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There
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. |
| Academia | Enfield, Middlesex | Adobe, Autodesk, Apple and Quark | training@academia.co.uk | 08456 120 118 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| F1 Computing | London, Bath & Manchester | Microsoft Training & Development | sales@f1comp.co.uk | 0800 169 1890 |
| Happy Computers | London | Inc: MS Office, Word Perfect, Win95, Lotus, DTP, MS Project, Access, Internet, Sage, Quickbooks | happy@happy.co.uk | 020 7375 7300 |
| QA | Nationwide |
Up to 50% off authorised Microsoft, Citrix, Novell, Lotus, CompTIA courses. 25% off Cisco, Prince2 and ITIL courses. | info@qa.com | 0844 871 2080 |
| Jumping Bean Training | Scotland | Microsoft and Adobe. 30% discount for charities. | general@jumpingbeantraining.co.uk | 0844 357 7602 |
| London Voluntary Service Council (LVSC) | London | Windows, Excel, Word, Access, DTP | training@lvsc.org.uk | 020 7700 8113 |
| Manor Training & Resource Centre | Sheffield | ICT for beginners, ECDL, WP, mailmerge | matrec@manor-castle.org.uk | 0114 2642194 |
| 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 | |
| New Horizons Computer Learning Center | Nationwide | Inc: Microsoft Office Packages, Macromedia Products, Technical Training (Microsoft, Unix, Cisco, Oracle) | london.sales@newhorizons.com | 020 7684 2000 |
| 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 |
| Page Communication | Shropshire | Inc: Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, FrontPage, Project, Publisher. On-site or off-site. | ann@pagecommunication.co.uk | 01939 251094 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Touchstone | London | SunSystems, Great Plains, SalesLogix, Maximizer | marketing@touchstone.co.uk | 0800 0345 424 |
| TSG | Southampton & London | Inc: Microsoft Office, Web design, Crystal Reports, Goldmine & Sage | enquiries@tsg.com | 0845 1550 184 |
| Company | Location | Training Services | E-mail address | Tel no. |
| Accessinmind | London | Training on how to build accessible websites | contact@accessinmind.com | 020 7870 2626 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| HP Learning Centre | Free online training courses in a number of areas including: DTP, Adobe, Word, Excel, scanning basics, wireless technology & more |
| iLearn.To | Desktop packages, technical courses, web development, home/small business skills and Certification Training Packages |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Reeltime College | PC and Microsoft training pre-recorded onto CD ROM so you can learn on your own PC at your own pace, and with internet student support |
| Sanscrip | Provide course materials (Courseware) designed to be used as instructor led training materials, self-study guides, reference manuals and help-desk support material. Supplied as Word or Acrobat files, you make as many copies as you need; and SanScrip SuperHelp, a reference system in HTML files for Intranets. |
| 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. |
