# Charity IT Association launch offers free support for nonprofits - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/07/06/charity-association-launch-offers-free-support-nonprofits/ - Published: 2016-07-06T10:00:45+01:00 - Author: Melanie May **Charities are being offered free IT support with the launch of the [Charity IT Association](https://www.charityithelp.org.uk/)( CITA).** CITA launched on 5^(th) July, and aims to offer a planning to delivery solution to enable charities to use technology to improve their effectiveness. It delivers its services through volunteer IT experts. The free services on offer are: ## Advertisement * Tech Surgery: a strategic review of IT lasting up to 2 hours and resulting in short report with recommendations on potential projects to improve usage of IT * IT Consultancy: support to manage IT projects, select and manage suppliers and guide business process change * IT Project Delivery: help to deliver IT projects, in website development, hardware and network development, CRM systems, accounting systems and any other area of IT. Its founding members are [The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists](https://www.wcit.org.uk/)( WCIT), AbilityNet, Reach Volunteering, LASA and Technology Trust, and it is funded by WCIT, City Bridge Trust and Esmée Fairbairn Foundation. The services are offered to UK charities with a turnover between £50K and £5M, and registered with the Charity Commission or Scottish Charity Regulator. Charities can apply for help via the CITA site. * **[Deloitte raises over £2.6 million in three years for three charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/07/15/deloitte-raises-2-6m-three-years-three-charities/)**( 15 July 2016) * **[TrustLaw Index shows global increase in pro bono with large-scale support for charities](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/08/03/trustlaw-index-shows-global-increase-pro-bono-large-scale-support-chariities/)**( 3 August 2016) * **[Pro-bono partnership between HAVAS Just:: & Campaign to End Loneliness announced](https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/08/01/pro-bono-partnership-havas-just-campaign-end-loneliness-announced/)**( 1 August 2018) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)