Training

Training

training 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, Office, Lotus, 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.
Accounting Answers	Southampton & London	Inc: Microsoft Office, Web design, Crystal Reports, Goldmine & Sage	sales@accans.co.uk	023 8030 4300
EWTC	Edinburgh	IT Skills training - Win95, DTP, Microsoft, web page design & specific on-site IT training. (Lottery Project funded to specifically provide IT Skills training to the voluntary sector)	info@ewtc.co.uk	0131 554 5656
F1 Computing	London, Bath & Manchester	Microsoft Training & Development	sales@f1comp.co.uk	0800 169 1890
Hairnet Computer Training	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
Happy Computers	London	Inc: MS Office, Word Perfect, Win95, Lotus, DTP, MS Project, Access, Internet, Sage, Quickbooks	happy@happy.co.uk	020 7375 7300
InterQuad Learning	London, Reading, M Keynes, Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Bristol	Up to 50% off authorised Microsoft, Citrix, Novell, Lotus, CompTIA courses. 25% off Cisco, Prince2 and ITIL courses.	info@interquad.com	01753 898320
Jumping Bean Training	Scotland	Microsoft and Adobe. 30% discount for charities.	general@jumpingbeantraining.co.uk	0845 643 0794
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
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
NFP Training	London	Inc: Microsoft Office, Crystal reports, managing web sites, networks and using the internet		08707 367367
North London ITeC	London	Inc: Microsoft, Cisco, City & Guilds courses and web development	info@nlitec.com	0208 457 4848
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	Premier provide charitable rates for all Microsoft training (applications and technical). Premier also deliver bespoke training rollouts.	pbodley-scott@premierit.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
Volition Total Solutions	Nottingham	Customised ICT training & consultancy for the voluntary sector	enquiries@volition.co.uk	07808 763844
WebTrust	Dundee	Inc: computer basics, using the internet, Office packages, building databases, PC maintenance	admin@webtrust.org.uk	01382 524622

Specialised Training Courses

Company	Location	Training Services	E-mail address	Tel no.
Accessinmind	London	Training on how to build accessible websites	contact@accessinmind.com	020 7870 2626
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
The Usability Company	London	One-day (Web site) Accessibility Training Course for Managers	info@theUsabilityCompany.com	08450 546 500

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
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

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
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.