holding providers to account.
Further, 96kTalkBack will become part of a nationwide network of community development organizations all working to promote the voice of the ‘grass roots’. This network is being driven by Peoples Voice Media which has developed the concept of using new media for community development purposes.
Project Aims
1 enhance individual wellbeing
2 increase individual aspiration
3 increase public accountability
4 widen public involvement in decision making
5 improve links between service providers
6 better deliver and increase relevance of services
7 promote cost efficiency/saving
8 increase social wellbeing
9 raise public expectation for environment
10 promote the development and retention of skills
11 increase social wealth
Objectives
1 We will endeavour to work with all groups, individuals and service providers
2 We will offer two way communication and engagement mechanism and facilitation of dialogue
3 96kTalkBack will open the opportunity for individuals to
Gain new skills
Make a difference
Help develop a community website
Become a community journalist
Become a community photo journalist
Join the project steering group
