Charities Newsletter
Issue 4

Aim: To enable groups, organisations and charities to feel confident that they could use a volunteer IT professional to support them with IT projects for their organisation.

Workshop Content:

• Is an IT volunteer the best option/an option/the only option?
• What are the advantages of using IT professionals as volunteers?
• Concerns and how to manage them.
• How to manage an IT volunteer project to success.

Who should attend:

Representatives of organisations who are in a position to/wish to manage an IT Volunteer project; the accidental techie, the manager, a director, administrator. Attendees do not need to be an IT manager or expert to attend.

Where are they being held:

At least one will be held in every area. Some examples of the next few venues and contacts are listed below. Please contact Anne Stafford anne@wcit.org.uk for any general queries about the programme.

Date	Region	Hosted By		Contact name	Contact telephone
12/10/2006	S West	COSMIC	Ottery St Mary	Sarah Stevenson	01404 813226
24/10/2006	N East	Middlesbrough Voluntary Development Agency	Middlesbrough	Nichola Taylor	01642 803614 01642 249300
27/10/2006	C London	SAVO	Southwark	Seyi Madariola	020 7358 4174
31/10/2006	Yorkshire	Voluntary Action Sheffield	Sheffield		0114 2493360
02/11/2006	E London	VATH	Tower Hamlets	Cath Bavage	020 7377 0956
07/11/2006	London	WRC	City of London	Nicole Aebi	020 7324 3030
05/12/2006	N London	Barnet CVS	Barnet	Celia Enyioko / Urmi	020 8364 8400  Ext: 211
11/01/2007	W London	HAVS	Hillingdon	Katie Musgrave	01895 442730
23/01/2007	West Mids	Herefordshire Voluntary Action	Hereford	Angela Legg	01432 3439432