Online Digital Week

Unfortunatley we had to restrct our drop in services during this time. However, we have undertaken many tasks to help our memebers to remain in control over their digital processes. Our volunteer Online Chum Mentors have been able to increase their time and support to all of our residents with a disability along with help to our older community.  A big thank you to all those who contributed to this.  Online Digital Week

Five Blogging Tips From a Full-Time Blogger — The Art of Blogging

More Blogging Tips for you Weevl Bloggers 

Blogging has been my full-time job since the end of October 2012, and I know that the prospect of earning enough from your blog to do this full-time seems enticing, there’s a lot you need to know about blogging full-time. To be successful at anything, you need to be dedicated and make sacrifices. There are […]

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Staying Connected

For all our volunteer Online Chum mentors we extend our thanks for making yourselves available to help those who consider themselves vulnerable. It is times like this where online access is essential. Yet, there are many who are not and will have to rely on their local communities to reach out to.  Anyone in distress, please let our volunteers know and they will try to direct you to where you need to be or support you making good use of your digital products and internet access.  Stay safe and keep in touch.  Our volunteer managed website Park View Project website is updated regularly and also has an easy-to-use blog where you can leave a message. Internet Poster edited 2020-page-0

No need to feel alone! Why?

Park View Project is a digital project online-weekworking with and supporting vulnerable people, regardless of age or disability, to have a voice and to share their concerns about the current state we find ourselves in regarding Covid19.  We can provide online discussion-based responses via our Fireside Group website and provide instruction on specific matters relating to accessing socially essential services via our web platform Parkview Portal    You can do this using our ‘Contact’ or blog area.  Don’t hesitate to also ask if you are experiencing problems of any sort because we have volunteer Online Chum Mentors to guide you through any digital access issues you may have.

Funding for Online Digital Learning – 27th March 2020 (UK) —

To all our Digital Project friends there is much support to help you to help your beneficiaries take control of your digital needs!  

The Good Things Foundation is making grants of between £1,250 and £15,000 available to organisations who are members of the Online Centres Network to deliver the Make It Click programme. The programme aims to help working-age adults learn the necessary digital skills they need to progress in employment or find a new job. The programme […]

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The reality of virtual reality — Later Levels

A meandering through VR experience – A persoanl perspective. 

I’m old enough to recall virtual reality (VR) as we know it today being released the first time around in the 1990s. I remember going to the London Trocadero and getting caught up in a swarm of other teenagers, all eager to be transported to another world. The fad didn’t last long though. The huge […]

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How Time Wasted on Social Media Inspired Kate Vane to Write Her New Novel Still You Sleep! @k8vane — RatherTooFondofBooks

Interesting insights from author on Learning Disability and Hate Speech. Should make for a revealing read!  

Today I’m delighted to welcome author Kate Vane back to my blog. Kate has written a fab post all about how spending too much time on social media inspired her new novel, Still You Sleep! A lot of us lament the time we spend on social media. It is habit forming and time can race […]

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Make it Click – Park View Project

We are a registered Digital Support service (Online Centres Network). We can now role out to our community support from our volunteer Online Chum Mentor tutors. This element of our services reaches out to all individuals living in North Tyneside regardless of age or disability along with small organisations/businesses who have yet to incorporate digital processes. Contact office@parkviewproject.org.uk or visit our website http://www.parkviewprojectne.com Screenshot 2020-03-14 14.26.04

Guest Post: Ami Ireland — beetleypete

Importance of support for those who may be home bound. Blogging can be liberating! 

In all the years I have been blogging, I have not known another blogger who lived so close to me. Ami lives quite near to Beetley, but so far, we haven’t had the chance to meet. I am very happy to present her truly excellent guest post here, which is unedited. If you know anyone […]

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