Software for Charities: Is your parish office or organisation using out of date technology? Are you considering a software in the near future, but are daunted by the anticipated cost? If your parish or organisation is a registered charity and has a CHY number, then you may be interested in two organisations that offer substantially reduced rates on popular software such as MS Office. Please visit the appropriate organisation’s website below to review your eligibility for the programme. Republic of Ireland: Make substantial savings on your organisation’s IT budget and benefit from the most current technology products. ENCLUDEit enables charities to access a range of donation programmes from Symantec, Cisco, Microsoft and SAP. Register in just a few clicks on encludeit.org to receive your donations. ENCLUDEit is an Irish registered charity (CHY: 17286) Northern Ireland: tt–exchange (formerly CTX) is the only technology donation programme in the UK which can help your charity save money and raise more funds by providing a massive 92–96% saving on a wide range of products from world–leading technology companies. tt-exchange.org Both ENCLUDEit and tt–exchange are in partnership with TechSoup (techsoup.org) TechSoup is the technology website of CompuMentor, one of the oldest and largest nonprofit technology assistance agencies in the United States. TechSoup offers nonprofits a technology information resource with free information resources and support. Each month, TechSoup receives more than 400,000 visits from people in more than 190 countries worldwide who are looking for NGO technology know–how, advice and products to achieve their missions. TechSoup features more than 400 how–to articles on 14 technology topics, 15 community discussion forums, a technology news section, and the TechFinder service provider directory. In addition to online information and resources, TechSoup offers the TechSoup Stock product donation service where nonprofits can access donated and discounted technology products, generously provided by corporate and nonprofit technology partners. TechSoup Stock currently provides access to donated and discounted technology products, for a small administrative fee, from over 25 leading providers such as Cisco and Microsoft. Since its inception in January 2002, TechSoup Stock has distributed more than 1.7 million products to 50,000 nonprofit organisations and freed up over $400 million for other uses.
Posted on: Thu, 10 Jul 2014 17:56:16 +0000