Ruddington.com - Community Website Project

RITA has developed a new website for the village - Ruddington.com - which allow clubs, societies and voluntary organisations in Ruddington to have a "no cost" web presence. The site also includes visitor information, an events diary, message board, contact details for essential services and links to County, Borough and Parish Council websites

The website was developed with the support of Nottinghamshire Rural Community Council and forms part of its Virtual Village Project, funded by the Coalfields Single Regeneration Budget. Forty villages are now involved in the Virtual Village Project and they have built an impressive array of sites (although we like to think Ruddington.com is amongst the best) - to find out more, visit the Notts. RCC website

For Ruddington.com to be a success, it has to be "community owned". If you have time to spare and would like to become involved in developing the website, we would be delighted to hear from you. We are particularly keen to recruit volunteers with web design, graphic design or IT skills, but above all we need people with enthusiasm and commitment to the ideals of the project.

Ruddington.org - Arts and Poetry

Ruddington's Arts and Poetry website - Ruddington.org - was lauched in the summer of 2003 and aims to provide a showcase for local artistic, poetic and literary talent. The site is being developed gradually and although there has been a good response on the poetry front, many more contributors are needed on on the the arts front.

Poetry collections are changed quarterly, or more frequently if the volume of material warrants, and include an eclectic mix of material covering various themes including addiction, religion, humour and feminism. Regular contributors to the poetry section include Pat Dring, Simon Auchterlonie, Michelle Hubbard and Gavin Walker.

Ruddington.biz - for local traders and small businesses

RITA administers and maintains the Ruddington.biz website on behalf of a group of local traders. The three initial sites - David Richards Jewellers, Ruddington Cyles and The Honeycomb Christian Charity Shop - were all created at a "web in a day" session funded by Rushcliffe Borough Council. The shops contribute a small sum (currently £10 per year) to have the sites hosted by ruddington.biz and to cover overheads, administation and updating the site during the year. So for approximately 20p per week, these shops have a simple, professional website and an effective online presence. Perhaps your business should be doing the same!

If you haven't got a website and are interested in creating one, we would be happy to discuss how RITA could assist you. Don't forget, RITA is a "not for profit" organisation run by unpaid volunteers, so it can offer extremely cost-effective website solutions.

If you already have a website for your business, there is a searchable directory into which you can input your details and a link to the site, free of charge. Please email RITA if you would like your site to be included in the pictorial link pages as well.