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trainingThere are many companies which provide IT training and services but the companies on this page are recognised as having significant experience of working with charities and/or offering discounts to charities. The listings are split into the following sections:

 

 

General software/PC Maintenance courses (Microsoft software, Office software, internet, word processing, DTP etc.)
 Specialised training (e.g. Database Marketing courses, Web design accessibilty training)
 Online training
 Disability related training resources
 Other training resources

General Software/PC Maintenance Courses

Company Location Training Services E-mail address Tel no.
New Horizons Computer Learning Center Nationwide Inc: Microsoft Office Packages, Macromedia Products, Technical Training (Microsoft, Unix, Cisco, Oracle) gb.enquiries@newhorizons.com 08700 844438
QA

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 Up to 50% off authorised Microsoft, Citrix, Novell, Lotus, CompTIA courses. 25% off Cisco, Prince2 and ITIL courses. info@qa.com 0844 871 2080
PTR Associates Berkshire Specialise in technical training, especially data communications & networking, internet/intranet, operating systems, programming languages and relational databases training@ptr.co.uk  0118 979 4000
Academia Enfield, Middlesex Adobe, Autodesk, Apple and Quark training@academia.co.uk 08456 120 118
Etopia Solutions Glasgow & Edinburgh, Scotland
 30% discount to registered charities on a range of IT training; Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, SharePoint, Project, Publisher, HTML, XML, Crystal, Visual Basic/VBA. On-site or off-site, mobile training suite.
 info@etopiasolutions.co.uk 0141 303 8430
graphicademy Kent Adobe software; special rate for charities bird_r@btconnect.com 01233 712388
Adapt Computing London QuickBooks training, including discounts for charities andy@adaptcomputing.com 0208 1234 262
Digital Unite London/national Helps IT literate people (mostly over-50, but not exclusively) to set up micro-social-businesses meeting the IT training needs of local individuals and organisations emma@hairnet.org 0870 241 5091
DTP OnSite London & South East DTP training, mainly on site or in house courses in newsletter/magazine design and InDesign , Photoshop and QuarkXpress, from complete beginners to advanced
malvinn@ntlworld.com 020 8989 5208
F1 Computing London, Bath & Manchester Microsoft Training & Development sales@f1comp.co.uk  0800 169 1890
Fossbox London Training for VCOs on free and Open Source Software (FOSS) for multimedia, Office, DTP and web (inc. Wordpress, Drupal, Ubuntu) info@fossbox.org.uk 020 7481 8479
Foviance London Google Analytics training info@foviance.com 08450 546 500
Happy Computers London & North West Inc: MS Office, Word Perfect, Win95, Lotus, DTP, MS Project, Access, Internet, Sage, Quickbooks happy@happy.co.uk  020 7375 7300
Highlander London Adobe authorised training centre, offer 20% off the list price on courses for registered charities   0800 156 0777
London Voluntary Service Council (LVSC) London Windows, Excel, Word, Access, DTP training@lvsc.org.uk  020 7700 8113
The Mouse Training Company London Inc: Microsoft, Mac, Adobe, Google Docs. All registered charities get 10% discount; volunteers at Islington Charities trained for free.   020 7920 9500
North London ITeC London Inc: Microsoft, Cisco, City & Guilds courses and web development info@nlitec.com 0208 457 4848
OneTech-IT Solutions London Offer training solutions in a variety of areas including PC Support, Networking (MCSA, MCSE, MCTS, MCITP, CCNA, CCNP), Web Design and Programming, Project Management (Prince 2), and SAP (HR). Large discounts for charities. enquiries@onetech-it.co.uk 020 8889 0707
Premier IT London IT and Business Skills Training programmes for bespoke business applications, PRINCE2™ and ITIL training, Microsoft technical & applications training, web-based and desktop publishing training and bespoke e-Learning. training@premeirit.com 020 7837 2690
pwm training London Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Project, and SharePoint. Discount for registered charities. enquiries@pwmtraining.co.uk 0208 969 0532
Touchstone London SunSystems, Great Plains, SalesLogix, Maximizer marketing@touchstone.co.uk 0800 0345 424
Community IT Academy North East Trainers in all aspects of IT from Office software to the more technical tweaks; also specialists in the development of policy and procedure. admin@communityitacademy.org 0191 256 5015
Jumping Bean Training Scotland Microsoft and Adobe. 30% discount for charities. general@jumpingbeantraining.co.uk 0844 357 7602
Vivienne Haig Training Scotland & NE England Microsoft Office info@viviennehaig.co.uk 0845 224 9035
Manor Training & Resource Centre Sheffield ICT for beginners, ECDL, WP, mailmerge matrec@manor-castle.org.uk 0114 2642194
TSG Southampton & London Inc: Microsoft Office, Web design, Crystal Reports, Goldmine & Sage enquiries@tsg.com 0845 1550 184
Advantage Services West Midlands Sage accounts info@advantageservices.co.uk 0845 009 6566
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Specialised Training Courses

Company Location Training Services E-mail address Tel no.
Foviance London One-day (Web site) Accessibility Training Course for Managers info@foviance.com 08450 546 500
Jeremy Clynes London Supply, installation, training and support of Pegasus accounting software & is a qualified accountant jclynes@aol.com 020 8455 4271
Institute of Direct Marketing Teddington, Middx Database Markerting, Direct Marketing, Relationship Marketing, E-Marketing, and more   020 8614 0277

 

Online Training

Resource Notes
e-Careers Over 500 interactive online courses with 50% discount for charities
Freeskills
 Provide teach-yourself training, some free
Happy eLearning ECDL and MOS courses
Become an IT Consultant Online course on how to become an IT consultant
LearnDirect Government initiated web site offering 600 online courses and a searchable database of thousands of other courses nationwide
PC Show and Tell Provide teach-yourself training, some free

 

Disability Related Training Resources

Company Notes E-mail address Tel no.
AbilityNet Run a wide range of ICT courses aimed at a variety of professionals in education, personnel, occupational health, equal opportunities and staff welfare, who wish to help people with all types of disabilities. courses@abilitynet.org.uk 01926 312847
Loaded Star Provide IT Trainer Resources and "have the knowledge of special facilities for disabled training, the trainers who can train at these centers and we can also recommend training material and course content to meet your requirements." info@loadedstar.com 0800 695 1000

 

Other Training Resources

Resource Notes
Henry Stewart Conferences Sell documentation/notes from recent conferences on: not-for-profit seminars, marketing & communications, database/data mining et al, and more
TrainingPages.co.uk List over 25,000 training courses on offer by other UK companies, including 15 categories of thousands of IT courses. The site lists basic info about each course and includes a direct link to the company offering it. Pretty good search facility too.
The UK Scheduled Training Course Index Free on-line directory service of short open courses (not just IT) listing location and price. Lists over 29,000 courses, provided by approximately 1000 training organisations.