Community Lands Hi-Tech Hot Desk

AN EXCITING new hi-tech facility is being launched in a Swansea community later this week.

Swansea Council's chief executive, Paul Smith, will be on hand to officially unveil a hot desk at the Castle Community First Partnership offices on St Helen's Road on Thursday (July 26).

The hot desk is the first of its kind in the city and includes telephones, printers, fax equipment and six computers with email capability and internet access.

The free suite is intended to cater for people who provide support and services to residents in Swansea's Castle ward but lack office facilities to use.

One of the groups to have already made the most of the Hot Desk is the African Friendship Association (AFAS) formed in Swansea in 2003.

Its aim is to provide opportunities for Africans and other black minority ethnic groups to meet, recognise similarities and support eachother.

Denis Ndomba, of the AFAS in Swansea, said: "The facilities will help us to accomplish our aim to provide advice, information, translation, training, interpreting services, and other assistance in matters such as health, accommodation, welfare rights, employment and education.

"The hot desk facility is invaluable as it can help us to find different sources of funding, to produce leaflets and newsletters to promote our events.

"We're also producing a DVD on Swansea and Slavery and have been able to provide training to members of the group."

Other groups to have used the hot desk since it was introduced in February include the Sandfields Residents Association, Swansea Bay Asylum Seekers Group and Swansea Real Nappy Project.

ICT training courses such as photography and desktop publishing sessions are also held at the facility.

Swansea Council's Cabinet Member for Community Regeneration, Cllr Joan Peters, said: "A great deal of work goes on throughout communities in Swansea to provide support and services to local people.

"The aim of the hot desk is to offer modern facilities that will help them go about their much-needed and much-valued work.

"I'm sure the many groups and organisations undertaking support and guidance roles in the Castle ward will reap the rewards of this new equipment."

Contact Castle Communities First on 01792 476812 for more information about the hot desk suite.

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This page last updated on July 24 2007