# IT is not optional for funders, argues Paul Ticher

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2003/09/10/it-not-optional-funders-argues-paul-ticher/
- Published: 2003-09-10T23:00:00+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Information Technology has become an essential part of the operation of

 

voluntary organisations and must be adequately funded, writes Paul Ticher in

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the latest issue of ‘Funding for Change’ magazine.
In the current second issue of
new magazine ‘Funding for Change’ Paul

 

Ticher argues that “IT is not optional: it’s time it took its rightful place in 
every budget and every project funding bid.”

 

 

He goes on to provide practical guidance of how to budget for the IT component of
project funding bids.

 

 

In the same issue, David Edwards, trust manager at WCIT, offers some advice on writing
applications for IT related projects. He acknowledges that persuading funders to
provide money for IT is

 

“without question one of the harder tasks in fundraising” but says a good quality
application can go a long way. He highlights the key elements required and some 
common errors to avoid.

 

 

‘Funding for Change’ is a new fundraising magazine published by the Directory of
Social Change. It covers government, Lottery, trusts and corporate giving. Its editor,
Susan Forrester was editor of the magazine’s predecessor, Trust Monitor. She is 
also author of many funding guides including the ‘Arts Funding Guide’, ‘A Guide 
to Funding from Government Departments and Agencies’ and the ‘Environmental Funding
Guide’.

 

 

Funding for Change provides “nuts and bolts items for the many time pressed

 

charities finding it hard to keep up with so many changes and developments” she 
said.

 

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