London Regional ICT champion

Some more ICT news stories for the voluntary sector to close out the week of 3-7 September 2007….
Capacity Builders announces future of national support services
ICT is not to be one of the 9 new national support services announced here, according to recommendations made by an advisory panel of ’sector experts’ and agreed by Capacity Builders [...]

Hot off the presses from the ICT Hub…

The ICT Hub is seeking to commission an individual or organisation to update the sources of funders research carried out in 2006/07. The successful applicant will be required to source at least 45 funders who have funded ICT initiatives/ projects in the VCS and who were not [...]

Techshare 2007 – 4-5 October 2007
4-5 October at Novotel London West in London, UK. Pre-conference workshops will be held at the same venue on 3 October.
RNIB’s Techshare conference highlights the role of technology in the everyday life of people with disabilities.
Conference topics will cover the web, software, mobiles, standards, compliance and much more. Techshare [...]

And rounding off our brief look at new studies and surveys emerging lately….
A new study from Ofcom has found that Voice- Over-Internet- Protocol (VoIP) services – like those offered by Skype, Vonage, BT Broadband Talk and Tesco – have failed to capture the public imagination.
Ofcom found that only 17 per cent of broadband-connected adults said [...]

According to a new survey from Pipex, people over the age of 60 tended to use the Internet for e-mail or searching and very little else, with just 7% having downloaded music compared with 84 per cent of 16-20 year olds.
The Pipex survey of 500 surfers – as flagged up by PC Pro and [...]

Thanks to Brighton’s Scipmark for reminding me about this:
‘Introduction to Media and Web Design’ seminars
The Media Trust is providing FREE media and communications support for small to medium sized charities and voluntary organisations working with the following priority groups:

Faith;
Black and Minority Ethnic;
Migrant and/or Refugee; and
Isolated Rural;

Seminars will provide detailed information and practical advice on what [...]