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Westminster InTouch has 60 free flat screen monitors to distribute to local orgs. Find out more http://bit.ly/925j7c Westminster InTouch is a new website pioneered by Westminster City Council and Training for Life to promote all aspects of ICT for organisations and individuals in the borough.

Development workers are jacks of all trades – part small business adviser, part marketing and communications guru, and part fundraiser – and  knowing the right questions to ask and where to signpost organisations to is crucial to building the capacity of organisations they work. With a squeeze on charitable on and statutory funding,  development workers [...]

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Martha Lane Fox, the Government’s newly appointed digital inclusion champion, has urged charitable foundations to award more grants to charities for their core functions and IT. In an interview to mark the announcement of Government’s Race Online 2012 initiative, intended to bring four million more people online by the time the London Olympic Games begin, [...]

The latest issue of Lasa’s Computanews magazine is now available to download as a free PDF (1.5mb). Computanews provides straightforward information on the use of ICT (information and communications technology) for staff in small to medium sized voluntary organisations. Sign up In this issue: Project management – let’s work together – project management methodologies abound, [...]

In this London ICT e-bulletin for January 2010 we round up the latest ICT news, events, funding, tools, tips and resources for staff in small to medium-sized voluntary organisations.  Don’t forget you can receive the bulletin via email and join in the discussions over at the Knowledgebase Forums. ict news New decade of technology, data [...]

Ofcom today issued three release on a new non-emergency number, an analysis of the state of the UK and international telecommunications market, and an assessment of the UK mobile market. Ofcom will allocate a new memorable three-digit phone number – 111 – for NHS non-emergency healthcare services. This aims to make it easier for patients [...]

The third annual Charity Software Survey has now opened for responses.  The survey is in two parts – accounting and CRM software; you can fill in one or both of the sections depending on what your charity uses or your personal expertise. The aim is to build up a comprehensive picture of what software packages [...]

Ofcom continues to be a veritable font of information, and if you’re confused by call charges or don’t know your 03 from your 0845 numbers, then Ofcom’s new guide will help you out.  Ofcom is the regulator for the UK communications industries, with responsibilities across television, radio, telecommunications and wireless communications services. The guide looks [...]

Lasa’s quarterly Computanews magazine is now out and available as a free download.  In the latest wholesome issue #153: ICT news and events: Get your up to the minute round up of ICT news and events from the voluntary and community sector. Weebly vs WordPress – Tom Green and Mark Walker look at two popular [...]

A recent survey by the Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF) finds that charitable trusts and foundations have also been significantly hit by the downturn, with 75% of respondents reporting  a significant decrease in investment value over the past 12 months. The ACF survey revealed these figures from grantmaking foundations: 80% of investments decreased since June [...]