Clarty Commandos

Clarty Commando’s is a ‘Forest School’ set up in the grounds of Howick Estate near Alnwick in Northumberland, where children of all ages can experience learning in a unique environment, with focus on practical rather than academic activities.

Alncom were asked to create a training programme for the students to learn some of the skills required to deploy fibre broadband. The idea being that students could gain an understanding of how the internet gets into their homes.

Students from Alnwick’s Duchess Community High School Development Group 2 were given an overview of network design and from this they were able to carry out a site survey, design the network and create ‘job packs’. Under very close supervision from Lawrie Stevenson the students built 250m of fibre network, connecting the Forest School to Alncom’s core network. The students installed duct, built a chamber, spliced joints then setup WiFi to the site fostering long lasting team building and listening skills.

Founder of Clarty Commandos Mark Tuff said, “Alncom are amazing, they’ve helped us several times as well as this fantastic project. They helped after Storm Arwen, a devastating fire and we’ve never had to ask for help, they’re just there. They know what’s going on and they know how to help.”