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Tenanted properties / Holiday lets

So we learnt another quirk of the government voucher scheme. If you have tenanted properties (and the tenants haven’t already registered) or holiday lets could you please register interest with a different email address for each. These additional properties should then also qualify for vouchers towards our community broadband. You can setup gmail email accountsContinue reading “Tenanted properties / Holiday lets”

Planning Meeting

Another good planning meeting. Discussed land ownership – making good progress thanks to Stuart, Linda, Peter and Vance. Discussed the cancelled Gala, we are planning some small popup events in Kirkby in Furness, Grizebeck, Soutergate and Woodland. Discussed some of the potential routes proposed by B4RN. Me and Ali are planning on going to seeContinue reading “Planning Meeting”

Banners

We now have a large vertical banner and a small horizontal banner ready for the Gala . Would be good if people could ask their neighbours if they have signed up for B4RN, thank you. Any feedback would be useful.

Meeting with Duddon Parish team

Useful meeting with the Duddon Parish team actually in a pub – which was nice. Sorry we forgot a photo! They discussed building their team and picked our brains on some of what we have done so far. We talked about some of the properties on the boundaries and a possible location for a BroughtonContinue reading “Meeting with Duddon Parish team”

Welcome to B4RN!

B4RN (Broadband for the Rural North) are expanding their network across the Lakes and Furness areas and Kirkby could be next to get be connected to their hyperfast network. If you are interested at all in receiving 1000Mbps download and upload speeds, please register your interest now on the B4RN website – b4rn.org.uk/ki

Would you like to volunteer?

B4RN networks run on volunteers, there are many different ways to get involved from planning the network and talking to landowners to delivering flyers, digging trenches or fixing house kits to the most important role of making tea and cakes for all volunteers ! We are still in the early stages of the project soContinue reading “Would you like to volunteer?”

Materials Meeting

Good meeting with Dan from B4RN and some of our volunteers. Lots discussed about the project in general – all progressing quite well. Learnt about the various ducting used to protect the fibre. Played with some actual fibre – which is tiny – think strand of hair! Discussed some examples of routing the ducting intoContinue reading “Materials Meeting”

2nd Meeting

Good 2nd planning meeting in the garden with homemade ginger fairlings . Expect to see a flyer through your door soon. Anyone happy to help deliver flyers please get in touch. Starting to work out the land owners that we need to speak to. Glyn is hoping to speak at the next Parish Council meeting.Continue reading “2nd Meeting”

Initial Meeting

Good initial online meeting with Dan from B4RN and the Kirkby Ireleth planning team consisting of myself, Ali, Peter, Glyn and Betina. It seems we really need to get a move on and gain support for the project to make sure we gain the Government funding. Its also worth mentioning that you can invest inContinue reading “Initial Meeting”