Circuit Rider Principles

Circuit Riders, e-Riders and other professionals working with charities, non-profits and other VCS organisations have for some years acknowledged that there has not been a single statement of the principles by which they work. The idea of having these has been discussed at various conferences and meetings in the UK, US and internationally but without an overall agreement. Until now....

The Principles

The Circuit Rider Principles

I/we commit to…
    Vision and values
  1. Recognise and respect the characteristics (vision, values, culture, funding, mission, beneficiaries and services) of the particular Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisation I/we work with and adapt my approach appropriately.
    2. Working practices
  2. Work honestly and transparently, declaring any conflicts of interest (including reselling activities) and be prepared to say when a non-Information and Communication Technology (ICT) solution is the best course of action.
  3. Use non-technical language and examples to help organisations understand ICT and their choices.
  4. Understand the limitations of my ICT skills and knowledge and help to connect VCS organisations I/we work with to other ICT providers and development workers if I/we am not able to meet the organisation’s needs.
  5. Ensure legal and best practice requirements are made explicit to the organisations I/we work with (e.g. health and safety, data protection, environmental, accessibility, inclusion, confidentiality and licensing).
    6. Learning, professional development and support
  6. Engage in continuous learning to maintain the necessary skills and level of knowledge to understand ICT, the VCS in general and any sub-sectors (e.g. health, environment, etc.) I/we work with.
  7. Participate in and share my knowledge with the VCS ICT community and the organisations I/we work with.
    8. Supporting organisational development and sustainability
  8. Help organisations understand the impact ICT can have on staff, volunteers and beneficiaries, taking responsibility to highlight and assist with change management.
  9. Equip organisations with tools, knowledge and processes to enable them to make informed decisions and take full advantage of ICT and how to make ongoing strategic decisions with or without external support.
  10. Enable organisations to understand the total cost of ownership (TCO) needed to maintain and improve their ICT commitments, offering choice and refraining from prescribing dependency-based ICT solutions.
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February 2008

Background

The ICT Hub Circuit Rider Training and Standards Project, following on from groundwork done by many Riders, has carried out consultation with a wide range of Riders and other ICT voluntary sector professionals to formulate the Principles which are reproduced on this page. We feel that this is a significant step forward in advancing the Circuit Rider movement and one which help with a step towards enabling acceleration of professionalisation of the community. We would urge all those working in the sector to show their commitment by "signing up" to the principles.

Sign up

To sign up to the list of organisations and individuals who have made a commitment to work according to the Circuit Rider Principles, get in touch using the contact form. Please include your name, organisation (if appropriate) and web address. Your details will be published on the Circuit Rider Signatories page. You are welcome to display the Principles on your website as a signatory and we would appreciate links back to these pages.

Signatories

This page lists individuals and organisations who have identified that they work in accordance with the Circuit Rider principles. Signatories are based in the UK unless otherwise noted. Please see the disclaimer at the end of this page. If you wish to sign up, please see the sign up page. Please note that links to websites open in a new window (or tab depending on browser). Signatories are entitled to use the logo as shown above - see our logos page to obtain the web code.

Individuals


Paul Allen
Bill Best - Community Media Association - www.commedia.org.uk
Rick Birmingham - MAP For Nonprofits, St Paul, USA - www.mapfornonprofits.org
Chris Booth - Araucaria Computing - www.araucaria.org.uk
Orlando Brown - Haringey Association of Voluntary and Community Organisations - www.havcoharingey.org.uk/index.php
Jae Campbell - DOT-COMmunications - www.dot-communications.co.uk
Paulin Choudja, Cameroon
Rachel Farr - Cambridge Circuit Rider Project - www.cambscircuitrider.blogspot.com
Rob French - Project COSMIC - www.cosmic.org.uk
Ian Goodman - Lasa - www.lasa.org.uk
Dave Greenhalgh - Cumbria CVS
Peter Hill - Community IT Academy - www.communityitacademy.org
Paul Jefford - Cambridge Circuit Rider Project - www.cambscircuitrider.blogspot.com
John Kenyon - John Kenyon Consulting, San Francisco, USA - www.johnkenyon.org
Morgan Killick - ESP Projects - www.espprojects.co.uk
Jason King - www.kingjason.co.uk
Norman Leach - GMT Business Machines - www.gmtbusiness.co.uk
Michael McAndrew - www.thirdsectordesign.org
Miles Maier - London Region ICT Champion, Lasa - www.lasa.org.uk/ictchampion
Michael J Maranda, Chicago, USA
Matthew Morling - Suffolk Online - www.suffolkonline.net
Ngozi Mayo - Superhighways - www.e-voice.org.uk/superhighways
Emmanuel Oduro - Superhighways - www.e-voice.org.uk/superhighways
Brian O'Hare - Anima Computing - www.animacomputing.org.uk
Marc Osten - Summit Collaborative, USA & W. Europe - www.summitcollaborative.com
Marcus Otite - Superhighways - www.e-voice.org.uk/superhighways
Steve Owst - Virtual Riders - www.virtualriders.org.uk / www.ervas.org.uk
Marcus Pennell - SCIP - www.scip.org.uk
John Pipal - Pipal Associates - www.pipal.net
David Poulter - Cambridge Circuit Rider Project - www.cambscircuitrider.blogspot.com
Peter Rodger - TalkingHat Associates - www.talkinghat.co.uk
Ian Runeckles - Lasa - www.lasa.org.uk/circuitriders
Chris Smith - Virtual Riders - www.virtualriders.org.uk
Rob Stead - www.robstead.co.uk
Jon Tack - Tack Associates - www.tack-associates.co.uk
Andrew Tristram - Purplezebra - www.purplezebra.org.uk
Maher Ugaily - Superhighways - www.e-voice.org.uk/superhighways
Kate White - Superhighways - www.e-voice.org.uk/superhighways
Laura Whitehead - www.popokatea.co.uk

Organisations

Anthem ICT Services - ww.anthemict.org.uk
Blue Lizard -www.thebluelizard.co.uk
Cambridge Circuit Rider Project - www.cambscircuitrider.blogspot.com
Community IT Academy - www.communityitacademy.org
Cumbria CVS
Wales CVC Circuit Riders- www.walescvccircuitriders.org.uk
Digital Umbrella - www.digitalumbrella.co.uk
Greater Manchester Circuit Riders - www.mcin.net
Illinois Community Technology Coalition, USA - http://ilctc.org
ITsorted - www.itsorted.org.uk
Lasa (London Advice Services Alliance) - www.lasa.org.uk
Northern Rock Foundation Circuit Riders - www.nrfcr.org
Preponderate.network - www.preponderate.net
Purplezebra - www.purplezebra.org.uk
Summit Collaborative, USA & W. Europe - www.summitcollaborative.com
Suffolk Online - www.suffolkonline.net
Superhighways - www.e-voice.org.uk/superhighways

Please note that organisations and individuals listed here may also be listed on the Lasa Suppliers Directory where more information on the services they provide can be found.

Disclaimer

The Circuit Rider Principles are a voluntary code. Lasa in no way endorses any of the individuals or organisations listed nor does it check that they adhere to the Principles.

If you are planning to employ or in any way use any services offered by any of the individuals or organisations listed, it is up to you to satisfy yourself that they are solvent, and capable of doing the work required. We strongly advise that you also seek and follow up references including financial references if appropriate yourself

We aim to keep the information on this webpage as current, accurate and complete as possible. Visitors who use this website and rely on any information do so at their own risk. Lasa accepts no responsibility for the contents of linked websites and links should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. Lasa has no control over the availability of the linked pages. Contact Lasa if you would like more details by emailing crprinciples @ lasa.org.uk or call 020 7426 4473

Circuit Rider logos

UK Circuit Riders

Individuals and organisations who have identified that they work in accordance with and signed up to the Circuit Rider principles as listed on the signatories page are entitled to use the logo as shown above. This is also available in regional variations as listed below.

Just copy and paste the appropriate code below into your website or blog. This is a smaller version of the above more suitable as a web "badge" - other versions are available for print material, banners etc - please contact crprinciples@lasa.org.uk for these.

UK Circuit Riders

<a href="http://www.ukriders.info/principles/signatories"><img alt="UK Circuit Riders" title=" Circuit
Riders  - voluntary sector technology support "
src=" http://www.ukriders.info/system/files/circuitriders_uk.jpg " /></a>

East of England

<a href="http://www.ukriders.info/principles/signatories"><img alt="East of England Circuit Riders" title=" East of England Circuit
Riders  - voluntary sector technology support "
src="http://www.ukriders.info/system/files/circuitriders_eastengland.jpg" /></a>

East Midlands

<a href="http://www.ukriders.info/principles/signatories"><img alt="East Midlands Circuit Riders" title="East Midlands Circuit
Riders  - voluntary sector technology support "
src="http://www.ukriders.info/system/files/circuitriders_eastmidlands.jpg" /></a>

London

<a href="http://www.ukriders.info/principles/signatories"><img alt="London Circuit Riders" title=" London Circuit
Riders  - voluntary sector technology support "
src="http://www.ukriders.info/system/files/circuitriders_london.jpg" /></a>

North East

<a href="http://www.ukriders.info/principles/signatories"><img alt="North East Circuit Riders" title="North East Circuit
Riders  - voluntary sector technology support "
src="http://www.ukriders.info/system/files/circuitriders_northeast.jpg" /></a>

North West

<a href="http://www.ukriders.info/principles/signatories"><img alt="North West Circuit Riders" title=" North West Circuit
Riders  - voluntary sector technology support "
src="http://www.ukriders.info/system/files/circuitriders_northwest.jpg" /></a>

South East

<a href="http://www.ukriders.info/principles/signatories"><img alt="South East Circuit Riders" title="South East Circuit
Riders  - voluntary sector technology support "
src="http://www.ukriders.info/system/files/circuitriders_southeast.jpg" /></a>

South West

<a href="http://www.ukriders.info/principles/signatories"><img alt="South West Circuit Riders" title="South West Circuit
Riders  - voluntary sector technology support "
src="http://www.ukriders.info/system/files/circuitriders_southwest.jpg" /></a>

West Midlands

<a href="http://www.ukriders.info/principles/signatories"><img alt="West Midlands Circuit Riders" title="West Midlands Circuit
Riders  - voluntary sector technology support "
src="http://www.ukriders.info/system/files/circuitriders_westmidlands.jpg" /></a>

Yorkshire & the Humber

<a href="http://www.ukriders.info/principles/signatories"><img alt="Yorkshire & the Humber Circuit Riders" title="Yorkshire & the Humber Circuit
Riders  - voluntary sector technology support "
src="http://www.ukriders.info/system/files/circuitriders_yorkshire.jpg" /></a>

Thanks to Laura Whitehead at Popokatea for all her hard work (and extreme patience) in designing these for us.

Future work

We will also be working on a set of principles which Riders can use to present to their clients which we hope will assist with creating trusted working relationships. We also intend to issue a logo to signatories for display on their websites etc.

Disclaimer

The Circuit Rider Principles are a voluntary code administered by Lasa. We aim to keep the information on this webpage as current, accurate and complete as possible. However, Lasa in no way endorses any of the individuals or organisations listed nor does it check that they adhere to the Principles.

If you are planning to employ or in any way make use of any services offered by any of the individuals or organisations listed, it is up to you to satisfy yourself that they are solvent, and capable of doing the work required. We strongly advise that you also seek and follow up references including financial references if appropriate yourself.

Visitors who use this website and rely on any information do so at their own risk. Lasa takes no responsibility for the contents of linked websites and links should not be taken as endorsement of any kind. Lasa has no control over the availability of the linked pages.

Please note that organisations and individuals listed here may also be listed on the Suppliers Directory where more information on the services they provide can be found.

Acknowledgements

Lasa and the ICT Hub Circuit Rider Training and Standards Advisory Group thanks everyone involved in contributing to the process of drawing up these principles over the years including: