Fishy Tales?

Well, I’ve confessed… owned up… had my first “group hug” meeting …. Yes, I met up with EmTee at the it4Communities awards ceremony tonight, it felt good to share stories of how useful blogging can be … and how inspirational blogs are (but please visit other blogs first to see how it should be [...]

Neighbours – surely miles from the national hubs? No!

Yes, some would say we are … what is a national hub doing at a local Voluntary Sector Forum Conference and AGM ? What is the relevance to us? Perhaps some people still don’t “get” ChangeUp ?
We, like the other hubs are a national partnership of charities that have come together to deliver a [...]

Blog Reading – or should that be blog reading !

Friday will be an interesting dawn in a number of ways, whilst we wait to hear from Capacity Builders, the good people of the Wokingham Voluntary Sector Forum (Berkshire) will be holding their AGM and annual conference.
Either way the work of the ICT Hub will be there for all to see and I will [...]

ICT with a purpose – from the regions

Someone at one of my regional meetings* this week make an observation that’s worth sharing. He said “its only by going out of your safe environment, taking a step back, and seeing how someone else has tackled an ICT problem that you can go back invigorated to do it yourself”. Wise words!
For me, the highlight [...]

Chance to tell funders what to do !

Esther on the ICT Hub team at NCVO sent me details today of a tender document for work being commissioned to go alongside the “How to Cost and Fund ICT Guide” that she has produced. Whilst the Cost and Fund guide is aimed at explaining to small front line groups the total cost of ICT [...]

Yes or No

Good meeting in London today with discussions about the UK Circuit Rider movement – is it Circuit Riders or Voluntary Sector Technology Consultants or even Support Engineers ? Anyway the sector needs them and needs more of them!
Yes or No … is someone snoring loudly more annoying than a mobile phone in the quiet coach?! [...]

Its all about the infrastructure

About the what ? Infrastructure !
I work for a national organisation called NAVCA – some of you may still know us a NACVS, yes, the umbrella organisation for the CVS (and other Local Infrastructure Organisations) network.
NAVCA are one of the core partners in the ICT Hub who (along with five other hubs) have been set [...]

Once upon a time …

Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging! Indeed it is ! (or is it their first post?)
Thanks WordPress …. and thanks to Helen at The Media Trust for the spark – see her blog here.