Lasa Circuit Rider Project 2002 - 2004 Introduction Lasa's first Circuit Rider Project ran from September 2002 to August 2004. Funded by the Community Fund, 19 London-based member organisations, selected mainly from the Migrant Organisations Development Agency (MODA) and AdviceUK, networks were helped to develop their ICT capacity using the circuit riding model. Project members "signed-up" to an 18 month programme overseen by a steering committee which provided: an initial site visit consisting of IT Healthcheck, consultation on strategy and project plans; assistance with immediate IT problems; development of individual recommendations and action plans; periodic follow up visits; training sessions and seminars; a subscription to Lasa’s computanews including Guides; a telephone and email help-line, this dedicated website and a private email discussion list. This website was developed to reflect the ongoing work of the project and was aimed at the project participants and other small voluntary organisations who could benefit from this type of support model. Participants The organisations selected to take part in the project were: Carila - Latin American Welfare Group Ealing Racial Equality Council Kalayaan Kurdish Cultural Centre Latin American Disabled Peoples' Project Latin American Women's Rights Service Merton Oasis Migrants Resource Centre Migrant Organisation Development Agency - MODA Off Centre Shaping Our Lives Sierra Leone Women's Forum Sutton Racial Equality Council Tamil Welfare Association Turkish Cypriot Women's Project Voluntary Action Waltham Forest Waltham Forest MENCAP Waltham Forest Somali Welfare & Cultural Centre Case studies Case studies from the Project can be found on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase. An overview of  the project was published in the October 2003 issue of Strategy, the ICT supplement in Voluntary Sector, NCVO's magazine and can be downloaded from http://www.lasa.org.uk/circuitriderproject/documents/NCVO Strategy article.pdf Evaluations The Project evaluation report is available for download (334Kb PDF file) at http://www.lasa.org.uk/circuitriders/circuit rider evaluation final.pdf You can also download a more detailed evaluation of the project (290 KB PDF file) at http://www.lasa.org.uk/circuitriders/Circuit Rider Evaluation Phases 1-3 Final.pdf . These are PDF files. If you need a copy of Adobe Reader to read this file you can download it (for free) from the www.adobe.com acrobat download page. Further information Please contact our Circuit Rider, Ian Runeckles, by email - iruneckles(at)lasa.org.uk - or phone 020 7426 4473 for further information. Last updated 10 August 2007		Circuit Rider Project homepage News Resources Problem fixing Case studies Project members Project team & Steering committee Lasa Circuit Rider Project 2002 - 2004 Feedback
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