Month: June 2020

Whitley Bay Old Deep Disco.

This is me standing outside where the deep disco use to in Whitley Bay this is where I use to go all the time for the deep disco years ago when I was younger back in 2012 and 2013 when I was in my mid twenties. This was all the big disco room inside the deep disco I use to love going they when I was younger it was always on a Monday night down South Parade in Whitley Bay.

Working with and for disabled people

Our digital world is rapidly changing, but for many who still seek a safe place, it is a challenge. Our project is a based on developing involvement of disabled people in learning new ways to get together by providing shared activities that are led by you with support from our trained volunteer Online Chum Mentors. We are a small community group working towards charitable registration relying entirely on donations and the good will of many of our local community who devote time to helping others make best use of the internet and technology. You can find out more by visiting our website at https://www.parkviewprojectne.com/

Digital support for those new to the internet regardless of age or disability

We have access to a variety of formal and informal help to demystify accessing the internet, whether it is disability creating barriers to understanding or lack of awareness of those functions to help you manage your day-to-day tasks. Normally we provide face-to-face activities at our drop in centre (located in Shiremoor, North Tyneside), because we have a social mission that integrates instruction with community-based activities to ensure that digital processes are considered in relation to the real world life at neighbourhood level. The current national emergency has created challenges for many we exist to support in that they are unable to participate in our annual programme of activities. This is why we are able to extend help remotely using peer support as well as online help using our web platforms. Our public website is an ideal way to keep in touch as well as keeping up to date with what we are doing. There are many of course with no internet access because of digital poverty or because they don’t know where to start. To address these factors we work with local agencies to connect to those needing our help so that collaboration is key to reaching out to those socially and economically excluded. Whether you are aware yourself of someone who could do with some friendly support or you are very new to using digital processes you can get in touch via our public website: https://www.parkviewprojectne.com/ or you can get in touch with us at our shared space at North Tyneside Disability Forum, Earsdon Road, Shiremoor, NE27 0HJ Tel 0191 4661667.

Digital Inclusion does not mean Social Exclusion – Getting you Online to Offline Community Activities

Park View Project
Tom using Learn My Way digital support programme.

Excuses Bystanders and Authority Often Make for a Bully — Chateau Cherie

Take bullying seriously because lives can be ruined. Cherie hits on some of the responses you may have had from those who are supposed to be wathing out for you.

As we all know, bullies are very practiced and convincing liars and have a flare for using charm to deceive bystanders and authority. Understand that this “charm” bullies often display is fake it is all a part of the smoke screen they put up to cover up bad behavior and avoid accountability. 333 more words

Excuses Bystanders and Authority Often Make for a Bully — Chateau Cherie

Cyber-Bullying: Bullying of The Most Devastating Kind — Chateau Cherie

What was it like before Online Bullying! Read Cherie’s blog.

I’m fortunate enough to have grown up in a time when cyber bullying was unheard of. When I was in school, “Street Bullying” or “Playground Bullying” was the type of bullying targets of my generation endured. “Street Bullying” happens face to face. It happens on the playground, in the hallways, the bathrooms and locker rooms […]

Cyber-Bullying: Bullying of The Most Devastating Kind — Chateau Cherie