Lottery Awards For All Bid
Through Stiwdio Dyfi, Digidol Dyfi Digital have applied for a a second amount of Lottery Community Funding. Here's what was written down!
Trwy Stiwdio Dyfi, mae Digidol Dyfi Digital wedi gwneud cais am ail swm o arian Cymunedol Loteri. Dyma'r hyn a ysgrifennwyd!
NL: What would you like to do?
DDD: Digidol Dyfi Digital is our bilingual digital skills community; and we need further awards for all funding to keep up with demand and support the next stage of development. We are run by our members for the benefit of our members and the local community. Our work makes the digital accessible to local people in the UNESCO Dyfi Biosphere with facilities and resources that allow for digital skills learning in a fun and nurturing setting. Our workshops; bookable equipment; and events bring our bilingual local community closer together. Our project is administered and monitored by Stiwdio Dyfi CIC. Digidol Dyfi Digital is a resource for everyone in the Dyfi Biosphere who wishes to improve their digital skills and find both local and global audiences with digital projects; be it through radio; coding; video; DJ nights; or screening events. It is a place where bilingual culture; debate; and issues can engage with the local community in an accessible and inclusive way using digital technology. Our digital project gives us a sense of purpose in a locality which has little digital provision. Our project contributes towards the sense of local identity and pride as the creative talent of local people is showcased far and wide. We work with local schools; Youth Clubs; and the Scout to run workshops with young people so that future generations can benefit. We use press; social media; and our newsletter to advertise; and feedback forms to improve our project. We've run over a hundred workshops and events this year. We expect to grow our activity over the next 12 months through purchasing more high quality digital equipment that can be booked out for use in the local community. For a write-up on our project so far; see our blog post: https://www.stiwdiodyfi.org/news/65328c5c69931100013d71ee
NL: How does your project meet at least one of our funding priorities?
DDD: Covid-19 made it difficult for many to have a healthy social life. Digidol Dyfi Digital has been a project that strengthened our community ties through the digital post-Covid. We bring Welsh and English-speaking communities together through bilingual activity. We run regular digital skills workshops such as DJing; music production; journalism; community cinema events; video making; and more. These workshops have been important in making our project accessible and inclusive to all who wish to be involved but perhaps don’t have the technical knowledge or confidence yet. All of our workshops are free; helping more people reach their untapped potential locally in a time where costs are higher than ever. Our events are are offered at an cost price (£5 standard; £3 concession); and we book venues in villages to run events that local people can walk to. Our DJ nights are by donation.
NL: How does your project involve your community?
DDD: As members of the local community; we are constantly communicating the project through informal discussions; consultations; social media; local press coverage; and via a bilingual newsletter. We have a reach of approximately 3;000 people via our online outlets. Our feedback forms help us discover what people think about our activity so that we can improve and develop. We engage with local councils; enterprises; organizations; and other community projects. We have reached 86 members thanks to the previous lottery funding we received. We set up steering groups that any member can join for each specific activity of Digidol Dyfi Digital. Radio Dyfi; Clwb Fideo; Swn Dyfi Sound; and Sos coch Sinema all have this; and anyone can join the steering groups. We run induction days and open days so that people know how to engage with our project and use our digital equipment. Our project is run by members from our local community; for our local community. We're starting a digital movement in this part of Wales that is accessible to all.