Scotland: National Rural Network
Connecting Rural Scotland - Promoting Rural Growth

Airlie Hall Silver Surfers are still looking for at least one partner to join them in a BT Community Cluster Award which will give the successful recipients a year's free broadband and laptop, printer etc.

The Silver Surfers are applying principally on the basis of reducing rural isolation and passing on IT knowledge via Skype. They now have Rattray Hall on board, but another partner is required before they can apply.

Do you want to share good practice, expand your IT knowledge and get free broadband for a year? A group of web savvy ladies in Angus are looking for similar groups to apply for a BT Cluster Award.

The Airlie Hall Silver Surfers are a group of older ladies in rural Angus, Scotland, who operate their own cyber cafe on a Wednesday morning from their local village hall.

Managed by: Angus Glens Website Management Group Broadband Sub-group

A feasibility study (Phase 1) by the Community Broadband Network identified fibre-optic as the most effective solution taking into account the topography of the Angus Glens.

This project will commission and brief consultants to carry out a technical study and produce an accurate design specification and costing for a fibre-optic network throughout the Glens area.

Local people will be trained to participate fully in the design, operation and maintenance of the network. The project will be promoted through leaflets and posters throughout the area.

As a result of having successfully won a BT Community Connections Award in the past, the Airlie Hall Silver Surfers in rural Angus have been offered the opportunity to apply for the BT Cluster Award.