These new hubs help provide members of the public to remote work, study or undertake digital skills trainings.
Fingal County Council secured €40,000 from the government's Connected Hubs Scheme and has used the funding to enhance and add capacity to remote working infrastructure in existing Community Centre BCPs: Fingal Liam Rodgers, Applewood, Tyrrelstown and Luttrellstown Community Centres.
Connected Hubs provides a space for remote workers, students, start-ups and SMEs to study or conduct business. Facilities include meeting rooms, coworking and collaborative spaces and hot desks that can be booked for a day, week or a longer-term. Facilities also host online meeting technologies including Smart Screens and high-speed broadband.
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Speaking about the announcement, Chief Executive of Fingal AnnMarie Farrelly said: "The Covid-19 pandemic has brought many challenges to communities over the past two years, not least the move to a more remote and hybrid working set-up. That switch has stressed the importance of having access to good quality broadband and remote working facilities for communities, so the development of these new hubs is a welcome addition to what Fingal is able to provide."
Aishling Hyland, Digital Strategy Manager commented: "This initiative forms part of the Council's Digital Strategy which aims to make Fingal the place of choice to live, work, visit and do business in Ireland. Having access high-speed broadband and remote working facilities is a huge asset to local communities. The improvements in connectivity and the addition of smart screens will enable these centres to offer a wide variety of educational classes, hot-desking and much more."
