Funding for this project was provided by the Community Access Program, Newfoundland and Labrador. The Community Access Program was developed by Industry Canada to assist communities in rural and remote settings to obtain affordable public access to the Internet and the skills to use it effectively. For the past 10 years federal and provincial governments have partnered to offer the Community Access Program Newfoundland and Labrador in 170 CAP sites in the province. NF CAP.

The Town of L'Anse au Clair, Newfoundland and Labrador provides space for the community's CAP site and is a partner in the development of the Community Voices Website. The website was planned to be ready for the L'Anse au Clair
Come Home Year in 2008.

SmartLabrador , a Labrador IT Initiative, provided equipment and technical support to the project. The project was based on an earlier CAP project offered at the Forteau Telecentre, called Women's Voices. SmartLabrador developed the proposal, concept and training workplan in partnership with Partners in Learning, using lessons learned from the Smart Community Demonstration Project. That project provided Community Voices with a format for computer training and content development that enabled the participants to create this website.

Partners in Learning, a regional literacy organization, provided assistance to the class in developing their stories. This was part of an ongoing project which aimed to involve local adults in collecting stories and local knowledge. At the community voices sessions participants were given strategies to begin the writing process and were supported throughout the process. The concept of a participatory approach to learning was adopted by SmartLabrador and Partners in Learning when they initially collaborated on the Women's Voices project in 2005. This approach allows for participants to share decisions on what is to be learned and how it is to be learned. For more information on this approach contact: learning_centre@nf.aibn.com or sdowner@smartlabrador.ca.