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'''Community Network''' is a registered charity in the [[United Kingdom]],<ref>{{EW charity|1000011|Community Network}}</ref> formed initially in [[Northern Ireland]] in August 1990 as a six-month project to bring people together across the sectarian divide using telecommunications. It went on to become a UK-wide charity using telecommunications for social benefit.
The charity's main focus is addressing loneliness for older people and it's Chief Executive Angela Cairns has spoken out on the dangers of this.<ref>Daily Express Dec2013</ref>
Longterm projects also support farming, fishing and regional communities.
Community Network operated it's own teleconferencing service for 23 years until July 2013 when this operation was deemed non-core to the charity objectives and was transferred to the [[The Phone Co-op]].<ref>Charity Digital News 2013</ref><ref>Phone Coop Press 2013</ref>
The charity's day-to-day running costs continue to be partly funded by the income from this teleconferencing service which is also provided for other charities and not for profit organisations e.g. [[Mencap]]
Community Network has been working with [[The Silver Line]] since October 2013, a help line for older people established by [[Esther Rantzen]] CBE, by providing group calls called "Silver Circles".<ref>Phone Coop News 2013</ref>
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* {{EW charity|1000011}}
* [http://www.classtelecom.co.uk/en/our-services/conferencing/community-network-teleconferencing-with-class.cfm Training Provider]
* [http://www.express.co.uk/news/retirement/446112/The-dangers-of-loneliness-for-our-elderly Daily Express Dec2013]
* [http://www.charitydigitalnews.co.uk/2013/08/05/the-phone-co-op-partners-with-community-network Charity Digital News 2013]
* [http://www.thephone.coop/about-us/news-and-press/2013/august/the-phone-co-op-announces-partnership-with-social-teleconferencing-charity-community-network Phone Coop Press 2013]
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