Overall aim
- To ensure that voluntary and community sector organisations have access to trusted sources of ICT support and guidance at a ChangeUp consortia level.
Specific goals
- Funders ensure the best possible investment in ICT when awarding funding to VCOs;
- VCOs get the best value from ICT suppliers;
- VCOs get the best value from volunteers with ICT skills;
- Appropriate ICT skills and signposting knowledge are embedded in the support networks available to VCOs;
- ICT training courses are available to help VCOs make the best possible use of their investment in ICT;
- Existing social enterprises that deliver ICT support services flourish and new social enterprises emerge to meet the needs of the sector;
- ICT Health Checks are used to help VCOs understand their current use of ICT and identify options for update and improvement.
- Better understanding of how ICT can form part of shared back office services.
- ChangeUp Consortia include relevant ICT activities in their infrastructure development plans.
Resources
There is currently no additional funding available specifically for new ICT-related projects from mainstream infrastructure funders, although BASIS and Capacity Builders have funded projects with links to ICT in the region.
The starting point is therefore to help make the best possible use of current resources and working with people already active to support their work. The next stage will be to identify opportunities for new projects and partnerships.
The ICT Champion is funded for 2.5 days per week to March 2011 to support this work.
The current version of the full strategy document is available for download below.
South East ICT Strategy, 2008-2011
And here is a draft of the ICT Champions’ Communications Plan for 2010/11
100722 ICT champions comms plan DRAFT
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