About Us - Computer & Internet Access Project
About Us
About Us - Computer & Internet Access Project
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Cardinia-Casey Community Health Service is undertaking a project focusing on increasing access to community-based computers and the internet, and low cost computers for purchase in our catchment. Our key partner is GreenPC (Infoxchange).
Computers and the internet are fundamental to participating meaningfully in cultural, social, economic and political aspects of community life. Access facilitates good mental health and wellbeing. Currently, unequal access exists particularly for the disadvantaged.
Computer use and internet usage rates are lower in the City of Casey than for Melbourne as a whole with more non-computer users than computer users. Further, community-based access does not appear to compensate. Residents have to travel to inner city Melbourne to purchase low cost (reconditioned) computers creating issues around accessibility.
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increase access to community-based computers and the internet; and
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increase access to low cost (reconditioned) computers for purchase in the Casey catchment.
We hope to set up a retailer of GreenPC reconditioned computers and make links between it and the No Interest Loans Scheme (NILS). We also hope to establish an internet hub which is central, easily accessible by public transport and free to use.
