The Park View "Local Voices mean Local Choices" community-driven website aims to promote social connections and information sharing across North Tyneside. It functions like a community message board on Facebook, allowing residents and organizations to share local news, events, and discussions. The website's goals are to train residents in community reporting, provide support for volunteering and benefit applications, and increase participation from disabled individuals. It offers groups, members, events, and directory pages for networking and finding community information in one online location at no cost to users or organizations.

1. “Local Voices mean Local Choices”
community-driven website.

2. Mission
 Park View “Local Voices mean Local Choices” community-driven website is striving to
promote an ‘information-in-one-place’ e-platform to search, track & connect residents to
the community & voluntary sector across North Tyneside.
 Promote social media training for residents in the form of community reporting via an
Information Ranger learning programme.
 The opportunity to register as a volunteer ‘Information Buddy’ & provide peer-support to
others with the aim of enabling more people to contribute to borough-wide voluntary &
community sector events and activities.
 Make available to those unemployed or seeking help with on-line Universal Benefit
applications access to PC’s, peer-support, job searching and CV writing.
 Increase participation by disabled people in accessing on-line support and services in
order to increase their involvement in voluntary and community sector matters.

3. The Idea
 Park View’s “Local Voices mean Local
Choices” community-driven website uses
Facebook functions, while adopting the
philosophy of a ‘community message-board’
thereby acting as a catalyst for enabling the
voluntary sector and residents of North
Tyneside to share a virtual information
space.

4. How it works
The park view project is split into five sections
Groups and Organisations: On selecting a group/organisation you can select updates, see
how many members have joined, check what events you have posted and select ‘topics’ to be
discussed.
Members: By selecting members, you can post a message, look at their profile, who are
their ‘friends’, how many groups they are linked with & upload stories, features & articles.
Events: You can create or view current, future or past events; look at a list of your personal events
and & browse public events posted by other organisations or individuals.
Fundraising: Add your fund raising link with PayPal; if you are a project (Not a
registered charity) you can insert your local donations ‘collection box’; and identify your
fund raisers and keep track of all your ‘causes’.
Directory: Search by category such as subject area (Under construction).
Picture Gallery and a section for uploading newsletters (Under development).

5. Registering
There are three ways an organisation or individual
can register quickly and easily:
Existing Facebook users
Existing Twitter users
Register manually.

6. How does it benefit me?
Sharing:
Local News
Local Views
Local concerns about your community

7. Benefit: Organisation
 Track your events (How many attends/funds raised)
 Networking with organisations and individuals
 Make new connections
 Raising awareness
 Easily manageable web presence
 Zero cost
 Respond to concerns and questions raised by local communities.
 Requires no changes in how you use your current customised social
media pathways or alterations to your communication strategy.

8. Benefit: Residents of North Tyneside:
 Ability to follow news and updates from involved organisations or groups.
 Finding out about new or similar interest-based events or organisations.
 A quick and easy way to get in touch with an organisation or another individual.
 Access to a directory that you build.
 Easy no-hassle integration with existing social media.
 Become a “Streetwise” Community Reporter (you don’t have to attend our office, you can
manage your learning from the comfort of your own home).
 Ability to create your own project, event or fundraising page.
 Ability to network with other users and friends from existing social media.
 Upload reports, articles, features and stories about what is happening in your community.
 Volunteering as an Information Buddy (Peer-supporting community reporter trainees)

9. Park View “Local Voices mean Local
Choices” community website
 What to do next:
 You are just a ‘click away’ from
connecting. So get started -
www.parkviewproject.org.uk

10. Local Voices mean Local Choices
Contact details:
Bob Dennis bob.dennis@parkviewproject.org
www.facebook.com Park-View-Project
https://twitter.com/bobdennis55555
Address: 198-200 Park View,
Whitley Bay,
NE26 3PQ.
You can also find us on www.streetlife.com (Whitley Bay area)
Local Group via www.linkedin.com Park View Project
Video Link Park View : http://www.powtoon.com/embed/bWKAWM4qJIg/