A Note from the Editor

It's now about 2 months to our first Annual Conference and Awards!

Have you nominated yourself or the organisations you have worked with for an Award? Do not be modest. You might be thinking, 'Oh.. it was just a simple database or a simple website so it's not worth nominating as it will never win' . This is not so, as something so simple may have revolutionised the way an organisation carries out it's daily business processes.

If you have introduced an organisation to the joys of email, put in a network or supported an organisation with training, it all goes a long way in sustaining and capacity building the organisation. To you it might be something simple and you may feel that it's not that important, but I would like to assure you that from my experience with voluntary and community organisations every little bit helps.

A Reminder of the categories:

1 - Best IT Volunteer
2 - Best IT Volunteering Project - impact on organisations
3 - Best IT Volunteering Project - innovation
4 - Best Charity for IT Volunteering
5 - Best Accessible IT Volunteering Project

Your nominations need to be in by 11 October 2006

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

Awards Nominations............. don't be modest........
why don't you nominate Yourself or the Charity you have worked with?

Annual iT4Communities Conference "Valuing IT Volunteering"
Register now - limited free places available

In the Spotlight

New research from the Institute for Volunteering Research 
on volunteering and the media

iT4C Volunteers Welcomed at the WCIT Hall

Accessibility Workshop - Manchester

From the Directors Chair

Best Wishes
Tam Williams