WCIT CHARITY

Who they support

1. The advancement of education and training of the public in matters related to IT2. Promoting the effectiveness and efficiency of charities and the effective use of resources to achieve charitable purposes by the provision of advice and support in relation to IT3. Subject to 1 & 2 above the provision of grants for such purposes as are charitable according to the law of England & Wales

www.wcit.org.uk

info@wcit.org.uk

02038710253

39A BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE
LONDON
EC1A 7JN

Charity registered in England & Wales, No: 1113488

Charity Commission for England and Wales

Analysis of Grants Made

In this period 50 donations have been made totalling £405,093 to 48 organisations
This grant maker is prepared to support unregistered organisations

Where are the Beneficiaries?

How big are the Recipients? ?

Average annual spending of registered grantees: £1,106,652

Which activities are being funded?

How old were the charities when supported?

Growth in Spending
(per annum over last 3 years)

Main Overlaps with other Grant Makers ?

	By Value	By Number
National Lottery Community Fund	63%	67%
Garfield Weston Foundation	37%	38%
The Clothworkers Foundation	25%	23%
City Bridge Trust	23%	19%
DCMS	22%	23%
Sport England	18%	19%
Comic Relief	13%	10%
Co-Operative Group	13%	21%
Tudor Trust	13%	8%
Henry Smith Charity	11%	13%

Sole supporter: 19% by number, 21% by value.

Individual Grants Made

When	Amount/ Spending	Recipient	To be used for
23/05/2024	£11,500 £1,523,409	ACCESS SOCIAL CARE	Funding for a toolkit to add-on to an existing carers’ chatbot to increase knowledge of care and rights and prepare carers for different Care Act processes.
23/05/2024	£10,340 £531,313	GAIRLOCH AND LOCH EWE ACTION FORUM	Funding for a peer-led IT training and support project in a rural, isolated community.
23/05/2024	£11,500 £3,671,000	ASPIRE (ASSOCIATION FOR SPINAL INJURY RESEARCH, REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION)	Funding for a hospital-based assistive technology service to help people with spinal cord injuries gain independence.
10/12/2023	£4,614 £106,717	THE GUILD CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST KATHARINE CREE	Funding for the installation of internet networking hardware into a Grade I-listed church and community space, following pro bono assistance from the WCIT.
10/12/2023	£5,000 £2,534,846	CHARITY DIGITAL TRUST	Funding towards updating the Charity Digital Code of Practice, designed to improve digital strategy, programmes and projects within charities.
10/12/2023	£13,867 £91,742	WILTSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE TEAM	Funding for equipment which provides live downlinks from a drone to the command vehicle.
10/12/2023	£1,250	SUNDERLAND SEAFRONT TRUST	The upgrade of a website, following pro bono assistance from the WCIT.
10/12/2023	£9,800 £779,000	LIFELITES	Funding for the Cosmo learn and play switch system to be distributed to 14 children’s hospices.
10/12/2023	£12,800 £1,248,156	RENTSTART (UK) LTD	Funding for a pilot for software designed to address the barriers to accessing rented accommodation for people who have been homeless.
06/09/2023	£29,565	LILIAN BAYLIS TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL	Funding for 120 Chromebooks and 15 laptops for students who do not have independent access to a computer at home. The WCIT has a long-term relationship with this school.
06/09/2023	£5,000 £1,048,698	FIRSTLIGHT TRUST	Funding for a GDPR compliant database for casework, appointments and impact reporting.
06/09/2023	£2,500 £451,856	THE ZINK PROJECT	Funding for on online referral form to streamline its foodbank and other services and allow for contact outside office hours.
06/09/2023	£4,520 £1,088,572	THE SWITCH	Funding for the creation of a virtual work experience day for disadvantaged young people in Tower Hamlets, designed to showcase the opportunities and roles available within the tech and IT sector.
06/09/2023	£2,400 £161,382	INSIDE JUSTICE	Funding for a secure, highly encrypted portal for the reporting of miscarriages of justice and secure uploading of digital documents from family or former legal teams.
06/09/2023	£15,000 £564,910	NATIONAL UGLY MUGS	Funding for an Application Programming Interface to allow the National Crime Agency and police to safely access its database of harms against sex workers. Also for Artificial Intelligence to code open-text boxes on incident forms.
23/03/2023	£10,000	BRISTOL BRAILLE TECHNOLOGY	Funding for the development of customised software for the Canute Console, to support blind people into data analysis and computer science roles.
23/02/2023	£760 £8,304,572	ST WILFRID'S HOSPICE (EASTBOURNE)	Funding for a VR headset to enable terminally ill patients to visit places and experience things which are important to them.
23/02/2023	£10,000	GIRLS INTO CODING	Funding for the development of a new AI robotics workshop to embed into an existing programme.
23/02/2023	£10,000 £1,695,996	THE MEDIA TRUST	Funding for a 'Websites Unlocked' toolkit plus digital drop-in sessions, so that small charities can maximise the use of their websites for social good.
23/02/2023	£15,000 £129,899	TIMEBANKING UK	Funding for an app for Timebank members to exchange skills and resources more effectively and responsively, and allow greater participation of members for whom English is not their first language.
01/12/2022	£5,000	CYBER GIRLS FIRST	Funding for updating the teaching materials and promoting the competition, so that even more children aged 8-13 can learn about coding and the opportunities it presents.
23/11/2022	£10,000 £1,621,093	LEICESTERSHIRE EDUCATION BUSINESS COMPANY	Funding for live events designed to attract more girls into computer science and improve the percentage of women in the IT industry.
20/09/2022	£5,000 £255,858	ROYAL SIGNALS MUSEUM	Funding for a programming and coding module for the museum's educational and outreach programmes, to reflect the increased use of unmanned and autonomous systems in the military.
12/09/2022	£5,000 £744,000	LIFELITES	Funding for Soundbeam technology - fully inclusive, touch-free musical devices which translate movement into music - to be provided at children's hospices throughout the UK.
07/09/2022	£14,599 £828,140	AGE UK LONDON	Funding for training older Londoners to use digital tools such as e-petitions, online surveys, Zoom and social media in order to campaign for, and become activists in, their communities.
25/05/2022	£4,950 £1,911,100	THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT TRUST (EDT)	Funding for the development of an IT-focused module for the 'Routes into STEM' virtual course for young people aged 13-15 across the UK.
25/05/2022	£5,000 £67,492	ARCHIVES OF IT	Funding for a research bursary for postgraduate or postdoctoral research into the social influences and impact of the UK's IT and communications industry.
25/05/2022	£9,987 £574,218	COVENT GARDEN DRAGON HALL TRUST	Funding for three new after-school clubs in coding, robotics and virtual reality at the SoapBox Centre for socially excluded young people in Islington.
25/05/2022	£5,211 £2,015,187	OAKS SPECIALIST COLLEGE (SKILLS FOR INDEPENDENCE AND EMPLOYABILITY LTD)	Funding for smart tech for an on-site flat, so that young adults with learning difficulties can acquire the necessary life skills and confidence in using everyday tech that many people have as standard.
01/03/2022	£10,000 £402,321	GET SET GIRLS	Funding for creative computer courses for young people from low income and BME communities to gain creative IT skills to provide them with the opportunity to access further training or employment.
23/02/2022	£5,000 £61,500	KIDS SPACE	Funding for computers for educationally challenged young people from disadvantaged backgrounds to use at a homework and supper club.
23/02/2022	£5,000	RESUME FOUNDATION	Funding for computers for use in an eight-week digital bootcamp for maginalised people seeking employment in the West Midlands.
23/02/2022	£5,000	MER-IT DIGITAL	Funding for delivery of training course and work experience in basic IT repair skills, with refurbished computers donated to the community.
23/02/2022	£5,000 £358,204	CLAPTON SUPPORT AND ADVICE	Funding for free computer training courses to disadvantaged individuals aged 18-28 among the Jewish community in Hackney and Haringey.
24/11/2021	£9,783	SUPPORT SEND KIDS	Funding for the creayion of an app for a layman's guide and the development of their website.
24/11/2021	£9,783	RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE (RJ4ALL)	Funding for IT infrastructure and training for beneficiaries in Rotherhithe.
24/11/2021	£9,783 £173,418	COMMUNITY TECHAID	Funding for providing foundation digital skills to a broad range of Quickstart Support beneficiaries in south London.
24/11/2021	£9,784 £424,275	4SIGHT VISION SUPPORT	Funding for supporting visually impaired people in West Sussex to use accessible technology.
24/11/2021	£3,000 £780,148	WATFORD SHELTERED WORKSHOP	Funding for providing basic IT training and online safety to learning disabled beneficiaries.
24/11/2021	£9,484 £206,027	TEENTECH	Fuding for the digital delivery of interactive workshops for young people in Oldham and Greater Manchester to develop skills in gaming and animation and develop career pathways.
24/11/2021	£9,284 £566,835	CLAPTON COMMON BOYS CLUB	Funding for teaching digital skills to boys aged 13-16 at risk of becoming NEET in the London boroughs of Hackney and Haringey during a 28-week programme.
24/11/2021	£9,784	GENESIS SUN CIC	Funding for the development of a mobile app which uses gameification and incentivisation to increase the academic achievement and ambitions of young black people in the West Midlands.
03/09/2021	£3,550 £894,221	OAKLEAF ENTERPRISE	Funding for IT to provide work-related IT training for adults with mental health conditions.
01/09/2021	£9,000 £29,731	YAD VOEZER DAY CENTRE	Funding for an IT and comuter training project for learning diabled users.
01/09/2021	£2,000 £256,357	BLIND IN BUSINESS	Funding for technology for blind people to use in order to find work.
01/09/2021	£9,995	POWER 2 CONNECT CIC	Funding for digital skills sessions to ensure that previously digitally and socially excluded low income families have the skills and confidence to use their devices appropriately and safely.
28/06/2021	£12,000 £121,583	LOCAL VILLAGE NETWORK	Funding for the development of a new incentive function on their digital youth hub app.
26/05/2021	£9,300 £492,064	APPS FOR GOOD	Funding for the creation and launch of a new version of the Apps for Good mobile app design course specifically for people with special educational needs.
26/05/2021	£5,000	CYBER GIRLS FIRST	Funding for live events designed to attract more girls into computer science and imrpove the percentage of women in the IT industry.
05/05/2021	£3,400 £1,966,244	SHEFFIELD ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND	Funding for introducing older people with sight loss to accessible technology

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Cumulative Grants

Amount	Recipient
£29,565	LILIAN BAYLIS TECHNOLOGY SCHOOL
£15,000	TIMEBANKING UK
£15,000	NATIONAL UGLY MUGS
£14,800	LIFELITES
£14,599	AGE UK LONDON
£13,867	WILTSHIRE FIRE AND RESCUE TEAM
£12,800	RENTSTART (UK) LTD
£12,000	LOCAL VILLAGE NETWORK
£11,500	ASPIRE (ASSOCIATION FOR SPINAL INJURY RESEARCH, REHABILITATION AND REINTEGRATION)
£11,500	ACCESS SOCIAL CARE
£10,340	GAIRLOCH AND LOCH EWE ACTION FORUM
£10,000	THE MEDIA TRUST
£10,000	LEICESTERSHIRE EDUCATION BUSINESS COMPANY
£10,000	GIRLS INTO CODING
£10,000	GET SET GIRLS
£10,000	CYBER GIRLS FIRST
£10,000	BRISTOL BRAILLE TECHNOLOGY
£9,995	POWER 2 CONNECT CIC
£9,987	COVENT GARDEN DRAGON HALL TRUST
£9,784	GENESIS SUN CIC
£9,784	4SIGHT VISION SUPPORT
£9,783	SUPPORT SEND KIDS
£9,783	RESTORATIVE JUSTICE FOR ALL INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE (RJ4ALL)
£9,783	COMMUNITY TECHAID
£9,484	TEENTECH
£9,300	APPS FOR GOOD
£9,284	CLAPTON COMMON BOYS CLUB
£9,000	YAD VOEZER DAY CENTRE
£5,211	OAKS SPECIALIST COLLEGE (SKILLS FOR INDEPENDENCE AND EMPLOYABILITY LTD)
£5,000	ROYAL SIGNALS MUSEUM
£5,000	RESUME FOUNDATION
£5,000	MER-IT DIGITAL
£5,000	KIDS SPACE
£5,000	FIRSTLIGHT TRUST
£5,000	CLAPTON SUPPORT AND ADVICE
£5,000	CHARITY DIGITAL TRUST
£5,000	ARCHIVES OF IT
£4,950	THE ENGINEERING DEVELOPMENT TRUST (EDT)
£4,614	THE GUILD CHURCH COUNCIL OF ST KATHARINE CREE
£4,520	THE SWITCH
£3,550	OAKLEAF ENTERPRISE
£3,400	SHEFFIELD ROYAL SOCIETY FOR THE BLIND
£3,000	WATFORD SHELTERED WORKSHOP
£2,500	THE ZINK PROJECT
£2,400	INSIDE JUSTICE
£2,000	BLIND IN BUSINESS
£1,250	SUNDERLAND SEAFRONT TRUST
£760	ST WILFRID'S HOSPICE (EASTBOURNE)