London Regional ICT Champion

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Movement on the digital divide has stalled with only marginally more people online today than three years ago. That’s the astonishing conclusion of new research conducted in association with FreshMinds. Understanding Digital Inclusion is claimed to be the first report that comprehensively maps the correlation between digital and social exclusion. The report identifies the digital [...]

This week sees the publication of a new report from the ICT Hub, “Making more impact with your funds”. The report features a number of case studies on how investing in ICT has mutually benefitted voluntary and community organisations and their funders. Key messages for funders and grantees: *  ICT is absolutely essential to running [...]

A recent report from Charity Finance magazine highlights the current state of IT in the UK voluntary sector and makes some interesting predictions about future developments. Some key findings include: 1. Increased demand for and availability of remote access to office networks 2/3 of organisations report that at least some of their staff can access [...]

One of the themes of this blog has been to talk about the potential to use ICT for collaboration between voluntary sector organisations and their stakeholders. Two new reports from NCVO’s Collorative working Unit (NCVO is a partner of the ICT Hub) expand on this and aim to inspire organisations to see collaboration as a [...]

ESRC: ICT, social capital and voluntary action The Economic & Social Research Council’s ‘ICT, Social Capital and Voluntary Action’ (download PDF – 1.6Mb) report contends that ignoring the Internet is no longer an option for voluntary and community organisations. It warns that those failing to embrace information and communications technology (ICT) risk having their work [...]

Yes, I know I’ve been blogging about IT reports rather a lot recently, but hey, it’s all good and funders are always saying how much they like to see fresh research into voluntary sector ICT issues. Anyway, in the spirit of bringing you the latest research into voluntary sector and non-profit ICT…. Evaluation of LB [...]

A quick plug for my colleagues at Lasa… I thought it would be worth bringing the Supporting Advice in London: Review of Infrastructure Needs report to people’s attention as it contains a few lines on ICT and suggests circuit riding as possible model of ICT support. The report was commissioned to review the support needs [...]