Author Archives: Jim Farrand

Bristol ICT Training Forum – first steps

Posted on 16/06/2010 by Jim Farrand

On 9th June 2010 the inaugural meeting of the Bristol ICT Training Forum was held at Knowle West Media Centre (KWMC). The intention of which was to explore the possibility of starting an ICT training consortium, including collaborative bidding for … Continue reading →

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Ujima Radio On-line

Posted on 09/07/2008 by Jim Farrand

On July 4th in St. Pauls Ujima Radio was launched by the Lord Mayor, Chris Davies. Ujima Radio is run under the auspices of CEED, the Centre for Employment and Enterprise Development and its remit is to be a community … Continue reading →

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Training Course at St. Werburghs

Posted on 21/11/2007 by Jim Farrand

On 29th November 2007 we will be running a beginners’ training course from 7pm – 9pm at St. Werburghs Community Centre, Horley Road, St. Werburghs. The course will cover logging in and out, the desktop, the file system, word processing, … Continue reading →

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National Deposit gets friendly with Bristol Wireless

Posted on 29/03/2007 by Jim Farrand

Our thanks are due to National Deposit Friendly Society, a mutual friendly society based in Clifton and providing personal insurance and finance products, who have kindly donated a number of PC’s, laptops and printers to Bristol Wireless. They were donated … Continue reading →

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Knowle West Park Project

Posted on 08/09/2004 by Jim Farrand

Well done Matt, Rich and Jim for doing this! What’s the latest news, when are we going back up to see how they’re getting on and address any issues they might raise? I’ll be available next Tuesday morning if anyone … Continue reading →

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Setup of residents’ machines

Posted on 31/08/2004 by Jim Farrand

On Tuesday 24 August 2004 Rich and I went to Rose Brown’s in order to set up her access point, printer & scanner; as her house is obscured from Twinell House we only suceeded in setting up her printer but … Continue reading →

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Easton Residents Network Greenhaven

Posted on 22/04/2004 by Jim Farrand

After some initial problems (possibly static) affecting the access point, the installation at Greenhaven elderly residents supported accommodation is now (20/4/4) up and running. Greenhaven has two Red Hat Linux machines in a communal area wirelessly connected to Easton Community … Continue reading →

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Easton residents groups

Posted on 02/03/2004 by Jim Farrand

This is a fairly small Yahoo group set up for Easton residents to discuss Easton. http://uk.groups.yahoo.com/group/easton_bristol/

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