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Penrith and Eden District Freegle received funding in May 2016 for a year from the | Penrith and Eden District Freegle received funding in May 2016 for a year from the | ||
Cumbria County Council Community Waste Prevention Fund - | Cumbria County Council Community Waste Prevention Fund - | ||
[http://www.penrithedenfreegle.org.uk/about/community-waste-prevention-fund-2016 more details - supplemented with a little funding from Freegle itself. | [http://www.penrithedenfreegle.org.uk/about/community-waste-prevention-fund-2016 more details] - supplemented with a little funding from Freegle itself. | ||
* Run four Give and Take events across Eden District | * Run four Give and Take events across Eden District | ||
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* Produce a guide/short report for other Freegle groups indicating the success of these publicity efforts | * Produce a guide/short report for other Freegle groups indicating the success of these publicity efforts | ||
This page will detail what's been done over the year. | This page will detail what's been done over the year - and list other on-going publicity efforts. | ||
= Blog entries | |||
Do on website with monthly piece at Penrith Today (200 words and a photo). | |||
= Local group website | |||
The website [http://www.penrithedenfreegle.org.uk/ www.penrithedenfreegle.org.uk] was revamped for Penrith and Eden District Freegle. | |||
This has blog entries and one or two information pages. | |||
The site uses Drupal 8 but other and possibly easier logging system can be used. | |||
* More than one user can write a blog | |||
* Comments on blog posts are handled using [https://disqus.com/ disqus] | |||
* A blog feed is available at http://www.penrithedenfreegle.org.uk/rss.xml | |||
* [http://mailchimp.com/ MailChimp] is used to send out blogposts by email which anyone can sign up to | |||
* Google Analytics are used to track site usage | |||
* A [http://www.penrithedenfreegle.org.uk/sitemap.xml site map] has been set up for use at [http://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/ Google webmaster tools] and [http://www.bing.com/toolbox/webmasters/ Bing webmaster tools] | |||
Revision as of 19:57, 29 May 2016
Penrith and Eden District Freegle received funding in May 2016 for a year from the Cumbria County Council Community Waste Prevention Fund - more details - supplemented with a little funding from Freegle itself.
- Run four Give and Take events across Eden District
- Produce a fortnightly blog
- Produce a list of alternatives to Freegle in Eden District
- Produce a guide/short report for other Freegle groups indicating the success of these publicity efforts
This page will detail what's been done over the year - and list other on-going publicity efforts.
= Blog entries
Do on website with monthly piece at Penrith Today (200 words and a photo).
= Local group website
The website www.penrithedenfreegle.org.uk was revamped for Penrith and Eden District Freegle. This has blog entries and one or two information pages. The site uses Drupal 8 but other and possibly easier logging system can be used.
- More than one user can write a blog
- Comments on blog posts are handled using disqus
- A blog feed is available at http://www.penrithedenfreegle.org.uk/rss.xml
- MailChimp is used to send out blogposts by email which anyone can sign up to
- Google Analytics are used to track site usage
- A site map has been set up for use at Google webmaster tools and Bing webmaster tools
