The ITSA Digital Community
The ITSA Digital Community
- THE VISION
On the occasion of ITSA’s 20th anniversary in 2024, the aim of the The ITSA Digital Community is to work with businesses in a combined effort to minimise e-waste, give back to the community, and assist each other.
WHY
Businesses are required to embrace ESG/CSR and Social Value, through a policy which is authentic and embedded in the culture of the workplace. Membership of the ITSA 200 Club can help organisations to:
Win business, including in tenders because of the requirements of the Social Value Act 2012.
Recruit, because young people want to work for businesses with authentic social values.
Retain staff by adding to employees’ sense of doing good.
Market, with support for ITSA as a key USP, since customers want to buy from ethical companies.
Organise volunteering, through opportunities at ITSA, which boost team-building.
Network with suitable businesses.
Engage with local communities, with measurable outcomes.
Dispose of used IT equipment for safe data erasure and ethical re-use.
WHAT
The ITSA Digital Community is a membership scheme. Positive benefits include:
- Understanding the needs of UK communities.
- Working more closely with ITSA, education providers and other initiatives to create work opportunities and teach skills. Donation of used IT equipment, to avoid landfill. Donation of money to ITSA, with tax benefits. Fundraising opportunities that can build relationships with other members. Volunteering at ITSA. Events – networking opportunities and peer-to-peer support, including an annual family day. Measurable and effective ESG/CSR/ESE, with an annual report.
- ‘Seeing is Believing’ – once a year, members can see how their support is changing lives.
HOW
In return for a monthly membership fee of £200 (which in turn helps ITSA to supply more people with IT equipment and IT skills), businesses will become part of The ITSA Digital Community.
In addition to the support listed above, ITSA offers:
Timely communication, sharing and providing content for marketing purposes, including case studies, photos, video, newsletters, website content and press releases.
A letter and certificate to verify membership, which clearly state that The ITSA Digital Community is your way of giving back, taking away the worry of giving, so that you will know that the money is being used wisely and in places of greatest need.
Engagement with your staff, giving presentations, arranging visits to ITSA, and encouraging staff to engage in your ESG and CSR, including through volunteering and payroll giving.
A Family Day at which your staff’s partners and other family members can visit ITSA to see how their family member is doing good in the community.
Additional benefits may be available for larger donations, such as regular social-media posts and press releases.