A visit to Vauxhall City Farm

Here's another video from the Unheard Holler team. During the Autumn Online workshops with On Road, trainees gained basic online skills, set up e-mail addresses and accessed government websites. They also learnt how to create short videos and blog.  Using a flip camera, this team set off to visit Vauxhall City Farm. Here they speak to Jo about the farm work, animals and volunteering.

To see all the videos made during the Autumn Online workshops visit Unheard Holler on Youtube.

Is the current bus fare fair?

A team of trainees from the Autumn Online workshops spoke to locals in Vauxhall earlier this month about the London buses. They set out with a small video camera and asked people if they thought the current bus fare was fair and where their last bus journey took them. The team then returned to the SHP Lambeth support service to edit the video...here's their film!

A walk in the park...

During the Autumn Online workshops, trainees were given cameras and shown how to make short videos for the blog. Each team chose a topic, some questions and hit the streets to speak to locals. Here they are in Vauxhall park, wondering what goes on there!

Up soon: Vlog from the video blogging team who asked locals about their bus journeys and the price of a bus fare. 

Here's some more info from On Road on video blogging.

Autumn Online comes to a close!

It's been a very busy couple of months running 'Autumn Online' which aimed to build the confidence of 30-50 people, who have experienced homelessness and/or addiction, with using the web.

Watching each other’s first video blogs at Bondway Service

Watching each other’s first video blogs at Bondway Service

Equipped with laptops and cameras, the On Road team spent two days in each service helping residents with basic online skills, blog writing and video blogging. 

The hope was that participants would enjoy the experience of creating online content and feel more confidence to use the web as a result, whether by keeping in touch with people by email or by accessing information that can help them, like news and support websites and public services online.

On Road  held drop-in workshops in 5 different Single Homeless Project services across London; Arlington Road hostel, 165 Project in King's Cross, the Dennis Handfield House, Highbury New Park hostel and Bondway advice and support service.

Participants learned how to set up email addresses and access public service websites like the Post Office, NHS and Direct.gov. They gained confidence in typing, using the mouse, searching for information and getting online. Working in small teams, they were shown how to use simple flip cameras, interview each other and edit short videos which were then uploaded onto Youtube. You can watch some here.

Many people were interested in writing for Unheard Holler (the blog On Road helped clients to set up back in September 2011) and there has certainly been some rich content up there! People have shared their personal experiences and journeys, contributed poetry, drawings, music and videos. There has been a lot of thought and time put into posts about raves and republicanism, medication and movie reviews, detoxing and democracy, careers and creativity - not to mention gardening! And there's more to come…

Check out the photos from all the workshops on Facebook.  If you're a client and want to get involved with the blog speak to your SHP service manager. If you want to learn more about the project contact Alana (alana@onroadmedia.org.uk).