As part of Lasa’s continued work with the ICT Hub, Lasa organised and ran the 4th National Circuit Rider Conference in Birmingham on 28th and 29th February 2008. We brought delegates together to learn from each other by sharing ideas, information and experience. The conference was designed to be practical and accessible so participants could take the knowledge they gained and apply it to their work in the voluntary sector.

Conference notes, materials, blogs, photos etc were uploaded as the conference progressed and are linked to the Conference Agenda You can also download a pdf file which compiles all the session notes along with the programme, delegate list and comments - see attachments below.

The evaluation by the ICT Hub's evaluators Paul Ticher and Andrea Eaves is also now available for download - see attachments below

You can also see photos from the event over at the UKRiders Flickr site

This event was different from other ICT conferences

We are interested in technology because we believe it can help voluntary organisations achieve their missions – not for its own sake. So this was an event where people:

• spoke in plain English and avoid jargon.
• offered solutions which are relevant to small voluntary organisations.
• discussed issues and learnt from each other rather than passively listening to "ICT experts"
• celebrated the independence and diversity of the voluntary sector