August 2010
Hello and welcome to the SCIP Newsletter
Read on for an update on our new courses, Website Starter Pack and latest projects. Discover some useful SCIP tips and get the latest on our exciting IT initiatives helping people across Brighton and Hove.
Esther Springett, Marketing Campaign Assistant
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News
1. SCIP Special Offer: Save £180 on your new website
2. Book now: SCIP's Cunning Tips Courses
3. Funding Newsflash
4. IT Funding for Social Care Organisations
5. A Wonderful Website for West Pier Trust
6. Is your PC smart enough for your phone?
7. Thinking about buying a cheap computer? Think again.
SCIP Tips
8. Slow computer? Third party security software may be the root of your problems
9. SCIP’s Cunning Tip: Moving paragraphs in Microsoft Word
Regulars
10. A day in the life of David Guthrie, SCIP Training Co-ordinator
11. Why I love the SCIP list
News
1. SCIP Special Offer: Save £180 on your new website
Want a fully-fledged and functioning site for your group? Book a place on our free two day WordPress training course starting in September and save £180 on our Website Starter Pack, which gives you everything you need to get a great-looking site that you can update yourself.
2. Book now: SCIP's Cunning Tips Courses
SCIP's very own Cunning Tips courses are now open for bookings. They offer a great opportunity to upgrade your skills in the most popular Microsoft programmes.
3. Funding Newsflash
Free computers and internet access for children in lower income households with no internet access and Get Connected funding for organisations and charities working in adult social care.
4. IT Funding for Social Care Organisations
SCIP is now an approved supplier of computer equipment, support and training for the Get Connected scheme that funds providers of care for adults in England to offer IT access to their staff and clients. Grants of up to £20,000 are currently available, but the next cycle of expressions of interest of the fund closes at midnight on 10th September so check now whether you are available and give us a call to get a quote to submit with your bid.
5. A Wonderful Website for West Pier Trust
To coincide with our special offer on our Website Starter Pack, we are showcasing some of our best projects online. Early this
year we launched West Pier Trust’s brand new website. We return to the
website to see how it has fared in the last months and ask our client
how it has helped them. Read on to see the fruits of our labour.
6. Is your PC smart enough for your phone?
We all want to be able to take our office with us as we move around. Sending and receiving emails and accessing office information on the go is becoming increasingly important to our clients so in this article we talk you through the ins and outs of the two hot contenders on the smart phone market, the BlackBerry and the iPhone.
7. Thinking about buying a cheap computer? Think again.
With companies selling refurbished computers at a fraction of the price of brand new ones and retailers making special offers on bulk buys, it’s tempting to go with the cheapest option. You may think you're saving money by buying from one-man bands locally or online. In the long term, however, one ill-advised decision to buy on the cheap may come back to bite you when software problems arise.
SCIP Tips
8. Slow computer? Third party security software may be the root of your problems
SCIP has received several reports from clients about internet banking security software Trusteer Rapport. It's been reported that the software can significantly slow down your computer and that once installed it will prevent you from logging on to other sites.
9. SCIP’s Cunning Tip: Moving paragraphs in Microsoft Word
Did you know there’s an easy way to move paragraphs in a document without the hassle of copy and pasting? Read on for the solution.
Regulars
10. A day in the life of David Guthrie, SCIP Training Co-ordinator
With over ten years experience as an IT Trainer and Training Manager in the private, public and voluntary sectors, David Guthrie is a crucial member of the SCIP team, running to a tight schedule of training and project development. To find out what’s on his agenda and pick up few of his IT tips read on.
11. Why I love the SCIP list
There are about 1,000 people
currently subscribed to our email discussion forum, but who are they and
what do they get out of it? Every month we ask one of its members why
they love the SCIP list… This month we hear from Guy Walsh, Work and
Learning Advisor at Care Co-ops.
