CTT in the News - Press Releases

CTT Launches a FREE service - www.charitywebsites.net
20th January 2010

Terapad.com and Charity Technology Trust (CTT) a UK registered charity have launched www.charitywebsites.net to offer low cost websites to charities and non profit organisations. The entry level version of the service is free of charge and even the standard version costs as little as £8 a month.

Terapad.com is the next generation of online publishing solutions, developed by SiteJourney Ltd. Terapad’s system enables anyone to set up their own website in a matter of minutes. Terapad has taken the world of website creation by storm and, despite only being around for a year, already hosts over 100,000 websites.

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Online help for social care organisations
17th December 2009

The Social Care Institute for Excellence is delighted to announce that it will distribute £12 million of investment grants, supporting care providers who don’t currently have good access to the internet. The two-year programme will enable adult care and support providers to access information and communication more effectively.

Get Connected will enable improved access for staff, people who use services and carers, so they can use the internet to communicate, learn and train. Computer literacy, and the internet in particular, are transforming the way we communicate, learn and work. It follows on from the successful launches of SCIE’s Social Care TV and the Dementia Gateway.

Leading charities in the field Lasa and Charity Technology Trust are providing support to ‘Get Connected.’ Lasa will bring technical advice and resources to the project, whilst CTT will be managing the grant-making aspects of the project.

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Cost of email marketing to fall
6 August 2009

Charity Technology Trust (CTT) a UK registered charity and a leading provider of fundraising and communications solutions to UK charities has today announced that it is reducing the prices it charges its email marketing clients. On average, charities will see prices fall by between 10% and 30%, but for some charities, volume reductions could be as great as 60%. The good news comes at a time when, in the current economic climate, more and more charities are embracing digital communications as a low cost and highly effective means of fundraising.

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Solution to ailing IT was right up charity's street - September 2008
Manchester Evening News

FOR voluntary sector organisations, upgrading an ageing IT network can represent a major financial hurdle.

But for one Manchester city centre charity, with the help of the Charity Technology Exchange (CTX) and Microsoft, it was surprisingly easy.

The 42nd Street charity has been working since 1980 with young people across Greater Manchester who suffer from different mental health issues, providing a range of support services.

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Charity Technology Trust wins the Charity Times ICT Services Award 2008 - September 2008

Charity Technology Trust received the Charity Times ICT Services 2008 award at a gala ceremony at the Royal Lancaster Hotel last night (18th September).

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Charity Technology eXchange launches in Northern Ireland - April 2008

Belfast: April 24th, 2008 - Ms Margaret Richie, Minister for Social Development today officially launched a technology donation programme for non-profit organisations in Northern Ireland. The programme, run by Charity Technology Trust, is supported by Microsoft, Cisco and Symantec and will provide every qualifying non profit with access to technology donations from the supporting companies. It is estimated that up to 4,000 organisations can benefit from this new initiative and can receive technology with a cumulative value of up to £20m per annum.

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VAT victory for charity sector - March 08

Vir2 Ltd, the UK’s leading provider of SMS text based marketing and fundraising solutions for charities, today welcomed the written answer from the Treasury which states that VAT should not be charged on charity donations made by text.

Charity Technology Trust (www.ctt.org), a UK registered charity dedicated to promoting effective use of technology by charities, has worked with Vir2 to become the leading provider of text donation facilities in the UK with over 120 charities using the service.

The clarification came from Jane Kennedy MP, Financial Secretary to the Treasury, who, in a written answer to a question raised by Vir2 Ltd’s constituency MP Mark Oaten, stated: “Donations to charity, including those made by text message, are outside the scope of VAT—which means that no VAT is payable on them.”

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bss selects Charity Technology Trust payment systems

PRESS RELEASE - April 2007
bss, a UK registered charity since 1975 and the leading provider of multi media contact centre & fulfilment services to the charity sector, has selected Charity Technology Trust (CTT) to provide its payment processing systems which will be used to support future charity client campaigns.

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Announcing new CTX partners

PRESS RELEASE - March 2007
We’re delighted to announce that the CTX programme is being extended to included two new donor partners.  From the end of March, in conjunction with US NGO TechSoup, we shall be adding a range of software from Symantec’s International Desktop Programme.

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CTT launches payment terminal for charity shops

PRESS RELEASE - February 2007
Many charities are often faced with high set up costs and rental costs for card payment terminals and risk lost revenue from not being able to offer this facility to customers. CTT has been working for over a year to find a cost effective solution for the charity sector and can now offer a free CHIP and PIN enabled terminal for each charity retail outlet to process all credit and debit card transactions using an existing phone line.  The service includes free installation, training and support and integration with CTT’s CP Terminal reporting system.

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Sound Delivery workshops

PRESS RELEASE - January 2007
Forthcoming Training Dates - Audio/Podcasting Workshops.

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CTT announce the NGW winners

PRESS RELEASE - 22nd  November 2006
We had a difficult task picking three winners from some great entries. In the end, we selected three organisations that we felt made the best case based on the impact that the services we offer would make to their organisations. 

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Technology Charity hits one million a month e-mail milestone

PRESS RELEASE - 21st November 2006
Charity Technology Trust (CTT) the five year old charity set up to help charities leverage new technology to improve efficiency has hit a new record for its email distribution service. In October, CTT sent over 1 million email newsletters and campaign items for it’s ninety plus email clients.  In fact, since the beginning of 2006, CTT has distributed over 9 million email items.

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CTT launches INTERNATIONAL DONATIONS service

PRESS RELEASE - 13th November 2006
CTT has responded to the growing sector demand for the ability to accept on-line donations from all over the world by launching an INTERNATIONAL DONATIONS service.

Charities will now be able to offer their supporters the option to make a donation in DOLLARS, EUROS OR STERLING.

The service is a new feature on CTT’s highly respected card payment processing system – CP TERMINAL.

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CTT Payments - Enhancements

PRESS RELEASE -  October 2006
We are delighted to announce the launch of the following new features. 

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CTT is giving it up for National Giving Week

PRESS RELEASE -  18th September 2006
Charity Technology Trust (CTT) is one of the chosen charity sponsors for this year’s National Giving Week and to mark the event, CTT is offering to waive its service set-up fees for email, mobile fundraising and donation processing services to the three charities that make the best case for support, in 500 words or less.

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CTT launches CP Shop

PRESS RELEASE -  November 2005
CTT has just launched an online shop, live and ready to use.

The shop offers standard features, allows you to upload and manage the product range, displays images, short description and price, does all the data capture and payment processing and, of course, pays all the shopping transactions directly into your bank via the CPTerminal/CPWeb payment system.

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Free Christmas Email templates for CTT Customers

PRESS RELEASE -  November 2005
...a festive gift to all our email users - CTTM@il providers, Ellipsis Media, have designed you an e-Christmas card!

Ellipsis, the providers of CTTM@il, found that so many of their corporate clients wanted to send season's greetings to their customers in 2004 that this year they decided to help out a bit. They have kindly decided to give the free cards to CTT's charity clients as well.

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Charity Technology Trust takes on text messaging

PRESS RELEASE -  4th July 2005
Charity Technology Trust (CTT) has agreed to take over the operation of smstextgiving Ltd. a unique social venture set up two years ago, with a mission to promote a culture of donating to charity via mobile. Over 40 charitable organisations have signed up to use smstextgiving’s service and the concept of donating via mobile is receiving regular press in the sector.

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Charity Technology Trust unveils ‘DDCM’
The new direct debit collection management system for charities

PRESS RELEASE -  1st July 2005
CHARITY TECHNOLOGY TRUST is delighted to announce the full release of ‘DDCM’ the new direct debits collection management system, which will be used to deliver and support it’s CHARITY DIRECT DEBITS SERVICE launched in May this year.

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NEW DIRECT DEBIT SERVICE FOR CHARITIES

PRESS RELEASE -  13th May 2005
Charity Technology Trust, the UK charity dedicated to creating efficiency for charities through the use of new technology is launching CHARITY DIRECT DEBITS, a new range of direct debit services in partnership with Donate as You Spend (DAYS) and Nat West.

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Charity Technology Trust Provides Networking Equipment Donations to UK Charity Sector. Pilot project with US-based Cisco Systems and TechSoup.org launched

PRESS RELEASE -  14th February 2005
Charity Technology Trust (CTT), a UK -based nonprofit that provides technology help to the charity sector, announced today that it has partnered with the San Francisco-based nonprofit technology website TechSoup.org (www.techsoup.org) to provide basic Cisco Systems™ networking equipment to non-profit organizations across the UK.

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Charity Technology Trust appoints new CEO

PRESS RELEASE -  16th September 2004
Charity Technology Trust (CTT) has appointed Cable & Wireless product management boss William Hoyle as its new chief executive. 

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