community first uk
Forfar
The idea for Community First came to mind in 2015 when we began to be approached
by individuals and local organisations who were being supported by the good
Samaritans and Volunteers who ran them. Because of their self identified lack of
digital skills, they felt they were not being able to fully benefit the
organisations they were supporting. Something as simple as emailing, sharing
information or reaching their most isolated members was an area that was causing
great concern. This was a need we could see and luckily one we could most
definitely meet. We then began being asked for similar help but on a commercial
level by small and start up-businesses. Because we wouldn’t take any kind of
payment, we started to receive boxes of sweets, biscuits and bottles of wine.
Whilst this was very generous, it wasn’t too good for our waistlines or general
health!! So when we were offered a donation towards future support we might give
to others, a sort of Pay it Forward idea, CommunityfirstUK was formed. We went
on to register as a Social Enterprise limited by guarantee in 2016 where any
profit our organisation makes goes back into other projects allowing us to
support more people and organisations, not just with digital but with needs they
have that we can help with.
