The Campaign

Find out about the Norfolk broadband campaign, what we want and how you can get involved

We aim to ensure Norfolk households and businesses have access to the broadband speeds they need to improve the county's competitive edge, matching if not exceeding national targets.

Funding Opportunities

The East of England Development Agency (EEDA) is offering funding for rural broadband projects in the East of England through the Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE). The funding scheme is known as Supporting Open Next Generation Broadband in Rural Districts (SONGBIRD).

How you can get involved in our campaign

•      Log on to EREBUS to enable EEDA to capture actual broadband speeds and map demand in Norfolk.

•      Ensure that you sign up to any broadband pilots where appropriate – if Norfolk shows its businesses are actively engaged in broadband pilots there is a greater chance they will enable them here.

•      Sign up to any lobbying campaigns to show Norfolk wants high-speed broadband.

  

Shaping Norfolk’s Future's and Norfolk County Council's Actions

• Responding to Jeremy Hunt's, Secretary of State for Culture, announcement that there are to be three rural broadband pilots. We are requesting that one of these pilots takes place in Norfolk.  
• Creating a series of electronic maps showing the current broadband coverage across the county, not spots and concentrations of SMEs among other elements
• Promoting and helping SONGBIRD bids
• Producing a broadband strategy for Norfolk. This is a live document which is kept up to date 
• Creating a broadband guide
• Raising demand for high speed broadband through promoting EREBUS 
• Raising awareness of broadband schemes in Norfolk
• Co-ordinate and facilitate a broadband group in Norfolk to feed in to the East of England Digital Group
• Helping coordinate a broadband workshop for the business and public sector