# appiChar helps Lasa's suppliers directory remain free

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2008/09/14/appichar-helps-lasa039s-suppliers-directory-remain-free/
- Published: 2008-09-14T08:18:15+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

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IT supplier for the not-for-profit sector appiChar has stepped in to help ensure
resource charity Lasa’s online suppliers’ directory remains a free service.

The Suppliers’ Directory is a searchable directory of information and communications
technology (ICT) suppliers who provide goods and services to the voluntary and community
sector in England.

Lasa originally set it up with NTEN and Compumentor and it received funding from
Capacitybuilders’ ChangeUp programme from March 2005 to March 2008. Now that the
funding has ended, appiChar has agreed to help continue the service.

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Ian Ryder, [appiChar](http://www.appichar.co.uk)’s Managing Director, said: “The
Suppliers’ Directory is very important for the charity sector because companies 
are checked by [Lasa](http://www.lasa.org.uk) before they can be listed. Most directories
are paid for by the listed supplier with no form of checking so charities don’t 
necessarily know if they have a track record in the sector. When we heard funds 
were needed to keep it running we were more than happy to help.”

www.suppliersdirectory.org.uk

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