The purpose of this group is to promote Pembroke Dock through organising and promoting the Pembroke Dock Midsummer festival.  The group comprises of volunteers from other voluntary groups/organisations, councillors, Planed and is facilitated by Communities First, together with a part-time paid administrator post.

They use ICT for communications by e-mail, limited research conducted on the internet, and word processed correspondence using personal computers owned by individual group members.

The main area identified where ICT could immediately benefit the group’s activities was for the development of a website to promote the Festival.  Two main uses were identified; to document previous Festivals and promote the upcoming Festival.

Although the group initially thought they would wait until next year as it was nearly midsummer, two members of the group went through the 123-communicate process and, with much hard work the website was planned, developed and launched in six weeks!!

During the busy period leading up to the Festival, the Circuit Rider project provided essential technical support to group members re-establishing effective online communications when they failed and installing a new laptop for the Group Co-ordinator.  In addition new software was installed to allow effective sharing of documents – a small but vital improvement.

Other areas identified for future improvement included a database of sponsors for mailings and use of accounting software. Information given to the group increased security, safer working and reduced working costs.

The Secretary of the Festival Group had this to say about the project;

'On behalf of the festival group please accept our thanks for your help in repairing my computer, saving me from a spell in a home for the totally bewildered, and also your valuable assistance and instruction on setting up our web site.

The fact that your team can offer such willing help and backup, moves groups like ours onto more ambitious projects and improvements in our present set-up with the knowledge that you are just a phone call away.' 

Website: http://www.pembrokedockfestival.org.uk/