6 July 2005
The CREDU Portal for young people was
officially launched on Monday 27th
June by Andrew Davies, Minister for
Economic Development & Transport, at
the Urdd Centre in the Wales
Millennium Centre in Cardiff Bay.
Young people like Harriet Eloise
Brewster (18) and Emma Dixon (17) from
Flintshire in North Wales, who have
already made many contributions to the
CREDU portal, delighted in showing
their work to Mr. Davies during the
launch (pictured above).
The CREDU portal, developed by Connect
Internet Solutions, has an
underpinning content management
system, and is split into eight
different zones offering young people
the chance to compete in weekly
competitions, to write feature
articles, soap story episodes, to vote
or participate in live online chats or
voice their opinions in a forum.
The portal also provides registered
users with a private, password
protected VIP account, accessible from
anywhere around globe with Internet
access. Inside “VIP”, the user can
store photographs or images in a
scrapbook, generate and save CVs,
balance their money with the My Money
budgeting tool and manage their time
with an online journal and calendar.
Registered users are also provided
with a free CREDUmail e-mail account
(a service also provided by Connect
Internet Solutions).
Elsewhere on the portal, features are
refreshed every Friday with new
content based around a “Theme of the
Week”. This includes a fact-based,
informative feature article,
professional profiles detailing
potential jobs or activities stemming
from the theme, interviews with
professionals in relevant fields, How
2...worksheets, an episode
of “Abercredu” – a fictional soap
opera set in Wales - and real-life
stories written by young people about
issues and experiences important to
them.
Carole Boardman, Director of Connect
Internet Solutions,
commented, “Connect is delighted to
have produced an interactive and
engaging portal which is proving to be
really successful in engaging young
people and encouraging participation
in this exciting initiative.”
