What’s your experience of connectivity on Arran?

Connect Arran is an informal community group devoted to improving connectivity on Arran for resident and visitor alike.

What is connectivity? It’s your mobile phone signal, your broadband connection… your ability to connect with social media, file your tax return, attract new customers, tweet your photos, allow your kids to research homework, watch iPlayer, plan a holiday, track ferry status, order from Amazon, access online learning (whether you’re a firefighter, nurse, vet, Open University student etc.) and, of course, read the Voice!

Connectivity is already an essential part of everyday life, and we depend on it for everyday tasks. That’s why we want to map out where the problems are, and demonstrate what a lack of connectivity on Arran means for its residents, visitors and businesses.

ConnectArran is planning a summit meeting to be held at Lamlash Outdoor Education Centre on Wednesday 30th September with generous support from SSE.

The aims of this meeting will be to inform, galvanise and enthuse local projects (one in particular) which will aim to meet the connectivity needs of residents, public services, enterprise, tourism and visitors to the island. We’ve been working hard on forming links with key partners.

The programme has yet to be finalised but will comprise short presentations/workshops and a drop-in format to enable as many of Arran’s business community to attend as possible, if only for part of the day.

Further information will be published on our Facebook page at: www.facebook.com/ConnectArran.

In the run up to the summit meeting we want to collect your experiences of connectivity on Arran. Please visit the link to take our ConnectArran survey … it should take a maximum of 10 minutes to complete (depending, of course, on how your connection is!).