Projects we have been involved in...

1. 	Commmunities Building Capacity is the Birmingham vision. The aim is to create sustainable and cohesive digitally enabled communities by creating a framework to support exchange between Community and Voluntary organisations.

    

2. 	The CiTH Project is an example of the benefits of IT in supporting learning and economic gain. Digital Birmingham, in a unique partnership with Aston Pride and other agencies achieved national recognition with the "Computers in the Home" Project which has contributed to real achievements in learning.

    

3. 	DC10plus - A conversation about diabetes DC10 is supporting Digital Birmingham in a unique language/health project. The resource is aiming to develop language skills through interaction with a discussion on diabetes.

    

4. 	DEHEMS will help households cut energy bills through a revolutionary new online energy 'dashboard'. DEHEMS is led by Manchester City Council.

    

5. 	Digital Schools Digital Birmingham has worked closely with the schools to highlight what technology initiatives they are participating in, projects/activities the school is particularly proud of and would like to share with other Digital Schools.

    

6. 	A Digital Week in November 2011 brings together a complementary set of activities by multiple partners to demonstrate leading edge and commercial application of technology.

    

7. 	Healthy Way to learn IT In the Aston Pride area of Birmingham where the majority of residents are from ethnic minority groups and where English for many is not their first language, there was a health education need around diabetes awareness and control.

    

8. 	Birmingham - A leading digital city, 2010 During Autumn 2010, Birmingham hosted and organised a series of successful linked events to profile the digital credentials of the city. Please click here for further details.

    

9. 	Intelligent Cities is a programme led by Coventry University in partnership with key public and private sector organisations to address key urban issues relating to transport, tourism, security and climate change through the exploitation of information technology.

    

10. 	Intelligent Transport It combines a range of data including traffic congestion, car parking availability and bus scheduling to provide real time location-specific tracking information through one platform. The concept would present the commuter and visitor with information specific to where they are at the point of enquiry.

     

11. Keeping IT in the Family Keeping IT in the Family is a comic style resource, designed to engage young people, particularly school-aged children, in order for them to help teach their families important IT skills. Originally developed as a pilot with Microsoft, the success of the pilot attracted subsequent funding from BECTA, which has enabled the development of a second series which builds upon the basic IT skills gained from the first series and moves the family on to use those new skills to get the most from digital technologies.

     

12. 	LUCID Demonstrator The 'LUCID' demonstrator was delivered by Digital Birmingham in partnership with Birmingham City University. They have delivered an innovative application which has allowed users to receive location specific services and information via a mobile device.

    
    

     

13. PLINGS - PLaces to Go, thINGS to do This project has been working with twenty local authorities to learn about the challenges associated with providing spread out information in one place for public use.

     

     

14. 	Online School Admissions Innovating the way in which Birmingham parents and carers can apply for their child's school place, Digital Birmingham aims to enhance the digital channels available to citizens and enable applications for school places to be made from the comfort of their own homes using a technology already familiar to them - Digital Television.

     

15. Timely Info for Citizens Birmingham City Council is one of ten English councils who have been awarded funding from the Communities and Local Government department to create new digital resources to enable citizens to better contribute to local decision-making.

     

16. 	Universal Home Access This programme, which is led by Birmingham City Council, follows set government policy. Digital Birmingham influences and assists the programme with its aim for every learner across the city to have as 'an entitlement' the opportunity to access a connected computer at home and gain the benefits that brings.

     

17. 	Virtual Birmingham aims to promote the use of virtual technologies such as 2D/3D mapping, web 2.0 and virtual worlds to discover their future potential and capabilities for enabling partners to deliver better services and citizens and residents to experience the city in many dimensions.

     

18. 	The Web 2.0/Social Media project helps small businesses understand how they might stimulate demand, improve and increase business by using social media. Funded by WNF (Working Neighbourhood Fund) and delivered in partnership with Birmingham City University the project comprised of a number of events and 16 business assists.

     

19. 	Webex Teleconferencing Digital Birmingham successfully completed a three month pilot which ended in September, with a number of teams within Birmingham City Council (BCC). Currently, the City Council spends over £7 million on travel, and with ambitious CO2 reduction targets is exploring ways to make savings using an online teleconferencing tool.

     

20. 	Welcome to Birmingham This website is a guide to information and services that you may find useful if you are new to our city or if you are working with people who are newly arrived.

     

21. 	Windsor Tower Project A pilot project was undertaken in Windsor Tower (which is a block of 42 flats in Erdington) as part of a trial to assess whether giving tenants access to broadband in their own flats through the current IRS infrastructure would help improve their quality of life.