We Offer Regional Reach and Responsive Community Engagement

A recognized brand and a proven interface between communities and new technologies;
A dependable distribution channel and delivery arm to regional towns in NSW due to geographic reach;
Cost effective services for skills training and community programs using technology as a platform;
Effective communications channel for delivery of services to specific demographics:
The ability to harness local knowledge to assist our clients and funding bodies;
Responsive solutions to regional community capacity building and providing services specific to community needs;
Fair and equitable access to any service, product or program that we offer;
The CTC Association project management services co-ordinating all centres.

Just to give you an idea, our most recent Connected quarterly newsletter with news about current network doings, can be downloaded in pdf format here.

Some Recent Projects:

CTC Tingha Technoseniors 2010 Week-March 21-25

Being a new CTC and also in a small community of approximately 900 people, this was a great way to introduce older people to the CTC. Pictured are Rod (a local farmer), Audrey ( our l... [more]

Mudgee Region BEC has achieved another significant funding grant from the Australian Government to provide free IT, online & web enhancement for existing small businesses.

The Small Business Minister Craig Emerson and Tourism Ministe... [more]

John Enright is a happy customer of CTC@Tambar Springs. John writes technical and historical articles which are published in Australia, the USA, Switzerland and Britain. He started when a typewriter was the writer's tool of trade. When he ret... [more]

Broadband For Seniors Kiosks A number of CTCs are hosting Broadband for Seniors kiosks for NEC, the corporation funded by the federal government to deliver the program. While NEC is providing the computers along with desks and chairs and ISP, CTC ... [more]

Naidoc Communiy Day 2009 was a big event in Gwabegar and in Pilliga, with 400 to 500 people having a wonderful celebration in Gwabegar, and Uncle Tom, Aunty Norma, and Uncle Noel cutting the cake at the closing ceremony in Pilliga. Congratulations ... [more]

Seniors Maintain Their Mental Fitness in Senior’s Week 2009 Scientists at the University of California Los Angeles have shown that computers are good for maintaining mental fitness in older people. They studied the brains of people between the ages... [more]

CTC@Tea Gardens has kicked off its Telstra Connected Seniors™ program with a very seccessful series of workshops. This series of Telstra Connected Seniors™ workshops was very popular with over 75 local community members attending, many of ... [more]

Veterans and their family members from Holbrook and Culcairn have enjoyed learning about computers at a free training program offered by the local CTC. The Department of Veterans' Affairs funding provided through the CTCA has made it possible for... [more]

Bridging the Digital Divide for Seniors The CTC Association has been successful in its application for a Telstra Connected Seniors State grant.

Community Technology Centres around the state will be delivering 150 workshops in rural and ... [more]

Congratulations to CTC@Tea Gardens, the latest CTC to launch a community geographic domain. According to website coordinator Lyn Reid “We are very proud of both the Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest communities and look forward to showcasing all we have ... [more]

Lake Cargelligo Homework Centre The homework centre (HWC) at Lake Cargelligo was created from a recognised need for the service within the community. After consultation with students, representatives from the local indigenous community, our primary... [more]

TECHNOSENIORS 2008 TechnoSeniors was once again a highlight event for CTCs around the state. 37 Community Technology Centres (CTCs) were involved in the 2008 Public Trustees TechnoSeniors organised by the CTC Association. This year, the CTCs were ... [more]

CTCs Learn about Delivering E-learning There are vast distances between our trainers and learners. Logistically matching up learners with trainers for face to face training involves driving long distances, or flying from rural airports to Sydney th... [more]

CTC@Bowraville Wins UP Prize Work Ventures representative, Anthony Cammell, has presented Bowraville Technology Centre with a cheque for $6,000 on behalf of Microsoft and Work Ventures. The centre also received a new PC and all in one printer as p... [more]

Lyn Agland from CTC@Oberon is Volunteer of the Month:
Lyn Agland has been the support person for the family history group that meets every Monday since CTC@Oberon first offered Family History during a Senior's Week 5 years ago. He... [more]

Free access to NLIS wand readers at six NSW centres: In an initiative that will improve stockowner access to the National Livestock Identification System (NLIS), hand-held wand readers are now available free-of-charge at six centres across NSW. <... [more]