CTT begins race to get all charities online by 2012

10 Jun 2010 News

Charity Technology Trust (CTT) announced yesterday a partnership with Race Online 2012 to help all UK charities have a presence online by 2012.

Charity Technology Trust (CTT) announced yesterday a partnership with Race Online 2012 to help all UK charities have a presence online by 2012.

Race Online 2012 is a landmark challenge led by the Martha Lane Fox, which aims to make the UK one of the first countries in the world to establish a fully online, internet enabled society.

CTT aims to help the initiative by bringing software and IT equipment to charities, and by encouraging its civil society organisations and partner technology companies to join the Race.

"We are already helping thousands of UK charities to work more efficiently by leveraging the philanthropy of some of the world’s leading technology companies" said William Hoyle, chief executive, Charity Technology Trust. "Through our partnership with Race Online 2012, we’ll be providing these charities with practical examples of steps that that can be taken to bring the benefits of the internet to the communities that they work with."

CTT will particularly focus on the Get Connected initiative which is designed to get care homes in the UK online and enable residents and staff to access the internet. In the UK there are still 4m adults who are offline and 39 per cent are over 65 years old. 

 

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