# Ghost sites in the voluntary sector infrastructure

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/09/27/ghost-sites-voluntary-sector-infrastructure/
- Published: 2006-09-27T09:49:48+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Before and after the dotcom crash there have been many web resources set up to help
build the online infrastructure of the voluntary and community sector, but many 
of them were better in theory than in practice. Searching for some of them, it’s
clear that they haven’t survived.

Let’s start a list of sector web resources that are no longer around. I’ll start
with

[Charityhelpdesk](http://www.charityhelpdesk.org.uk)

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Described by [Volresource](http://www.volresource.org.uk) on 9 December 2004 as “
a new IT support facility, run on a volunteer basis but involving a number of sector
and IT specialists… it intends to be a front-line source of fire fighting help for
charities and other voluntary organisations with limited means… This has been put
together quite quickly from an individual’s initiative, and it will

be interesting to see how it develops.”

Any other sites with good intentions but which are no longer running?

 * **[My del.icio.us tag list](https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/09/30/my-delicious-tag-list-0/)**(
   30 September 2006)
 * **[Bill Clinton gets to know UK Fundraising](https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/10/03/bill-clinton-gets-know-uk-fundraising-0/)**(
   3 October 2006)
 * **[Virtual Promise enters its 6th year – are charities mastering or hashing new media?](https://fundraising.co.uk/2006/10/05/virtual-promise-enters-its-6th-year-are-charities-mastering-or-hashing-new-media/)**(
   5 October 2006)