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Capacitybuilders has today launched a new web resource for the nine new national support services – which started running today. For those who’ve already lost the map to the promised land of Destination 2014, Improving Support increases the number of programmes from 6 national hubs to 9 national support services, all on a slimmer budget. [...]

It’s 1 April and we couldn’t make it up….. UK news: Institute of Fundraising Technology Groups’ conference is at LVSC on 14 May.  See the programme here. CharityComms has just launched a benchmarking survey to gain information on how the investment that their organisation makes in communications compares to other similar organisations. BT has issued [...]

Kinda, sort of, mostly a slow news day for ICT news as the Easter hangover continues…and we’re still working on those longer think pieces, so hang in there dear reader. Nick Booth reports on how local residents are using Neighbourhood Programme Reward Grants here. David Wilcox on the reality of web 2.0 and social change [...]

Today we’re rounding up resources from the 2008 circuit rider conference 2008. Lasa has pulled together all the notes from the 2008 circuit rider conference sessions into a pdf file so you can read them on your non wi-fi connected train, the bus or wherever. You can view the UKRiders Flickr Circuit Rider Conference set [...]

Another ICT Hub publication hit the news stands this week – An ICT Survival Guide for Trustees. Download the free PDF (399kb) from here. We also have a few hard copies of the publication, so if you’d like one, email us with your contact details and we’ll mail a copy out to you. The guide [...]

STAR (Student Action For Refugees) has launched ‘an all singing, all dancing, one stop shop of information for anyone interested in refugee issues and volunteering with refugees!’. Best of all, it is built by volunteers, for volunteers. RefugeeMap is an online collaborative Wiki providing easy and accessible information for volunteers, especially young people, working with [...]

Another edition of need to know ICT news… Phorm – a service backed by BT, Virgin and Talk Talk which will track users’ web behaviour for advertising purposes is believed to be unlawful. Check it out here and here. ZD Net reports that Vista Service Pack 1 is now available from the Microsoft Download Centre. [...]

Here we go, another eclectic round-up from the wonderful world of ICT… Check out the latest Knowledgebase articles on making a case for investing in telephony, telephony strategy and working with telecom suppliers. ISP 2008 award winners announced here, with Plusnet emerging as best consumer ISP. Beth Kanter is into Sprout widgets for social change [...]

Tech news from the last week has been on fire with talk of Microsoft acquiring Yahoo, the growth of social networking tools, security and teh 80+ ICT events planned around the country. Follow the links to get your fix of the latest hot stories. The IT4Communities newsletter is now out. Locate your nearest ICT Hub [...]

Welcome to the first bumper ICT news round-up of 2008 – follow the links. **London ICT Workers Network** Are you responsible for providing technical and strategic ICT support for your own and other organisations? Want to find out more about sources of help, learn about other ICT projects in the sector and network with others? [...]