The Innovations Factory is a part of Dingle Opportunities. We provide a local focus that can give the residents of Dingle, Toxteth and Abercromby. We provide access to IT training advice and web based technologies in our centre at 141 Park Street. We also run the Livit website portal which brings local community groups together in one place. Our training centre also provides basic Microsoft certification and training in MOS (Microsoft Office specialist) and many other basic IT skills.

Our mission is to provide a physical focus for economic regeneration, meeting the aspirations and releasing the energy of local people, stimulating local economic activity and assisting the businesses in the area.

Past and present Innovations Factory Projects

Desktop Pub

Desktop pub was an exciting project that documented the traditions of some of the most historic pubs in Liverpool. Its aim to involve the regulars and locals, in bringing the past alive through photo archives, oral histories and presentations in pubs around the city. The project was a great success and brought many local people to our centre who would never have come otherwise.

website: www.desktop-pub.org.uk

Dingle Renaissance

Dingle Renaissance was a website-based community project, set up to encourage people who may have little or no experience of using PC’s, but who know the history of this area, to contribute a wealth of local knowledge and information that was developed together, into an interactive multimedia website, while at the same time, teaching essential IT skills. Many local residents enjoyed working on this project with us and contributed to the website.

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The Dingle Online Centre

The Dingle online project www.dingleonline.org.uk was set up by Innovations Factory and Dingle Opportunities in 2001. The purpose was to make available a state-of-the-art IT facility for the local community, providing free Internet access and learning opportunities. The Dingle Online centre is located in the old Toxteth public house on the corner of Park street and Park Road. It was completely renovated and refurbished using local tradesmen. The entire building had to be stripped and redecorated, with extensive work taking place to restore the empty building.

Dingleonline staff are dedicated to equipping the community with the required IT skills to get online. providing free internet access and advice on how to use the computers for jobsearch, CV creation and more.

Access is available to a huge range of free online training courses some with certification, such as ECDL, MOS, Microsoft Digital Literacy. Other courses include a Gardening course from the BBC, to practicing your driving test with the AA.

Also, the UK Online centre is available for community groups to use as a training facility - offering a network of modern PC's and an interactive whiteboard for the ideal learning environment.

website: www.dingleonline.org.uk

Innovations Factory Contact details

Innovations Factory
141 Park Street
Dingle
Liverpool
L8 6QF

Tel: 0151 707 4340
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