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IT Community Advisory Service
Benefits
The overall long-term impact of an IT Community Advisory Service is building the capacity of community organisations to developing appropriate and effective IT systems, enabling the effective delivery of services. In the past, community organisations have had very little IT resource available to them. This service will provide advice and support for community organisations to choose the technology that best fits their purposes. This service uses the skills of an IT expert to work one-to-one alongside people in community organisations to enhance their capacity. This will mean increased IT opportunities for people in some of the most excluded groups within our communities.
The outcome will be:
- Community organisations will grow in confidence in IT, increasing IT skill and learning.
- Community organisations have access to excellent advice and resources specific to the needs and work of community based social services.
- More community organisations will be able to use the internet and enhanced phone systems to connect with each other, and will move to broadband capability.
- There will be more opportunities for collaboration and better access to both government and non government e-resources.
- Enhanced IT capacity will increase the opportunities of community organisations in rural and isolated areas to participate in a whole range of community events and initiatives.
Purpose
- To provide information support and advice on IT development for community-based organisations around the greater Waikato.
- To encourage community based organisations to become more ambitious in their IT plans.
- To support the development of community IT strategies.
Objectives
- To provide one-to-one support and advice for individual organisations on IT matters.
- To provide facilitation for organisations in their IT strategic planning.
- To provide advice to organisations on applying for funding for IT projects, including assisting with development of detailed project proposals.
- To refer organisations to supply, support and training resources relevant to their IT strategies.
- To assess, facilitate and evaluate IT training needs of individuals and organisations in the community sector in the greater Waikato.
- To assist communities to identify community IT needs and ways those needs can be met, including ensuring the involvement of community sector organisations in such planning.
- To encourage collaboration, networking and sharing of IT resources between community groups.
- To locate existing IT development resources and develop new ones for community organisations, as required.
- To provide training workshops on IT planning, purchasing and development.
Costs to community
The advisory service for individual organisations is provided on a subsidised basis:
- Free site audit for organisations
- For organisations with annual income under $200,000: no charge
- For organisations with annual income between $200,000 and $600,000: $30/hour + GST
- For organisations with annual income between $600,000 and $1,000,000: $60/hour + GST.
The one-to-one service is not available to organisations with an annual income over $1,000,000.
This service has been partially funded by Enterprising Communities and the Tindall Foundation with the remaining funding provided from within our operating budget.
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