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| Media Release - 14 June 2002 |
Twenty-one community groups from across Victoria will benefit from a $3.5 million program aimed at helping Victorians get online, the Minister for Information and Communication Technology, Marsha Thomson announced today.
The program - My Connected Community - will provide $680,000 in its second round of funding to help people with limited internet skills and experience to access the training and support they need to set up a website and publish online.
Community groups to benefit from the second round of funding include Womensport and Recreation Victoria, RussianLink Inc, Horsham Learning Centre and YWCA Victoria.
Ms Thomson said this program made the internet more relevant and useful to all Victorians.
"The Internet is providing enormous opportunities and this program is helping a range of groups to get online - especially those with limited internet skills and experience,'' Ms Thomson said.
"Through the My Connected Community program, community groups throughout Victoria will be able to get online, stay in touch and recruit new members," Ms Thomson said.
The 21 successful groups will receive up to $50,000 funding to help them get online, and to access necessary equipment and training. These groups will together establish more than 450 online communities across Victoria.
In particular, these community groups will electronically cater for low income earners and unemployed people, indigenous people, people with a disability and people from a non-English speaking background.
My Connected Community is one of several programs under the Government's Connecting Communities strategy which aims to provide all Victorians with the skills to use the Internet, the means to access the Internet and a reason to go online.
Ms Thomson said the third round for the My Connected Community program would be announced in September.
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