Community IT resources

How to fight the credit crunch or do more with lessWhere to find good

community IT resources

Miles Maier

Lasa

ICT Champion

Webinar Presenters

Gary Moore – CITA

Emma Steenson – CITA

Miles Maier – Lasa

Paul Webster – Lasa

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Founder members of CITA

www.charityitassociation.org.uk

IT in the charity sector

Charity IT Survey (2013)•67% no paid IT staff•42% no paid IT staff or IT volunteer

Biggest barriers to using tech:•Cost of tech (IT spend is <1% of budget)•IT advice and where to go for trusted help•Basic and intermediate skills and knowledge

Signposting to self-help resources

Knowledgebase (@LasaICT)

• Developed and hosted by Lasa

• Need for impartial help

• 400 articles on all aspect of tech

• Jargon free, plain English

www.ictknowledgebase.org.uk

Suppliers Directory (@LasaICT)

• Developed and hosted by Lasa

• Companies providing technology services to charities

• Free, independent and impartial listings

• 2 charity references verified by Lasa

www.suppliersdirectory.org.uk

Connecting Care (@LasaICT)

• Dept. of Health funded Lasa project

• Using, managing and IT skills for health and social care

• Technology news, advice and guidance

• Summary articles signposting further info

Gateway to CITA volunteershttp://connectingcare.org.uk/articles/detail/receive-a-free-2-

hour-consultation-with-a-strategic-it-volunteer

AbilityNet (@AbilityNet)

AbilityNet – helping disabled people to use digital technology

My Computer My Way•Find out how to make the most of the accessibility features built into a computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone

www.abilitynet.org.uk/advice-info/my-computer-my-way

IT Support at Home•Free IT support at home for disabled people

www.abilitynet.org.uk/advice-information/IT-support-for-disabled-people

Technology Trust (@TechnologyTrust)

Providing tech donations, email marketing & online fundraising services to UK charities.

www.technology-trust.org/

tt-exchange

•Donated tech from Microsoft, Cisco, Adobe, Symantec, etc

www.tt-exchange.org/

Useful #nfptech resources

Low cost computers and laptops•Recycled PCs from £99 and Laptops from £149•Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010 included•Unlimited telephone support + 12 months warranty

www.happus.eu

Digital Unite (@digitalunite)•Guides to using technology, getting online and using the web safely

http://digitalunite.com/guides

Useful #nfptech resources

Community How To (@communityhowto)•Useful tools and websites to help smarter work online•Community reviews

http://communityhowto.com/

Grow Your Charity On Line (@media_trust)•build a web presence through the many free Google products available for non-profitswww.growyourcharityonline.com/

Tech Surgery:What’s involved for a volunteer?

• Sign up to be a volunteer

• You will be matched with a request from a charity. We will notify you of this by email:

– The email will contain the details of the charity

– A briefing document

– A link for the form where you must complete your report to the charity

• Contact the charity to set up the Tech Surgery

• Complete the report form

– You can save and return to the form to edit

• Submit the form

• Once you have submitted the report you will be presented a feedback form where you can give us your thoughts on the Tech Surgery process and any ideas or suggestions for improvements

• The report in PDF format will be sent to the charity along with a request for feedback from the charity

• What if I can’t complete the Tech Surgery once assigned?

– Let us know as soon as possible so that we can re-allocate a volunteer to the charity

Miles MaierICT Champion

www.lasa.org.uk

[email protected]

@LasaICT

020 7426 4496