IT Volunteer Awards 2006
Best Innovation Project - finalist
WaterAid and volunteer Beth Dodd
Summary of Project
Volunteers developed an electronic Christmas cards system for employees of Yorkshire Water to send Christmas cards to one another, it is fun, innovative and saves paper. This now generates over £1000 for the charity on an annual basis.
The success of the Christmas card system means that volunteers can spend their time on other fund-raising activities whilst the system has increased by ten fold the amount raised for the charity.
Judges' comments
"The Yorkshire Water Aid / WaterAid online card scheme has produced a large amount of revenue for the organisation and is a model that other charities can easily adapt"
