COMPUTER FRIENDLY ST ALBANS
provides free and subsidised basic introductory computer training in public access venues to meet the needs of people of all ages and abilities, including the disadvantaged (whether through disability, homelessness, social exclusion, or unemployment). This basic training is available to anyone over the age of 16 living in St Albans and District and very suitable for older people.
Objects
TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION AND VOCATIONAL TRAINING OF PERSONS AGED 16 AND OVER, PARTICULARLY THOSE IN NEED WHO ARE DISADVANTAGED BY REASON OF MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, ETHNICITY, UNEMPLOYMENT, SOCIAL EXCLUSION, HOMELESSNESS, LONE PARENTING OR BEING OVER THE RETIREMENT AGE RESIDING IN THE ST. ALBANS DISTRICT BY THE PROVISION OF ICT TRAINING AND SUPPORT WITH A VIEW TO IMPROVING TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES.
Policies the charity declares
- Complaints handling
- Risk management
- Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
Trustees
- Anthony Lawrence Bourkechair
- Akhtar Zaman
- Anne McQuade
- Christopher Blandford
- Christopher Joseph O'Loughlin
- David King
- Ian Malcolm Herbert Williamson
- John Douglas Elvidge
- Peter Thornton
- RICHARD ROWLAND BRETT
- William Laurence Hodge
Income and spending
| Financial year end | Income | Spending |
|---|---|---|
| 31/03/2025 | £7k | £13k |
| 31/03/2024 | £15k | £12k |
| 31/03/2023 | £13k | £17k |
| 31/03/2022 | £9k | £8k |
| 31/03/2021 | £12k | £10k |
Government & lottery funding
| Funder | Date | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 07/02/2013 | £3k | Teaching of computers to the needy and digitally deprived |
| The National Lottery Community Fund | 25/11/2010 | £7k | Outreach Free Computer Training |