Community NI and You

Name: Eamon McClean

Location: Within the Dungannon/South Tyrone area, with outreach programmes also in Gortin.

Occupation: Education Officer for the Speedwell Trust

Within your role, what do you use the web for?

"For research purposes to gather information to help communicate with other organisations, associates, schools and funders, locally and internationally."

What do you use Community NI for?

"To find out what other groups are doing. It helps me gather accurate, up to date voluntary and community sector information, provided by the voluntary organisations themselves."

"I can learn about the latest grants and also locate resources for our schools to use that we may not previously have known about. All in all, it's a great tool to see what's going on, for all the staff."

"We also use it to publicise our events, press releases and any news related to the Speedwell Trust."

What do you see as the benefits of Community NI?

"Having an online presence has greatly enhanced the work of the Speedwell Trust by bringing this to a wider audience."

"It helps raise the profile of the Speedwell Trust to people that might know little about us or for others that want to know more."

"It's an additional resource to get across to parents, teachers, students and the public what we are about and also promote our own website."

What is your ultimate goal for the Community NI website?

"With the cross community work we are doing for young people from 3 to 11 years, I hope this can help them come together, to get our message across and bring about change in Northern Ireland."