Nornir have recently developed software that is being used in the compliance industry. The to be compliance in the private sector is an essential fact of life and in fact the requirements to be compliant evidence your compliance is set to increase rather than decrease.

Unfortunately, the Third Sector does not have the resources of the time to set up and evidence their compliance and therefore it’s often ignored. To help to overcome this problem we have adapted one of the commercial projects to allow the risk and compliance requirements to be set up by the user (organisation) without the need for expensive consultants and experts.

 We are currently looking for funds to help us develop the schemas that are required and have produced a promotional video to help promote the  work.

We have recently developed a simple and cheap e-commerce web site. The main aim is to allow individuals and small organisations to advertise and sell their goods and services without the need to buy into the existing expensive e-commerce web site developers.

Based in Gravesend, Kent, Chalk Garden Rail are a family run business selling G Scale model railway and table top wargaming items. They are also the only LGB Service Provider in the United Kingdom.

Our system provides a cheap (£10 per month) system that’s easy for the user to update and maintain.  It allows people to update their own information as and when they need to, thereby keeping costs down.

They system links automatically to PayPal but if required it can be set up to take payments via other secure methods.

See Chalk Garden Rail for an example of how the system works.

http://www.chalkgardenrail.co.uk/

Darkops are a small micro business who started trading in the autumn of this year (2015) after the disaster of redundency due to the closure of City Link. Steve Perry, the founder, having dreamed of starting a small business related to his passion of table top wargaming, took the plunge and Darkops is the result.

Being a member of and contributer to My wargaming Life, he contacted us and we provided him with our e-commerce platform. One of our hopes for this particular community is to provide small businesses, such as Darkops, who create niche products access to low cost tools like our e-commerce platform. There are many such micro businesses in and around the table top (and board games) wargaming hobby who produce highly detailed and intricate works, from sculptors to graphic artists, figure painters and scenic creators. small publishing houses and more. Aiding these enterprises can only help create jobs and add to our national economy.

To visit the Darkops website, follow this link: www.darkops.co.uk

Bridge Community Farms have just released their new Nornir developed web site at: http://www.bridgecommunityfarms.co.uk/

The Farm provides employment and volunteering opportunities for local people. It is also engaged with the local community using the produce of the farm to foster healthy eating habits.

We are hoping to use the development of the web site and the links with Bridge Community Farms to expand the concept of Urban Farms.  By setting up a farm that will work with ex-prisoners providing them with employment and volunteering opportunities will help them settle into a more stable life styles.

We are opening our doors for a community volunteering day every Wednesday (10am-1pm) for anyone aged 16+ to come down and get involved in practical tasks on our vegetable growing site.  We'll be working together on various land-based, horticultural and crafts tasks in the fields and polytunnels so this is a great opportunity to get outdoors, learn new skills and meet new people.

We'll be providing tea, coffee and biscuits. As the days are getting colder, we will also start offering soup made with own organically-grown vegetables produce, served in our dome classroom.

Please wear suitable footwear and bring waterproofs and gardening gloves, if you have them. Whatever the weather, there will be plenty to do – and with three large polytunnels and classroom dome, we'll always have a wet weather plan! 

To let us know you're coming, or if you have any questions about the day, just contact Collette Littler, Volunteer Co-ordinator, on 07847 824 910 or email volunteersbcf@gmail.com 

The farm is located by the Rivacre Business Centre, entrance from Mill Lane, CH66 3TH.