who do we work with? charities, community groups and social enterprises need to use it to be...
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Who do we work with?
Charities, community groups and social enterprises need to use IT to be efficient and effective, but …
they lack:equipment,money, time,IT skills.
Many are volunteer run, or have part time workers
There’s no IT dept.
Depression Alliance
• Charity was in a funding predicament • Could iT4C help get them back on their feet?• They needed training in fundraising software • Volunteer Ian Rumford completed a full IT
audit and trained staff in the new software• Charity and server are back from the brink of
collapse• Ian continues to give IT Support when needed
Benefits to volunteers
• Feel good factor from making a difference• Business and communications skills for CV• Professional development, new skills• Full project view – end to end management
satisfaction and experience• Problem solving and challenge of restricted
funds/resources
The iT4C mentoring programme• A pilot project • We match recent IT graduates to IT
professionals as a mentor whilst they work on a volunteer charitable project.
• This pilot is funded by The Nominet Trust.• We’re keen to work with new IT graduates
and unemployed people of any age who have gained IT qualifications to change career.
iT4C in figures
6,000+ registered volunteers
2,500 UK charities registered
£750,000 value delivered per year
£1 spent = £4 of support is given to charities
Each month on average we have
55 new volunteer opportunities published on the website
70 new volunteers registering
126 hours of volunteer work
Where are these volunteering projects?
Next steps…
Register with www.it4communities.org.uk as a volunteer.
Ask Jason at iT4C to assign you a mentor:email: [email protected]
And please join our LinkedIn group at: www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2182748