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Harringay Online- a neighbourhood social network
Hugh FlouchNetworked Neighbourhoods
Harringay Online - Why
• Creating a sense of place
• Empowering
• Engaging• Engaging
• Building community
• Sharing knowledge / Informing
Harringay Online
• Virtual street corner cum café.
• Sugared pill.
• Contributions at level of comfort, but at all • Contributions at level of comfort, but at all costs join!.
• Offline as well as online.
Initial reactions
Impact - Membership
Members Jan 2008 – 220
September 2009 – 1,957+
Visits 400 – 500
Visitors 200 – 250
Impact - big noises• Fighting the betting shop explosion.
• Planning Wins.
• Helping police direct resources.
• Neighbourhood summer party.
• And………..
Impact - everyday differences• Empowering people to take action for themselves with information.
• Connecting people to take action together.• Enabling & encouraging people to access power to create changepower to create change
• Sponsoring / making FOI requests to support action for change.
• Creating connections between groups. Street Cleanliness action.
Hugh FlouchHugh [email protected]