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Latest Developments

July 08: NESTA offer grant and support - NESTA
July 08: LocalEyes receives judges commendation as "the one to watch" at the UK Catalyst Awards -
UK Catalyst Awards
LocalEyes pitches at the 2gether08 conference...

View the 3 minute pitch here
Jun 08: LocalEyes short listed for "The Revolutionary Award" - UK Catalyst Awards
Jun 08: "TIME" being used to open European Faith Conference in Milan & to launch the "Sustainable Parishes" initiative in Wales

Watch "TIME" Video
Jun 08: Funding secured by 2 District Councils in Somerset to engage their schools & communities with LocalEyes
Jun 08: LocalEyes is now being offered as a tool to fulfill aspects of the "Sustainable Schools" programme
Jun 08: LocalEyes entered in European e-inclusion campaign

What it looks like now ..

What it will look like ..

Jun 08: Involve partner with LocalEyes to take civic engagement and digital inclusion to the next level - Involve
May 08: UnLtd Level 2 Millennium Award granted - UnLtd
Apr 08: Grant awarded by "The Funding Network" - The Funding Network - read press release >>
Apr 08: LocalEyes presents at Transition Towns Annual Conference 2008. Numerous Transition Towns have either committed to, or shown a keen interest in, promoting LocalEyes in their area.
Mar 08: New version of the LocalEyes website goes live working for all UK postcodes & communities

Version 4 of LocalEyes
Mar 08: Transition Town Glastonbury promote LocalEyes as key communication tool within their transition initiative
Mar 08: Milford Haven Port Authority agree to sponsor the pilot of the "TEENAGE VOICE" in the Milford Haven area
Mar 08: Broad Haven Primary School promote LocalEyes & the "KIDS VOICE" through a music DVD and live performances at community events

"Time" (to LocalEyes)
sung by Broad Haven Primary School

Feb 08: 7 new areas agree to run pilot projects of their own; (Glastonbury, Oakham, Chew Valley, Newport (Pembrokeshire), Instow in Nth Devon & Lambourn)
Feb 08: Local businesses sponsor the "Community VOICE" in The Havens, Pembrokeshire
Jan 08: Broad Haven Primary School (Pembrokeshire) to trial the first "KIDS VOICE" (ages 6 to 11) that will compliment their existing school council and engage all the children in the decision making processes.

Dec 07:The Schumacher Institute, are assisting/supporting with the preparations and planning for the launch of LocalEyes throughout the UK and beyond.

Schumacher Institute
Dec 07: Equals3 to assist in taking LocalEyes to scale

Equals3
Nov 07: The first Community VOICE goes live in The Havens, Pembrokeshire, Wales and has already generated allot of interest.
We hope to make the VOICE available throughout the UK sometime in December 07.

COMMUNITY VOICE

if you'd like to get the VOICE up and running in your town/community..
REGISTER YOUR INTEREST
Nov 07: Ashton Hayes, One of the first villages going Carbon Neutral, will pilot LocalEyes & the Community VOICE

Ashton Hayes Community
Nov 07: RuralNet to assist in pitching in the "Green Dragons Den" - As RuralNet have complementary objectives to LocalEyes (to create a roadmap for communities throughout the UK to engage with sustainable projects), they've agreed to help work up a pitch for the competition

RuralNet
Oct 07: LocalEyes to pitch in Green Dragon's Den Competition on Nov 19th - LocalEyes has been selected as 1 of around 10 projects to pitch in this competition

Green Dragons Den Competition
Oct 07: TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Award – The Shire Initiative (project LocalEyes) has won the TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Award. To celebrate this achievement an awards ceremony for all winners will be held at the House of Lords, London, on 14 November 2007

read press release >>

Citizens Online, TalkTalk
Aug 07: WCVA Grant Awarded – The Welsh Council for Voluntary Action have awarded LocalEyes a training grant under their social risk program.

WCVA - Social Risk Fund
July 07: UnLtd Grant Awarded - UnLtd have awarded Peter Anderson with a Level 1 grant to get the LocalEyes pilot project up and running in The Havens

UnLtd
July 07: PCC Grant Awarded – Pembrokeshire County Council have awarded Broad Haven school, (under the community focused schools program), the grant is being used to promote and provide training on LocalEyes to The Havens community.

PCC - Community Focused Schools
July 07: Rebranding – The entire look and feel has been revamped. The new site should be live in Dec 07

New Demo Website – screenshots can be viewed here