{"id":1749,"date":"2013-02-22T15:49:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-22T15:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/?p=1749"},"modified":"2013-02-22T15:54:10","modified_gmt":"2013-02-22T15:54:10","slug":"vanel-local-voluntary-and-community-organisations-and-websites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/2013\/02\/vanel-local-voluntary-and-community-organisations-and-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"VANEL, local Voluntary and Community Organisations and Websites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>An online presence and a website is (in my opinion) vital these days for any charity or group.<\/p>\n<p>If the work of an organisation is important enough for it to exist in the first place, then it\u2019s important to ensure that all relevant communication and engagement channels are used in order to ensure that every possible donor, partner or beneficiary gets to know about your work.<\/p>\n<p>Missing out having a decent website for whatever reason (time, money, skills, fear) is a disadvantage to any organisation in 2013. Large numbers of people assume to look online for information and connections, and online tools, services and approaches can be free, cheap or cost-effective.<\/p>\n<p>(I quite like <a href=\"http:\/\/eduservblog.files.wordpress.com\/2013\/02\/charity-online-engagement-infographic1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">this infographic<\/a> explaining why online engagement is important)<\/p>\n<p><strong>So VANEL can offer support to those trying to progress with online technologies.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I run <a href=\"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/projects\/webclub\/\"><strong>WebClub<\/strong><\/a> which meets every two weeks. WebClub members are supported with their web learning and projects through workshops, briefings, teaching, discussion, troubleshooting and more.<\/p>\n<p>WebClub members can access a range of web related resources (magazines, books, software) and importantly can contact me for additional support and direction when they get stuck.<\/p>\n<p>Every month or two I run a free <strong>\u201cCooking up a website\u201d<\/strong> briefing session for anyone needing to understand the very basic principles of what a website is and how to get one built.<\/p>\n<p>For 2013 I\u2019m offering a range of <strong>WordPress related training<\/strong> courses at four levels. Currently I schedule the training sessions once there are enough people interested in attending. See below for details of the courses.<\/p>\n<p>What we don\u2019t do is build websites for people as a service. Our aim to help support groups to use technology effectively themselves.<\/p>\n<p>But the fact that we\u2019ve already built many websites for our own projects and for funded or partnered projects hopefully demonstrates our knowledge and experience.<\/p>\n<h4>What next?<\/h4>\n<p>If you have any questions at all about web technology and your organisation, please get in touch with me and I\u2019ll advise you on what you can do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Karl Elliott, Development Manager and WebClub Manager<\/strong><br \/>\n01472 235311<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:\/\/karl@vanel.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">karl@vanel.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is currently a separate WebClub website at <a href=\"http:\/\/webclub.vaneldigital.org.uk\" target=\"_blank\">webclub.vaneldigital.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I tweet occassionally at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/vaneldigital\" target=\"_blank\">@vaneldigital<\/a><\/p>\n<h4>WordPress Training Courses for 2013<\/h4>\n<p>Why WordPress in particular? Because it\u2019s free, simple, usable, well supported, flexible and powerful.<\/p>\n<p>The courses in essence are:<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cWordPress for Beginners\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 no knowledge needed. 2hour training session. \u00a310pp<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cUsing WordPress for Real\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 follows beginners. 2hour training workshop. \u00a310pp<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cMaking the most of WordPress\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 half-day, more experienced. \u00a325pp<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cWordPress Masterclass\u201d<\/strong> \u2013 full-day, taking WP to the next level. \u00a350pp<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ll schedule most sessions once people have expressed interest in booking. If you\u2019re interested get in touch<\/p>\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1749\" data-postid=\"1749\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1749 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VANEL can support groups with their website development issues via WebClub, training and other support.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"xn-wppe-expiration":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-action":[],"xn-wppe-expiration-prefix":[],"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[7,11],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3cThd-sd","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1749"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1751,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1749\/revisions\/1751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1749"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1749"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/vanel.org.uk\/va\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1749"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}