Support Camden UK-Online / Stop the Cuts

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   Name: Geoff Stilwell on Oct 7, 2009

   Comments: I do not think the council have really thought through the implications of these cuts. UK Online Centres are ideally placed to alleviate and overcome the effects of the recession by helping train people to become more employable, giving them skills and confidence to work towards regeneration.

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   Name: Nick Holder on Oct 7, 2009

   Comments: When I started working at the Shell (UKonline) centre it quickly became apparent the huge amount of positivity that occurs on a daily basis, particularly with vulnerable people. The idea of limiting such a valuable and beneficial service seems absolutely ludicrous

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   Name: Jin Wang-Bishop on Oct 7, 2009

   Comments: UK online is doing a good job for local people. It should be carrying on. It is sad to see it goes.

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   Name: Philippa Williams on Oct 7, 2009

   Comments: Its terrible, there making big mistake and should be investing more money

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   Name: Joanna Stuart on Oct 7, 2009

   Comments: As a volunteer at the Shell Centre (one of the Camden online centres) I see first hand the difference that the classes these online centres provide. Through these classes local communities develop their skills and confidence in using computers which is not only crutial in helping them into employment (job searches, developing CVs etc) but is vital in helping them to access key services including those provided by the local authority. For some, the centres provide an important community hub where they can meet others. I am shocked that at a time when we need to focus more on supporting people into jobs and developing the skills of local communities that the budget for UK Online Centres could be cut.

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   Name: John Boyle on Oct 8, 2009

   Comments: As the SHELL Centre UK Online manager i see the importance of these centres to the community on a daily basis. Only yesterday i have heard from 2 people studying English here who have got jobs and came back to tell me how important the shell centre was to them. This kind of cut will damage the infra-structure of the Camden network which supports 16 centres. Some centres will inevitably close and jobs lost. If Camden are serious about engaging with residents using online services they should be supporting this service not cutting it.

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   Name: Atara Fridler on Oct 8, 2009

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   Name: Lesley Blackwell on Oct 8, 2009

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   Name: Anonymous on Oct 8, 2009

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    Name: Anonymous on Oct 8, 2009

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    Name: Miriam Mannish on Oct 8, 2009

    Comments: There is a greater need now for people to be digitally connected, especially by those who have not had the opportunity to access technology. It would be devestating for those who need local access to use the UK Online centres that provide this most valuable service.

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    Name: Anonymous on Oct 8, 2009

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    Name: Philip Lewis Camden UNISON C&E Convenor on Oct 8, 2009

    Comments: best of luck in your campain

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    Name: Tsui Tsang on Oct 8, 2009

    Comments: You must not do this! The cuts will marginalise many vulnerable people and those without resources, thus creating more social problems for all of us.

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    Name: Stefan Wiese on Oct 8, 2009

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    Name: Anonymous on Oct 8, 2009

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    Name: Claudio Munzi on Oct 8, 2009

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    Name: Mike.stuart on Oct 8, 2009

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    Name: James Sanderson on Oct 8, 2009

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    Name: Paul Blair on Oct 8, 2009

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    Name: George Binette on Oct 8, 2009

    Comments: Especially at a time of high and still rising unemployment in an inner London borough where a substantial proportion of the population has literacy and numeracy difficulties, the proposal to slash the UK-Online seems extraordinary and suggests that Camden Council is already pursuing the call of Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, to pursue "savage" cuts in public sector expenditure.

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    Name: Barbara Foster on Oct 8, 2009

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    Name: Anonymous on Oct 8, 2009

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    Name: Bertie Jemmott on Oct 9, 2009

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    Name: Samidaakbar on Oct 9, 2009

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    Name: Ali Zall on Oct 9, 2009

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    Name: Maryam on Oct 9, 2009

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    Name: Mariam Idris on Oct 9, 2009

    Comments: I SUPPORT THIS COURSE VERY MUCH BECAUSE IMPROVE MY SKILLS IN COMPUTER AND INTERNT

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    Name: Yan Yang on Oct 9, 2009

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    Name: Mark Gaughran on Oct 9, 2009

    Comments: I think the decision by Camden council is at best wrong and at worst short sighted. The proposed cuts to both online centres and libraries would be a retrograde step to the communities that they serve. People in these communities are usually on the lowest social scale and rely on the services that can be provided, services such as benefit information, which given that most information seems to be geared away from printed information. Having worked in a centre which was forced to close due to financial problems, and presently volunteering at SHELL centre administering UK Online services I have seen first hand the benefits that these centres can provide to the local community that is served. For me to be able to work and volunteer in these centres has given me personally a great deal of pride and belief in myself having spent ages without work. With these cuts it is inevitable that these centres will have to reduce there opening times or even worse have to close altogether. What purpose is that going to serve to the community I would ask you to reconsider your decision to cut a service which is valued by all in the communities that are served.

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    Name: YAN YANG on Oct 9, 2009

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    Name: YAN YANG on Oct 9, 2009

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    Name: Angel Dube on Oct 9, 2009

    Comments: because its helping us to lean

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    Name: Genetawoke on Oct 9, 2009

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    Name: Louise Hudson on Oct 9, 2009

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    Name: Bettie M,. Politi on Oct 9, 2009

    Comments: SHELL and KINGSGATE ARE THE TWO BEST FACILITIES I KNOW, AND THE STAFF AT BOTH ARE SO HELPFUL AND INSTRUCTIVE.

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    Name: Sarah Armstrong on Oct 9, 2009

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    Name: Linda Harris on Oct 9, 2009

    Comments: This has been the best thing to happen on this estate since I lived here for the good part of 50 years and I regard as an essential service. Please do not cut at all!

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    Name: Rich Moth on Oct 9, 2009

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    Name: Matthew King on Oct 10, 2009

    Comments: I work in a UK Online and I see everyday the benefit they bring to ordinary people who need help back into employment or are attempting to improve their skills in order to become digitally included. Not everybody owns their own computer or has an internet connection. These centres and their helpful skilled staff provide a very important service especially at this time of rising unemployment in Camden.

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    Name: Amin Keshani on Oct 10, 2009

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    Name: Anonymous on Oct 12, 2009

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    Name: Hugh Mcdade on Oct 12, 2009

    Comments: these have h cuts will badly effect older people who often have no accest to the internet

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    Name: Terry Williams on Oct 12, 2009

    Comments: Cutting the budge for UK Online Centres would be only a short term solution.As people learning new skills would loose that opportunity of finding employment and getting off benifits which in the long-term would be better all round.

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    Name: Dhana Misir on Oct 12, 2009

    Comments: This is a vital service as stated above ,to the most vulnerable and needy in Camden and a bridge to those left behind by modern technology. I am one of those left behind, but since I have been attending this course I have gained confidence and knowledge in using the computer and have opened a new world to me. This is a vital service and shoud be given full financial backing.

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    Name: Dhana Misir on Oct 12, 2009

    Comments: This is a vital service as stated above ,to the most vulnerable and needy in Camden and a bridge to those left behind by modern technology. I am one of those left behind, but since I have been attending this course I have gained confidence and knowledge in using the computer and have opened a new world to me. This is a vital service and shoud be given full financial backing.

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    Name: Dhana Misir on Oct 12, 2009

    Comments: This is a vital service as stated above ,to the most vulnerable and needy in Camden and a bridge to those left behind by modern technology. I am one of those left behind, but since I have been attending this course I have gained confidence and knowledge in using the computer and have opened a new world to me. This is a vital service and shoud be given full financial backing.

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    Name: Anonymous on Oct 12, 2009

    Comments: Iwish to say that I hope the council will have second thoughts about the cuts and keep the centers open.

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    Name: Dhana Misir on Oct 12, 2009

    Comments: This is a vital service as stated above ,to the most vulnerable and needy in Camden and a bridge to those left behind by modern technology. I am one of those left behind, but since I have been attending this course I have gained confidence and knowledge in using the computer and have opened a new world to me. This is a vital service and shoud be given full financial backing.

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    Name: Anonymous on Oct 12, 2009

    Comments: Iwish to say that I hope the council will have second thoughts about the cuts and keep the centers open.

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