About South Yorkshire Community Information

South Yorkshire Community Information (SYCI) is a progression of the Sheffield Community Information (SCI) project.

SCI was set up in 1999 as a partnership project between Sheffield Libraries, Sheffield University and Manor Training & Resource Centre. Since that time, it has increased the number of community and voluntary organisations and small businesses in Sheffield that have a presence on the World Wide Web. In just three years we helped over 300 organisations, ranging from parent & toddler groups to big businesses. Phase One of the project came to an end in September 2001 having over-achieved its' outputs by almost 100%. Phase Two, a partnership between Sheffield Libraries, Sheffield University and Mediac, came to an end in October 2002, once more over-achieving its outputs.  Stage three aims to target groups in the Objective One Priority Four areas across South Yorkshire, though we are not restricted to work with only these groups.  All community groups and businesses are encouraged to contact us if they require a web site.

We are working in partnership with the IT For Me project, taking our services into various libraries across South Yorkshire.  This enables better access to our services for the people of South Yorkshire.

How we can help you…

The assistance provided to our clients has varied from group-to-group depending on their requirements but has included:

• Internet Training 

• Training on Web Page Creation 

• Domain Registration/Hosting

• FTP Training

• Introduction to New Technologies 

• Assistance with Multimedia design 

• Training on WWW site maintenance 

• Information Quality 

• Accessing Information Resources 

• Organising for Information Provision 

• Organisational Information Strategy

How much will it cost?

All of the training and advice will be provided free for community/voluntary groups and small businesses in the Objective One Priority Four areas.

Community Groups and businesses not in the Priority Four areas can still use the South Yorkshire Community Information project.  Email scott@shefinfo.f9.co.uk for further information.