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AWARD-WINNING
WEBSITE
www.helmdon.com is now an award winning web site!
In March Helmdon Branch in WEA Eastern District was the
Web Site of the Month at UK Villages on line, a prestigious
award which has become the benchmark for community websites
in the UK. Being monthly winner means that the Branch will
be entered in to the 2002/003 Web Site of the Year Award
The award is recognition of all the hard work of Danny
Moody and all of his team in producing one of the best Village
web sites in the country.
In April the Branch won the Amdow Web Design 5 Signpost
Award. They were told: We were pleased to award the Helmdon
web site 5 Signposts. Our panel's comments were "A
well laid out site which is about 18 months old. Very easily
navigated and containing diverse information and resources.
Gives the impression of being well supported by the local
community. Provides information for both the local population
and to visitors. Particularly liked was the photographs
of the three contacts. A good example to follow". This
was a particularly pleasing award because 5 Signposts are
only awarded to sites that show the way for other communities
- and indeed the e-mails from all over the country from
village webmasters who are just getting going are coming
fast.
The Branch is delighted with the awards and see them as
motivation to keep improving the website and make it a real
village resource.
History Resources
The history section of helmdon.com continues to be a key
feature with new information being added all the time. Articles
on the Railways of Helmdon and Helmdon Stone have been added
and the Oral Reminiscences have been updated. There is now
a lot of collaborative research going on and the Heldmon
WEA Local Studies Group receives e-mails from all over the
world from people who have seen the web site and found it
to be useful. Unfortunately there are always more questions
than answers, but it is fun to make a discovery, or find
a new family link
What we need now to keep the site lively and vibrant is
visitors and feedback. Please visit the site and let us
know what you think.
Article in LEARNING FOR LIFE
The magazine of the WEA (Autumn 2002)
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