# IT Intellect Ball Raises £13,000 for iT4C

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/03/17/it-intellect-ball-raises-13000-it4c/
- Published: 2009-03-17T12:06:21+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

_Record numbers of Volunteers and Proceeds will Increase the Number of Charities
Helped_

 

London, 17 March 2009; iT4Communities (iT4C) has been on sparkling form recently.
Firstly the company was the charity beneficiary of the Moulin Rouge themed Intellect
Charity Ball. The event, which was held on Tuesday 25 November, raised £13,000 for
iT4C.

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Following this achievement the company has had a hugely successful start to 2009
with record numbers of volunteers signing up. In January and February iT4C would
usually expect to see between 20 and 40 volunteers signing up each week. However,
since the start of 2009 the company has seen a huge rise in membership, with 219
signing up in one week alone. This has taken iT4C’s total number of volunteers to
6,000.

 

iT4C is a national IT volunteering programme linking professional, skilled IT volunteers
with charitable organisations in need of IT support. Following the influx of new
volunteers iT4C is keen to hear from new charities that require assistance.

 

2008 represented the eighth year that the Intellect ball has been held and during
this time the event has raised in excess of £320,000. Each year different charities
are chosen as the beneficiaries, and past recipients have included Barnardo’s, Leukemia
Research, NCH, the TreeHouse Trust, ACE Trust and The Starlight Children’s Foundation.

 

The night included a host of entertainment such as magicians, cancan dancers and
sideshows, as well as a tombola and auctions to help raise much needed funds to 
allow iT4C to continue to its work.

 

Josh Hoole, iT4C development consultant explains, “The sheer volume of interest 
in our organisation has been outstanding. With our new volunteers and the money 
raised by the ball we hope to add more charities to the 2,300 we’ve already helped
to improve their IT systems. The work we do enhances the work of charities throughout
the UK. We would like to thank Intellect and all our volunteers for their support.”

 

ends

 

**iT4Communities** is an initiative to encourage companies and individuals with 
professional IT skills to volunteer these skills for the benefit of the community.
By supporting both charity and volunteer, all the way from project definition to
project completion. iT4Communities aims to bridge the gap between IT professionals
and charities needing IT help. iT4Communities is a programme of the Information 
Technologists’ Company (Charitable Operations). For more information please go to
www.it4communities.org.uk or contact Caroline Bucklow, Director of Charitable Operations
at ca******@******rg.uk or 020 7796 2144.

 

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