London Regional ICT champion

Directgov | innovate provides an innovative, collaborative, open source space for the public  to submit an idea or app that uses government data, cloud or crowdsourcing in a new and innovative way. Launched in January earlier this year, the site already features a number of useful apps: Twitterplan – Sends direct messages via Twitter when [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

A report from the US non-profit, Dot Organize, finds that over half of the 400 organisations they surveyed, report being frustrated or really struggling with the complexity of the technology they use. Watchers of voluntary sector ICT issues in the UK will no doubt be familiar with Dot Organize’s findings, since ICT problems tend to [...]