The Information Technologists' Company

We will be governors of this innovative school and will have a major influence in shaping its specialist curriculum and learning environment ready for when the first students pass through the doors in September 2011.

The Academy will not only change the face, status and profile of our company and sector but more importantly it will change the lives and prospects of many future generations of young people.

Our school will be a place where every student matters, regardless of their ability, background or faith, and where pastoral concerns for students balance academic goals... Read more

Centrepoint is the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity providing support and accommodation to around 2000 young people a year. Working with Sun Microsystems and other partners such as the ITC, Centrepoint has developed the e-room concept whereby rooms of young people at risk of homelessness and social exclusion are ICT enabled so that they do not become part of what the government commonly refers to as the “digitally disadvantaged”. It also fits with the recommendations contained within the Social Exclusion Unit’s report Inclusion Through innovation: Tackling Social Exclusion (published November 2005) that encouraged the expansion of ICT facilities in hostels for the homeless.

Centrepoint recognises that access to the Internet is vital to the development of learning, education, employment and ultimately the achievement of independent living and a number of its services do have ICT suites available. The e-room project takes this one step further and was piloted at Centrepoint Salter’s City Foyer with 6 young people involved in the project.

The Information Technologists Company was instrumental in providing advice during the design of the pilot phase.

Most of our charitable activities are carried out through ‘Panels’ - groups of our members who come together to deliver projects in areas of common interest. The current Panels in the company are:

The current Panels in the company are:

• Arts
• Charity Ball
• Charity Events
• IT Accessibility
• Employability
• Entrepreneurship
• Ethical and Spiritual Development
• Gala Dinner
• Government
• Information Security
• Medicine and Health
• Recreation and Leisure
• Technology
• Visits and Activities

Some of the current and recent projects delivered by our Panels include:

• Royal Chelsea Children's Hospital School
• Speaking Up
• IT Management for Arts Organisations

Our members are also currently working with a number of other charities... Read more

iT4C was set up by the Company in 2002, and since then has registered over 6,000 volunteers and more than 2,500 charities. iT4C has delivered over £3 million worth of support to the charity sector thanks to the work of the dedicated volunteer IT professionals.

Volunteers have taken on projects ranging from website design to database development to developing IT strategies to delivering training.

A podcast of Andrew Hubbard, describing his reasons for joining the Company and his role as Chair of the IT4C Charity Panel, can be accessed here. Andrew is CEO of Denver Technologies... Read more

In October 2002, we began a five-year partnership with Lilian Baylis Technology School in Lambeth.

Before selecting Lilian Baylis we had set out to find a school in a disadvantaged area, where our input could make a real difference and where the school’s leadership team had the capacity to gain the maximum benefit from our involvement. Lilian Baylis School was chosen from a list of 70 schools which potentially fitted this profile, and we developed a Memorandum Of Understanding with the school to set clear targets for the partnership and to clarify the expectations of all parties. In April 2008, a further Memorandum of Understanding, for a further 5 years, was signed by the Master, David Morriss, at a reception at the School... Read more