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appiChar prides itself on partnering with the cream of the crop in the not-for-profit sector. The partners that appiChar choose to work with have an abundance of proven experience and share our ethos of making the sector a better, more efficient place.

appiChar has partnerships with the CTT (Charity Technology Trust, who also selected appiChar from all the major suppliers in the sector to manage their internal IT systems), and Civica Plc ( who has negotiated considerable discounts from major software suppliers, in some cases providing software to charities for only a small administration fee). The partnerships are reciprocal, both these organisations refering charities and NFPs to appiChar on a regular basis.
appiChar and Lasa team up to save the popular IT ‘Suppliers Directory' appiChar has teamed up with the charity, Lasa, to help ensure Lasa's popular online Suppliers Directory remains a free service. The Suppliers Directory is a searchable directory of ICT suppliers who provide goods and services to the voluntary and community sector in England. appiChar have also just sponsored the Lasa European Technology Conference in London.
The National Council for Voluntary Organisations is a registered charity which gives voice and support to civil society. NVCO is a highly effective lobbying organisation and represents the views of its members, and the wider voluntary sector to government, the European Union and other bodies. They are also at the leading edge of research into, and analysis of, the voluntary sector. NVCO has over 7,000 members, over 28,000 staff and over 13 million volunteers working for their members. appiChar are proud to be a member and support NVCO.
The Charity Finance Directors' Group is a membership organisation set up in 1987 and specialises in helping charities to manage their accounting, taxation, audit and other finance related functions. They work with other organisations, regulators and charities to input charity expertise to the regulatory process, and to develop best practice in charity management.
In order to become a Microsoft Certified partner an organisation needs to demonstrate a high level of in-house expertise with Microsoft products. As a certified partner, appiChar is able to benefit from a closer relationship with Microsoft including direct access to Microsoft technical support and access to the latest software before it goes on general release - both of which allow us to provide a better service to our customers.
Google Grants is a unique in-kind donation program awarding free AdWords advertising to select charitable organisations. Google will support organisations sharing their philosophy of community service and to help the world in areas such as science and technology, education, global public health, the environment, youth advocacy and the arts. www.google.com/grants/ If your organisation needs assistance with Google Grants then our Google Adwords partner, Sitelynx, can arrange a call with you for a free assessment of your Charities eligibility and explain how to move it forward.
appiChar is a Zen Platinum member - this ensures that when you purchase Zen services through us, you can be safe in the knowledge that we have a long established track record of working together. Established in 1995, and one of the first ISPs in the UK, Zen Internet provides a full range of high quality services to the home and business user, from the latest in high speed DSL Broadband Internet access and complete hosting packages to state of the art website design and e-commerce solutions.
ThinkGrid, the world’s first platform vendor enabling real IT services from the cloud, has partnered with appiChar, a leading provider of managed IT services, including cloud computing for the not-for-profit sector, to give UK’s charities unprecedented access to cloud computing services. The partnership will see appiChar offer customers ThinkGrid’s portfolio of cloud computing services including Hosted Virtual Desktop, Exchange, VoIP, Software-as-a-Service and Virtual Server Infrastructure on a per user per month basis. This new offering, branded “The Charity Cloud,” will allow not-for-profit organisations such as charities to reduce complexity, improve efficiency and dramatically lower the cost of IT.
Fat Beehive is a London-based web design company that specialises in websites for charities. From their beginnings in 1997, they have chosen to work with Charity, NGO, Social Enterprise and Sustainability organisations. FBH currently has a team of 10 people with expertise and flexibility in creating accessible, functional, affordable, and appealing websites for our clients. Charity Website Design, Content Management, Ecommerce, Databases, and More...
iT4Communities is a charity supporting IT volunteering in the UK. Founded by the charitable arm of the Information Technologists' Company in 2002, IT4C in 2010 became a programme of Abilitynet. appiChar are a dedicated sponsor of the work IT4C do in the sector and will continue to create new and exciting programmes in the future. One of these will be to launch Micro-Volunteering across the Charity Sector, providing the capability for IT professionals to offer minutes of time via their mobile devices to help charities. This will be branded appiChar and will offer unprecedented brand awareness across the sector.

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