What could your organisation do with up to £25,000 support?
The Techies in Residence Programme closes for expression of interest on Friday 7th December at 5pm. Could your organisation identify a social problem that technology could address? Techies in Residence can help to address that through access to tech talent, mentoring support and more.
What is Techies in Residence?
Digital technology holds huge potential to help the VCSE sector develop new solutions to social problems. The Techies in Residence programme, now in its fourth year, brings together the respective expertise of digital technology experts and the VCSE sector to create, develop and implement new digital social innovations in Northern Ireland.
Social Innovation simply refers to the creation and implementation of new solutions to social problems, that are more effective or efficient than existing solutions. Community Foundation NI is committed to supporting the Northern Ireland Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector to expand its knowledge and practice in the field of social innovation.
Techies in Residence harnesses technical expertise from Northern Ireland’s leading technology firms to support new social innovation projects devised by local VCSE sector organisations.
The Techies in Residence programme is an initiative of Social Innovation NI, managed by the Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, and is funded by Comic Relief. Innovate-NI has been appointed by the Foundation as Managing Agent for the ongoing development and delivery of Techies in Residence.
In this session, we’ll provide information for the Techies in Residence Programme and outline how your organisation can benefit and get involved.
***First stage applications close on 5pm Friday 7th December.***
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