London Regional ICT Champion

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 [...]

The London ICT e-bulletin is aimed at smaller voluntary and community organisations, managers, circuit riders and accidental techies. It will keep you up to date with the latest news for circuit riding, ICT events and training, ICT accessibility and more. To receive a copy by email of our free monthly London e-bulletin, just go to [...]

Welcome to our new look monthly London ICT e-bulletin. Our bulletin is aimed at smaller voluntary and community organisations, managers, circuit riders and accidental techies. It will keep you up to date with the latest news for circuit riding, ICT events and training, ICT accessibility and more. Subscribe to Lasa’s free monthly email bulletin. Lasa [...]

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Capacity Builders has announced details of successful bidders into its Improving Reach Programme.  A total of £17,444,123 was awarded across the 9 English regions. So far, the only details we have are those published by Capacity Builders, which shows a total of  10 grants totalling £2,374,550 (13.6% of the total) awarded to London.  Until we [...]

Thanks to a brutal regime of monitoring and evaluation we’ve seen more punishment than Frank Bruno’s gum-shield (for those of you who remember the great man), but hey! We’re back with another round-up and then some longer stuf that might contain an opinion or two. Events are in the air: 25th of April 2008 – [...]

Another bag of goodies for you… UK news: Third Sector reports on a web brokerage service that donates 30% of each client’s fee to the charity of their choice, here. The Rural Community Carbon Network riffs on the importance of ICT to rural communities, here. The Broadband Reach Project in Scotland is working with the [...]