Press Releases
Announcement of Charles Hughes as Master of the Information Technologists' Company for the ensuing year.
Watch his podcasts talking about the IT company, the theme for the year and the rofessional values and the city.
21/10/2009 - Charles Hughes becomes New Master
Record numbers of Volunteers and Proceeds will Increase the Number of Charities Helped
London, 17 March 2009; iT4Communities (iT4C) has been on sparkling form recently. Firstly the company was the charity beneficiary of the Moulin Rouge themed Intellect Charity Ball. The event, which was held on Tuesday 25 November, raised £13,000 for iT4C.
Following this achievement the company has had a hugely successful start to 2009 with record numbers of volunteers signing up.
27/03/2009 - IT Intellect Ball Raises £13,000 for iT4C
London, 15 December 2008: iT4Communities (iT4C), the national IT volunteering programme, has launched the IT Volunteering Awards 2008, in conjunction with the British Computer Society and IT4C’s new partner appiChar, which recently signed a £15,000 sponsorship deal with the charity.
The sponsorship package will allow the iT4C charity to continue its work and ensure that more charitable organisations will benefit from volunteer IT professional support. Leading IT consultancy for
16/12/2008 - iT4C Partners with appiChar
Forward thinking Livery Company installs third female Master
London, 10 October 2008: In a ceremony held this week, Josephine Connell, former managing director of Xansa was announced as Master of the Information Technologists Company (ITC), the 100th Livery Company of the City of London. Connell replaces previous Master David Morriss for her year long tenure.
As only the third female Master of ITC, Connell will use her tenure to focus strongly on the charitable side
15/10/2008 - Josephine Connell Announced as ITC’s New Master
Chief Internet evangelist and vice president of Google delivers inaugural ITC sponsored lecture at City University London
16 April 2008, London: On Monday 14 April 2008 the Information Technologists’ Company (ITC), the 100th Livery company of the City of London, made Vint Cerf, a founder of the Internet, an Honorary Freeman. The ceremony to honour Cerf took place at ITC’s Hall and preceded his delivery of the inaugural ITC sponsored lecture at City University London.
16/04/2008 - Vint Cerf, “Father of the Internet”, made an ITC Honorary Freeman
iT4Communities, (iT4C) a programme of the Information Technologists’ Company, has reached a milestone having registered its 5,000th volunteer as a new report by the Commission on the Future of Volunteering praises the role of volunteering and calls for less government regulations.
iT4C’s volunteer, Anthony Smout, offered his services in order to help others benefit from his 10 years’ experience in the IT sector and will be presented with an i Pod, donated by sponsor Erudine, as a reward
03/03/2008 - iT4C secures 5,000th volunteer
The Information Technologists Company (ITC), the 100th Livery Company of the City of London, was honoured as the charitable beneficiary of the e-Government National Awards dinner on Tuesday 22 January. ITC supports a wide range of not-for-profit organisations helping them to obtain the maximum benefit from their IT resources.
The e-Government National Awards were presented at London’s Dorchester Hotel with ITC’s clerk, Michael Grant as Master of Ceremonies, announced the winners. Among
29/01/2008 - ITC and Prime Minister Gordon Brown Praise the Use of IT
The awards ceremony for the second annual iT4Communities IT Volunteer Awards was held at the Information Technologists’ Hall in London on Thursday 29 November.
The awards recognise outstanding achievement for both volunteers and charities and are held annually with the presentation in late November.
The theme of this year's awards was "Working Towards a Better World" and there were prizes in four categories.
The winners and runners-up in each category
30/11/2007 - IT Volunteer Awards 2007
Charity Celebrates 5th Anniversary and Hits the £2.5 Million Mark
London, 22 November 2007: iT4Communities (iT4C) will celebrate its 5th anniversary on the 22nd November. As well as reaching the grand age of five, iT4C has also hit the magic number of £2.5 million in the value of services that IT professionals have donated to charity.
iT4C is the national IT volunteering programme of the 100th Livery Company, the Information Technologists’ Company. It encourages
22/11/2007 - iT4C Enjoys Double Celebration
On 31 October, the Information Technologists Company (ITC) hosted an awareness event at the Reuters Building in Canary Wharf. More than 80 senior IT managers and directors attended in order to find out more about the work of ITC.
This was the first of a number of events to be held at Canary Wharf, which will be followed by a presentation at ITC’s Hall for those interested in learning more about ITC and its work. Canary Wharf was selected as the location for the event, due to the wealth
21/11/2007 - City IT leaders learn more about the work of ITC
Lilian Baylis Technology School wins a number of accolades.
The Information Technologists Company’s (ITC) partner school; The Lilian Baylis Technology School in Lambeth has achieved a number of prestigious awards recently. The schools head teacher Gary Phillips was awarded the Seiff award, while the school itself has been awarded the ITC mark and has achieved its best ever GCSE results this year.
In the recently released secondary schools’ league tables Lilian Baylis was
25/10/2007 - Lilian Baylis news
ITC’s arts panel leads discussion on social networking
As part of its work to promote the IT profession, the arts panel of the Information Technologists’ Livery Company (IT4Arts) held its quarterly workshop on October 4th looking into the benefit of social networking sites for the arts sector. The workshop attracted attendees from many of the key arts companies such as English National Opera, the Royal Albert
25/10/2007 - IT4Arts workshop
Former IBM UK Holdings Director to Lead Livery Company as Colin Knight Steps Down
London 11 October 2007: David Morriss has become Master of the Information Technologists’ Company following a ceremony on 3 October. David has worked in the IT industry since 1966 holding several positions within IBM and consultancy roles following his retirement. He replaces Colin Knight following his year’s tenure.
In his role as Master, David will be responsible for continuing to ensure
11/10/2007 - David Morriss Becomes Master of the Information Technologists’ Company
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