HUBS News

Welcome to the Hello! style round up of the launch of HUBS

23 September 1999

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Minister, Mayor and more celebrate launch of HUBS

Rt Hon Andrew Smith MP, promoted to the Treasury in Tony Blair's recent reshuffle, and Cllr Jenny Langston, Mayor of Brighton, enjoy a bit of laugh with Big Issue vendors, staff and volunteers.

Mark Walker, HUBS Project Manager, chats with Andrew Smith MP and Jon Tutcher, SUN UK's Head of Corporate Affairs. SUN is now offering to provide server facilities to support the project.

Dr Gerard Macdonald (left) is workng with HUBS to develop its activities with local schools. He is talking to John Pratty, who came on SCIP's very first training programme, over four years ago and now writes for the Daily Telegraph (we accept no responsibility for that coincidence John).

In the background is SCIP Director David Goodwin.

A key feature of the Cybercafe is that it uses laptops connected to a server via a radio network. This keeps the setting up time to minimum and means the Cybercafe can be used in many flexible ways.

There are also a variety of special devices to help people with disabilities, including rollerball mice, graphics tablets and text to speech software.

SCIP's founder and Community Networking expert David Wilcox chats with SCIP's Chair, Lynne Richards.

David is currently working with the BBC on its WebWise campaign, as well as advising the DTI and Home Office on policy issues relating to IT and social exclusion.

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HUBS has received capital funding from the Government Office of the South East through its Skills Challenge Programme.

HUBS is supported by Sun Microsystems

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