hi everyone and welcome to today's webinar my name is Kiara Simmons wood and I'm the events and marketing executive at charity digital I'm going to be your host for today's session and would like to give you all a very warm welcome a few people have started introducing themselves in the chat so please feel free to join that um so today's session on how Charities can access free Tech will be delivered by Joel Hogan charity digital's own programs manager and the session is going to cover the best
places to find completely free Tech the best discounted Tech options the best free advice and support the best free resources and just some digital life hacks that we've learned over the years that could save you bundles now just before handing over to Joel I just want to share a few house rules and pointers for today's session so the session is being recorded and will be uploaded to watch On Demand within a week's time and the slides and other resources will also be made available to you by the
end of the day and you'll be emailed when all of these have been made available so yeah keep an eye on your inbox um during the webinar please ask Joel a lot of questions in the Q a section of do of zoom and Joel will address these at the end of his presentation and feel free to share any other comments experiences or top tips in the chat section and if there is a particular question in the Q a section that you would like answered first you can also upvote questions finally if you encounter any
sound or image issues please let me know in the chat and I'll do my very best to get back to the session back to normal as soon as I can without further Ado let me hand over to Joel good afternoon everyone so nice to see so many of you here um yeah thanks for joining us today it's really great to see you all and yeah so uh next slide please Kiana great so yeah so by Kiara Carney said my name is Joel Hogan and the programs manager at charity digital and I've been around here for nearly six years
now so you'll be a part of the furniture um I've been done a variety of things in my time here from Frontline support and account management very likely that I may have uh that would be directly before also helped out things like partner relationships and strategy and I'm a regular attendee and helper on our q and A's as well so we live in precarious times economic uncertainty followed by the uh followed the pandemic completely with a struggling currency Rising inflation labor shortages trade d
isruptions due to brexit and the invasion of Ukraine and so on now we have been hit by the cost of living crisis High inflation and low wage growth it's tough time for all of us it's especially tough for Charities as well cost of living crisis has led to less appetite for donations and so that means that Charities face increased service and demand have less funds to meet those needs too many Charities are simply unaware of their options all fail to take advantage of opportunities that are availa
ble to them in the form of free or discounted Tech free advice education and resources today I'd like to help I would not want to make the whole process seamless showing you all the many options available and highlighting ones that may speak to you next slide please so just look at the agenda today so today we look at the best places to find free Tech the discounts and donations and freebies that can streamline your operations and the free advice you can receive to make most of your Tech so that
's what we'll do let's start with perhaps the most important part and that's free Tech so next slide please so free Tech can revolutionize your operations streamline your processes automate certain repetitive and tedious tasks increase your funds and improve working life in general you just need to find the right tech for your charity this does mean practicing with caution thinking about needs and looking at the free options that will suit your needs let's explore some of the best free software
up available followed by some of the best free Hardware all of which offering trusted resources next slide please so some Shameless self-promotion here for Charities I'll do a little bit of that today but um we're certainly here to help so the charity digital exchange has saved more than 80 000 UK Charities more than 300 million on the latest hardware and software for nearly 15 years as a UK partner of the international non-profit Network Tech super strategy supervised Charities with technology
donated by some of the world's biggest tech companies Microsoft Adobe and many others next slide please so eligible Charities can gain access to Adobe Express for example which comes with a donation of one-year membership for one user Charities can effectively use Adobe Express to create marketing materials for their organization the software's pre-built templates allow users to create a variety of great content without requiring any graphic design experience at all Adobe Express has incredible
content templates stock images and font libraries editing and Publishing tools too it also comes with the usual useful social media scheduling option too which is very handy and the topic that comes up very regularly for us uh charity digital from our users and Adobe Express is a fantastic piece of software and it's completely free for up to 10 users per game the charity should also take out Fiverr which gives you access to a Marketplace of vetted Freelancers and collaboration tools users get th
e service for free the usual price is about 149 per year and on top of that once you find a freelancer and pay them for your services you also get a 20 discount on the first service another great offer available on the Charter Digital exchange is the free dot charity domain which comes from our partnership with the public interest registry the free domain comes complete with a host of great extras including a w-h-o-i-s privacy SSL certificates DNS and URL forwarding email forwarding email hostin
g trials supporting all year round and other great elements obtaining a domain for your charity is vital to the growth of your charity in terms of looking professional and also trustworthy there are loads of completely free options for tech at charity digital and loads of discounted options too we also provide validation services for Charities to access free software directly at our partners such as Microsoft workplace and Slack we do regular update and bring new tech options onto our catalog so
keep up to date with Charity digital exchange and sign up for the newsletter for product uh product releases and updates next slide please so crms have become essential in recent years for Charities always a Hot Topic and in high demand Charities can access plenty of research CRM software to help them complete tasks manage people and projects and broadly streamline operations take Red Cloud for example the platform is specifically aimed at charities with free versions of its CRM and donation ma
nagement software the software allows Charities to manage online and offline donations supporters campaigns and claim Gift Aid all in one place it offers unlimited fundraising Pages unlimited websites unlimited checkouts and much more similarly Grant fix uh sorry Grant Seeker flux offers free entry-level access to its CRM software the free platform allows Charities to manage unlimited grants and payments assign unlimited tasks track unlimited funders and share impact with your networks across th
e UK and Beyond next slide please there are plenty of options for accounting software out there and a lot of this software can actually be quite costly and overly complex too especially for the needs of smaller charities option is to trial out some of the donated Tech that is available one great free accounting option that stands out is Benchmark they offer incredible software packages which are completely free to all registered Charities as part of their free software for Charities project ther
e is no catch all versions of the software are available are absolutely free with no limitations and no reduced functionality as well there are a lot of packages which users can demo uh these can include the core accounts package Advanced accounts package payroll package CRM package noise management package to zip package of it and uh all of the above are available on The Benchmark website so if you are in need for a great buyers where you're a little investigating and find the perfect package s
o what I've mentioned so far are specific to Charities but there are plenty of free software options available to all these are usually more suited to smaller requirements so can be perfect for Charities uh do that do not want to spend a huge amount on software packages that only serve a small purposes slide please so image Library so we can start by looking at some of those for example so there are a lot of great options that are free the paid options such as shutter shock or Getty are great bu
t may not be necessary if perfect imagery is not priority for your charity in that case um you have the follow-up options on the page there that you can see next slide please you don't need to add the latest high-tech options for editing images either so you could check out a platform like preload which offers free access for Charities and non-profits or you can pick uh one of the options here all of which uh do the simplest tasks for your charge next slide please or maybe um you're looking to c
reate infographics to show off your impact you don't need to purchase anything when fantastic free options already exist so you can consider these examples a Picto chart easel and the knowledge next slide please and you can consider work management software in its various forms these tend to improve charity operations streamline processes and broadly improve collaboration and communication but Charities don't need to Splash out just take advantage of the free options such as a g Suite slack or T
rello as well next slide please foreign there so there are so many Tech platforms and high-tech software that can perform tasks saving you time and money and many of these options are mentioned in the brilliant charity Excellence list uh there are many more that you can find with your own research uh but to save you a little time and here are some of our favorites at charity digital these are just some of our favorites listed here there there are so many different options that we haven't tried o
r even heard about as well so think about your needs search online compare the various options available and try to find the perfect software for you next slide please so there are hundreds of options to pick from when it comes to recycled Hardware it for Charities has collated a database of organizations that Supply recycled and refurbished PCS the list is the most comprehensive list for finding free and discounted hardware and many of the organizations send it equipment around the world helpin
g courses in the UK and so if you need some equipment or you have some equipment you want to donate check out the list provided by it for Charities and here are some of our favorites on the page today just give it a moments take those in and uh yeah these are just a handful of sites uh there are many more uh so take time think about precisely what you need to need then delve into the options on offer and find yourself some new hardware next slide please so one of the best places for free Tech is
green root Tech a charity designed to support UK Charities by providing refurbished computers it hardware and software Services their vision is a society where everyone has equal access to I2 and the power that gives people Greenwood Tech conduct background checks when working with Charity Partners the equipment they provide is always fully tested comes with warranties can be replaced if 40 and most importantly it costs nothing Greenwood Tech collect equipment and decide whether it can be reuse
d recycled or disposed rare and refurbish equipment that fits the standards and test them to ensure they're working and ready they then simply ensure that the equipment finds a new home next slide please so discount attack is another great way for charity to save money uh the tech does cost money obviously but a lot of the examples I will mention provide drastic savings compared to market price there are plenty of organizations that are happy to reduce profit margins and sell Tech cheaper to Cha
rities and non-profits I mentioned at the beginning of this web where Charities are not taking advantage and to right that wrong I'll speak about the best options for discounted software currently available to Charities next slide please it's a Shameless promotion part two last time I say I promise so um charity digital exchange has a a wealth discounted Tech to choose from our Specialties uh Charities can uh purchase a discount code for example for Zoom which provides a 50 discount on their hos
t subscriptions so that's no more 40-minute meetings for everyone there there's also a Dell discount program which offers eligible Charities up to 20 off on all laptops desktops monitors and accessories as well the offer also increase also includes should I say free advice from Tech advisors for Charities and libraries so it's definitely a great feature there as well for someone to help pick out the device and the specifications that you need the discounts are substantial so anyone looking for s
ome new hardware should check them out lots of products are available at discount and just another mention there of us provides award-winning cyber security products and a huge discount is available to Charities and non-profits for charity digital with the non-profit sector being one of the most frequently targeted organization types of cyber criminals having protection in place at a low cost for Charities and non-profits is vital to the operation and longevity those are just a few examples but
the partners listed here are some more examples of how to get access to discounted rates for Tech and you can access lots more discounted technology from charity digital exchange take a look at our product catalog to see what's available I'm sure you'll find um something that could benefit your charity and help you out our customer success team will be more than happy to help you with any queries that you have about our products whether it's by phone email or even live chat which we release late
r this year which has been quite revolutionary for us next slide please our friends at the sage Foundation provide discounted product subscriptions so Charities can save time reduce costs prevent errors and Achieve compliance subscriptions cost uh sorry subscriptions cover everything you need to manage accountancy payroll and people all at discounted price some of sage foundation's options include stage accounting which is perfect for small organizations helping them with various areas of financ
e and accountancy another option is auto entry um which quickly um efficiently automates data entry allowing you to Simply take a picture email or upload information into the system and letting the system work its magic um just to sort of go back to Sage again but slightly different so you've got Sage Payroll as well which ensures Charities uh can pay employees on time and it's your pensions and hmrc submissions run smoothly Sage Payroll is an intuitive cloud-based payroll solution helps you man
age everything payroll related in just a few clicks and everything mentioned is discounted at 50 of the usual price for charity so check out the website and uh on this H website and see the options that might work for your charity next slide please so as mentioned lots of organizations offer free Hardware but some organizations deserve a special mention as they're helping loads of Charities and could help your charity too take our friends at in-kindirect for example they're a UK charity focused
on Distributing consumer products donated by Charities to other charity organizations in their work incline's aim is to ensure that everyone has access to the products they need to keep safe clean and well and the charity was found in 1996 by King Charles III uh in kind direct is also very conscious of its environmental impact always aiming to prevent waste and find a home for all their products when it comes to some of the technical stuff as well as I mentioned with one of our other previous pa
rtners and they do check that or that the hardware is is in good working order as well before Distributing it out so on top of the it Hardware options available in kind of loads of stuff at cheap prices for Charities ranging from office equipment household items and even toys as well spend all day on their website to be honest so check it out and see if you can grab yourself something another great option is computers for Charities they've been supporting Charities and voluntary organizations ac
ross the UK since 1994 by selling heavily discounted products to anyone eligible it's a real really simple service at the core stock equipment is outlined on their website Target just need to select the item to see its availability and you will just make an inquiry essential organization detailed computer for Charities we'll get in touch uh once checked slide please so you can have all the tech in the world but it's actually use this unless you use it effectively that's why seeking guidance and
advice learning best practice tips from the experts and figuring out the best way to use the tech is so so important with that in mind uh We've empowered some great organizations that help Charities to make the most out of tech slide please it's a digital candle is dedicated to supporting the charity sector they've spent years offering advice to Charities of all shapes and sizes all Charities need to do is ask a question by their online form and digital candle match you with an appropriate digit
al expert make an introduction and Away you go you'll receive 60 Minutes of free no strings consultancy from a digital expert the organization depends on a network of around 349 better digital experts with vast expertise spanning all things digital they've helped Charities with all sorts of topics such as volunteer Management Systems crms uh cms's and server management data strategy digital strategy social media marketing and advertising the list goes on there that can help you big time and digi
tal candle even promises to help you find an expert if they don't have one you need on their books you can head over digital candles website for more information next slide please so donut code is a designer and developer volunteer network a network offers a way for Charities and activists to find people to help them with projects to which they have little or no budget author of it professionals hoping to dedicate time for a great cause as well the work is diverse ranging from website updates to
setting up Social platforms Charities can find people with a range of skills all of which can help your mission and in turn Charities there give back to the volunteers by providing experience and helping build their portfolios of course as well slide please so abilitynet aims to create additional World accessible tool they offer a number of services that support a wide range of users ability Nets Tech volunteers are ready and willing to provide I.T support to older people and disabled people of
any age anywhere in the UK every volunteer is disclosure checked and can help with all sorts of it challenges from setting up new equipment fixing technical issues um showing you how to stay connected with family and using online services and much much more and check out their website for more information of course as well next slide please so the curve is a series of free 90-minute workshops for Charities run by Third sector lab they're held regularly and aim to build knowledge of the best dig
ital practices item awareness of various digital tools and broadly help Charities improve uh their impact with digital the organization covers all sorts of topics in workshops ranging from the basics of Google analytics web accessibility and inclusive design and writing for the web as well so if you're unable to attend you can watch the videos after their events as well next slide please so advice and consultations are essential but you may feel more comfortable completing research on your own t
erms in your own time so luckily there are plenty of places online that provide information and content ranging from webinars podcasts workshops short and long form articles and so much more all dedicated to helping Charities maximize the tech that they are using below we'll look at some of the um the best educational resources for your charity next slide please so charity digital not only offers free Tech and discounted Tech but we've also offered content of various forms to help you implement
optimize and generally make the most out of that Tech charity digital Publishers content daily recent articles that I approved particularly helpful include our report on cyber security our exploration at exploration sorry the best bank accounts for Charities and our analysis of the latest Digital Trends for 2022 to name a few on top of Articles we also publish webinars regularly on a variety of topics ranging from how to build a digital strategy to how to use data to inform your planning and on
top of webinars we publish our charity digital podcast twice and up you can listen to our podcasts on the usual apps that's a cast Apple podcasts Spotify Etc or find each episode on our on our site when published we also provide regular q a drop-ins uh with the topic being ask us anything attendees can pre-submit their questions in advance to ensure that they are they are answered in the session or we can do research and get back to our attendees later if the answer to the question is immediatel
y known or or available to us knowledge sharing session and many of our regular attendees also get involved with help answering questions too and we really feel like it's a really a great little Community it's been developed across that and the top of all that we publish several videos each month on topics ranging from effective cash management and fundraising ideas uh to how trustees can Champion cyber security we do also host uh host events all of our events are 10 intended to remove any fear
of other barriers for Charities embracing digital and share vital expertise from the sector to get them started we hold massive multi-session events such as our digital fundraising day I sign up to our events May list to stay um stay on top of the events on the horizon or check out event listings routinely for the upcoming roster of webinars and if you're on a digital Journey next slide please so Digi shift is a zoom meeting attended by hundreds of Charities and uh digital experts the project la
unched with third sector lab alongside the Scottish Council for voluntary organizations that's going to become a collaborative networking space where all can work together depending on experts in their fields to formulate best practice Digi shift events I usually run just once per month but there are occasionally deviations so best to check the events page for any changes of course and recent topics of discussion have including avoiding bias in data taking the risk out of digital sustainability
and so many others they also run a podcast aptly named digit listen which they can talk to experts on the front line about what they are learning and how Charities can make use of digital uh to help people next slide please the National Council for voluntary organizations or ncbo publishes lots of helpful support and guidance news insights as well as some specific services their atrocity voice in the charity sector and the information they publish is always brilliant the ncvo advises Charities t
hat software companies often have dedicated non-profit teams offering deals such as bulk purchase discounts to charities the ncbo also recommends searching software suppliers websites or calling them Direct they also advise that you plan what software is needed why it is needed and then spend some time researching the best options strategy is essential according to the ncbo they work with Phoenix software to help charity develop a software strategy that best fits budget shape and size and circum
stances XY please another essential organization in the UK charity sector charity comms provides best practice advice for Charities through their peer-to-peer sharing Network they aim to raise the stances of communication across the sector to fly the flag for communications as a vital strategic function at the heart of Charities and to reconnect Communications professionals through sharing best practice the mission includes tons of really helpful content that can help Charities of all shapes and
sizes next slide please so charity Finance have a great knowledge that helps organizations of all shapes and sizes with their finances the resources include interviews of leaders analysis of the latest financial and economic developments and guide supporting you with everything from divestment living recruitment and so on they also produce fantastic webinars and videos that help you get to grips with core Financial issues alongside some useful Research into finance and the charity sector slide
please so the Charities Aid Foundation or Cafe are a leading charity and bank that connects vital organizations institutions and individuals working to ensure everyone has a stake in the future that aims to accelerate our progress towards a prepared sustainable future role to that end cap produce loads of great content and resources that help Charities and charity professionals at all stages of their Red Slide please so free and discount attack options often come with caveats so you need to be e
ligible or you need to follow some specified criteria but regardless of the shape and the size of your organization plenty of tech and digital hacks can give you access to cheap or donated Tech the hacks may require some effort on your part but the raw the rewards are plentiful next slide please it's a Facebook Marketplace gives people the chance to buy and sell used or new items locally Facebook Marketplace has become popular in recent years and for good reason too platform the platform has an
impressive and section dedicated entirely to free stuff and that includes Tech you will need to sit through and find great deals that you want so it can take a bit of time but you'll be likely to pick the tech up from a particular location so keep an eye on the journey and People based in their cities should have no problem finding a tech Diamond along the rough I've used favorite Marketplace often myself um albeit for me primarily search for home furniture and things like that but they do they
certainly have Tech things on there next slide please so companies want to test their products and also to tech companies as well so Philips for example they have a product testing program that invites people to trial Hardware like TVs speakers uh even hair clippers as well and some options will certainly help um in the workforce other companies as well such the Giants at Microsoft offer a greater opportunity to trial Tech the Microsoft program um is part of their research offerings ensuring use
rs can influence the next wave of products make it easy to use and shaping the future of technology that's just a start a little research and you'll find lots of different tech companies that are offering product testing uh sexually favorite Brands and see what they have to offer I know I had to look at Lego randomly once as well in the past just help my nephew um next slide please okay so Amazon has launched a trade-in program which allows you to swap Tech and get a discount on the purchase of
a new device the program occasionally runs special deals meaning that you can make more from your purchase recently for example they offered a um it was a 20 discount of a Kindle e-reader uh or participants of this program there are plenty of other great offers too so just check out the website and you can get Great Tech and electrics for free basically next slide please if you can go second or even third hand um I've already obviously mentioned a Facebook Marketplace already but there are loads
of other places to find at discounted Tech or second third hand Tech as well uh Craigslist and Gumtree are two of the most well-known sites uh both of which provide Lots loads of great uh second third Tech at cheap prices the sites also provide pretty much anything else that you might need as well I'm sure we will um used one of these sites at one point in our lives we're outside of tech I know I certainly have including I found a job on there once not this job but I have found a job via a Gumt
ree before all right uh next slide please so buying in bulks so another money saving tip is to buy in bulk often uh software providers such as Microsoft listed here can offer further deals to Charities who are buying licenses and access to technology in bulk so bigger Charities can buy a hardware and bolt to reduce costs uh the key to buying in bulk is to First evaluate your needs you don't want to buy uh with in bulk uh with the aim saving money and then wasted money on excess equipment certain
ly want to avoid that so lots of Charities will not need to buy in bulk and therefore should not regardless of the potential cost savings after that you just need to research your options and cross-reference with your needs check out vendors it's offered by each make a sensible decision as well um yeah Microsoft one of the things you could do in terms of buying bulk your model to look at your organizations that are searching a certain size you might want to look at Enterprise agreement licensing
as well where you you do use a lot of Licensing for Microsoft you might be able to save money by buying loads in bulk there as well so software can also be rented by buying it for a limited time Renton Tech can prove cheaper than buying a year or multi-year licenses especially if a charity only wants to use specific software such as for design or video editing for a short period of time Renton Tech allows greater flexibility you can rent for a month a year or longer whatever amount of time you
need to do your project uh you can also upgrade equipment at any time rather than feeling lumbered with the existing equipment you are using and importantly you can end the contract if the tech isn't right for you now plenty of places uh to rent uh Tech but here listed here are some of the most popular options um but yeah Brenton Tech can be great but organizations are often unaware of these available options so do your research and find out if you can save money time and waste with any of the a
bove next slide please and yeah um Charities you have so many options available to help them save money on Hardware software platforms and Tech in general that I spoke about today and I hope you found um this presentation useful today so get some to the questions thank you Joel that was really interesting um so we've actually had quite a few questions in the Q a section already so I'll dive straight into those so the first one that came in was from David Adams who asks how do I access Dell disco
unted Hardware sure yeah so on uh so on the charity digital exchange website and you go to the product catalog uh if you find uh you should be fine Dell there under one of the partners and there should be an option providing you're logged into your organization's account you can add the offer to your cart um adding the offer if you've used exchange before many of our products you pay like a fee for um but with um with the Dell offer it's like we're providing this discount for free so you add the
discount to your cart for free and then you um once you've completed the order you weigh about three business days and you'll receive a follow-up email with instructions of how to access the Dell discount and you can get the flrp email it will either be sent by email or you can there's a feature of Charity District exchange now which which actually stores your fulfillment information now as well which is really useful so you can look back at some of your previous orders so if you don't receive
it to your direct email reason or other you can find in your charity digital exchange account and yeah it has the links that you need on there as well including um sort of the links of how to um get your uh the consultant from Dell to help you pick out the right hardware for you any troubles with that hit up our customer services for sure like I said phone email live chat we can certainly get you through what you need perfect thank you and I hope that helped David uh the next question is from He
ather saying do you know of any discount for Coral draw for charities Coral draw so I looked this up and I believe it's a graphics editing um site oh okay um sure so that that one's new to me um I I I don't know of any discount myself at least for charity digital um in my presentation and something that I always sort of preach to anyone that I speak I get the pleasure of speaking to is any organization that um you're looking to perhaps do business with whether the hardware software ask if there
is a non-profit offer available to you um because many organizations don't actively advertise their non-profit offers uh why I don't know um that that's for them to decide um but yeah there's there's software that we use internally where or you know the software on their website the website there's no mention non-profit offers but it's just it's just in our brains anyone we deal with just watch a non-profit price so um yeah good luck I I hope there is something for you on that great thank you an
d we've had a few questions about Adobe Express which I think of the webinar that we hosted yesterday um you might know the answers to so once there's the unfortunately Adobe Express do not offer their services um for free to CICS to community interest companies is there any other free tech for CICS um I would say with Adobe Express watch this space as a cic in terms of Eligibility uh that's all I'll you know just keep an eye out because um with all of our partners like at charity digital we rec
ognize the importance of non-profit organizations in the UK so your community interest companies are Community amateur Athletics sports car casks there we go and everything in between um but some of our partners that we work with uh for one reason the other they have their own eligibility requirements for UK for the UK and most of the time it is that they need charitable status but with Adobe Express just we're currently working on a few things so maybe check back keep an eye on your emails um a
nd sign up my newsletters for any changes to that program it may be able to help you out um outside of adobe Express um I guess its main rival is what we're using today actually which would be canva I would say great thank you and another one relating to Adobe Express is what happens after the first three year of adobe Express is it worth retraining staff to use that instead of canva pro which is already as you've mentioned free for Charities and not for profits sure so the good thing about Adob
e Express um is that providing that you're you're still registered charity exchange um and you're all up to date you can actually reapply for a free year again each year and that's currently what the offer is um but just make sure that you reply uh sorry reapply so purchase again via our website before um the expiry date of your existing account otherwise Adobe will try to charge you because they won't be because they don't sort of um look after the they but they won't know your status you know
they can't assume that you always still be a charitable a charity it does happen organizations lose their charitable status or go under one reason or another um so yeah um I I would say I'm not sure about retraining at all but by all means you continue to take advantage of adobe Express year on year out while you can sure perfect thank you and so are there any particular differences between I don't like accessing Adobe Express as an individual as opposed to Via The Exchange is it just the being
able to pass on the next free year yeah so the the one via exchange is the premium offer because you can get Adobe Express I believe for free is like an individual one I think anyone can apply for that for free um a lot of organizations have that kind of setup I believe canva has something similar as well um but yeah with the the premium version is usually something that's paid for or included in an another paid subscription such as the um the creative cloud um but yeah um by all means yeah like
I said just take advantage of it as a charity you're eligible for it all Charities uh UK Charities are eligible for it and potentially hopefully some non-profits in the future great thank you and Nathan also just put in the chat that adobe has equivalents to a coral draw which was mentioned earlier for Vector graphic editing including some feature overlap with Adobe Express so I think that's definitely one we could also look into that's why I love our community helping out each other you saved
me there thank you uh so moving on to the next question from Richard um said I will be looking at hopefully getting our charity a new website later this year or very early um next year for our 25th anniversary budgets will be very slim so Richard is just wondering if there are any web development grants available or if you can recommend any web companies that they could send the tender doc to when it is available and just for context there Charities at hospice sure so granted I mean the things a
re set to the grant side of things at the moment it's very tricky as we all know that and he's been squeezed and grants aren't exactly flying out the doors at the moment for Charities which is one of the real challenges so um I don't know any sort of like sort of donated side of things and you may want to look at our offer for Wix um you can get quite a large discount for building a website with Wix um on some of their plans that might be something you might be interested in as well um and also
take advantage of the uh the PIR dot domain as well so that's completely free um in terms of helping you out um as well in terms of getting it developed perfect thank you um I hope that helps Richard um the next question that just came in is from clay asking does anyone know of places offering mobiles as some of our peer supporters will need new headset handset soon sure that we we get this on quite a lot now there was a brief time where we were working with organizations providing like mobiles
and handsets and every now and again at charity digital very rarely we had these one-off programs where we can read the um and sort of briefly resell um sort of Hardware so we don't not work in any sort of mobile organizations at the moment but you may want to um just check out some of the tech runs mentioned um today um you might want to look at the IIT uh the charity list um about my head but the list of them sort of trusted um Hardware donation um Hardware donation list uh which will go out u
m it's already in the article um but also this slide as well so you can access that list and maybe get in contact there perfect thank you now those were all the questions that we had in the Q a section so if anybody else would like to ask anything please feel free to add your questions in now either in the Q a section or in the chat but if not just I'll just quickly asked all if there's anything you'd like to cover on what free software to try to digital is currently using oh yeah it's a good on
e um so free software so I think well I think we're using well we're using canva I'm not sure we're paying for it or not but we are using canva um we're obviously Microsoft 365 has some pre-offers out there for Charities as well um I wanted my communication channels out outside of Charity digital with slack as well so the non-profit version of slack um could be useful for collaboration as well On Tools wise um at stretch um one of our many crms it's a bit tricky but it's a Civic CR REM and so it
's an Open Source One basically what that means is that this it when it was first created or used and this is going back maybe a couple of decades ago um but it's um it was free at the time starting up the CRM but it's had many uh many injections in it to to create more functions uh to the CRM which I'm sure had cost to it but that's me just stretching a little bit out of that one um possibly my work um possibly air table as well um I'm not fully sure on that I can't remember we've been a paid v
ersion I'm sure they'll be with most things there will be like a trial or um sort of an individual version and then you pay more for more um sort of users and licenses Etc great thank you and Craig just put in the chat saying slido do a not-for-profit price if anyone is interested in using it for polls in presentations [Laughter] um and we did just have one extra question come in which I think will be the last question that we cover today saying you mentioned the free slack version we have found
that the chat is not saved on that version and are there any other options that we can use to share information yeah um yeah so I only use slack from its basic forms right with an external partner but we it's not something that um it's not our own slack account in a way it's hard to explain but in terms of our collaboration um at charity digital we use Microsoft teams uh just because it's um it's kind of everything in one place so it's got your SharePoint for your documents and you've got your
chat which is you know transformational for all from our for our Organization for probably the past four or five years or so in terms of working remotely as I'm sure many of us are used to and great for um um sort of videos as well I mean I know we're using Zoom today but we use a mix of teams and zoom for sort of different scenarios um so yeah if you want to I mean if you're a charity um and you like the world of Microsoft by all means you if you're just simply looking the collaboration side of
things by all means teams can help out I would say just with teams um sometimes people struggle with the downloadable version of it it's quite memory heavy or it has been in the past some people struggle that so you might just want to check your Hardware in terms of if it can handle that much memory being used and if not you can use the browser version um which I don't mind because I'm quite I mean with things pop Keys you know the good old tab so I had things with I'm fine with working with th
at but um but yeah that's an alternative to slack for sure that's great thank you so much Joel for joining us on a webinar once again and thank you to everyone who attended and gave their recommendations in the chat which we will definitely be sure to check out and yeah see see what everyone else is using in the charity sector um so whether this is your first time joining us or you've seen our faces many times before I hope it won't be your last time joining us now if you could share your feedba
ck with us that would be fantastic I have pasted a link in the chat and you will also receive a prompt just after you leave this page um your feedback helps us shape whether our future webinars and finally our next webinar will be about how Charities can move to the cloud on the 19th of July the link is also in the chat but you can also find this on our website um at chargedigital.org dot UK so bye for now and thank you Joel thank you thanks everyone thanks for joining us have a great day
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