Telecottage
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Telecottage is usually a community
based facility that is there to assist learning, access to technology, access to work etc. for its local community
. The Telecottages movement started in Sweden
and the idea has been taken up quite widely, notably in the United Kingdom
where at the last count (in 1997) there were some 200 telecottages.
Community
The term community has two distinct meanings:*a group of interacting people, possibly living in close proximity, and often refers to a group that shares some common values, and is attributed with social cohesion within a shared geographical location, generally in social units larger than a household...
based facility that is there to assist learning, access to technology, access to work etc. for its local community
Local community
A local community is a group of interacting people sharing an environment. In human communities, intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, risks, and a number of other conditions may be present and common, affecting the identity of the participants and their degree of cohesiveness.- Overview...
. The Telecottages movement started in Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
and the idea has been taken up quite widely, notably in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
where at the last count (in 1997) there were some 200 telecottages.