Techies in Residence

VCSE organisation? Based in NI?

What social challenge could your organisation address with £25k support?

 

As part of the celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2018 #GEW2018, Derry City and Strabane District Council would like to invite social enterprises, social entrepreneurs and those working within the third sector to an information session to find out details of the Techies in Residence call for applications.:

 

When:            Tuesday 13 November

Where:           Holywell DiverseCity partnership, 10-14 Bishop St Derry

When:            12.30pm to 2pm (light lunch provided)

 

Register attendance here: https://getinvited.to/techinres/techies-in-residence-info-session-derry-strabane-district-council/

 

Techies in Residence, a Digital Social Innovation Challenge, now in its fourth year, is funded by Comic Relief and the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland and managed by Innovate-NI.

We are looking for social challenges from the Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise sectors from across Northern Ireland that could help transform the sector! We need your ideas and inspiration!

The Techies in Residence programme supports voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in Northern Ireland to creatively use digital technology to enhance their social impact.

It pairs VCSE organisations with a 'Techie' a digital technology professional to collaboratively develop a new prototype digital product - a tool, app, platform - over a 10-12 week period. Expert support and mentoring is also provided by Innovate-NI who handhold each project through the process and also support projects to  access additional support to plan for the growth and sustainability of their idea in future.

Please note that Techies in Residence is about using technology to enhance the mission-facing work of organisations and is not a vehicle for projects that focus primarily on internal organisational systems, communications or fundraising.

***First stage applications close at 5pm on Friday 7th December 2018***

Don't take our word for it- check out some of the amazing projects that have been supported are here: http://www.techinres.com/projects/