iT4Communities volunteers pass £3 million point
Howard Lake | 28 August 2008 | News
The 5,300 volunteers for iT4Communities (iT4C) have now donated £3 million worth of their professional skills to charities and voluntary organisations.
Launched in 2002, iT4C is a programme of the Information Technologists’ Company and encourages companies and individuals with professional IT skills to volunteer these skills for the benefit of the community.
IT4C now delivers over £660,000 in volunteer time annually, creating around 50 volunteer opportunities each month and working with 2,300 charities across the UK.
John Davies, iT4C’s Director, said: “There are always more charities who need help and we’ll continue to encourage and support IT professionals willing to share their time and talent. £4 million won’t be far off!”
www.it4communities.org.uk
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.