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You can now apply to the Digital Connectivity Fund if you are a front-line community organisation that is not a community hub for improvements in general digital connectivity. The funder is going to allow applications for up to 50% of the overall Round 4 Wirral budget.
This means that grants can now pay for:
Connectivity improvements:
Broadband provider installation costs (if applicable)
Monthly broadband costs (up to 2 years)
Internal network/Wi-Fi improvements
IT supplier installation and configuration costs – technician time for networking, cabling, Wi-Fi solutions, etc.
Required hardware (e.g. routers, switches, cables, Wi-Fi access points, Wi-Fi boosters, etc.)
Computer devices
PCs/laptops/tablets
Necessary software/licenses to make the computers work and secure – e.g. MS Windows, MS Office, anti-virus/internet security software
Necessary ancillary accessories and equipment - monitors, keyboards, mice
IT supplier configuration costs (e.g. installing operating system, software, setting user permissions)
The grant cannot fund:
Gaming PCs
Peripheral equipment like printers, projectors, whiteboards, or anything like that
Specialist software – e.g. can’t fund CRMs, finance systems (Sage, Quickbooks, etc.), Adobe/other file viewers, graphics software, photo/film/music editing software, etc.
Ongoing IT maintenance/support contract costs
Office furniture of any type, including laptop/tablet storage units
Capital building works
Staff/volunteer costs
Staff/volunteer training
Organisational overheads
Although the priority is on funding connectivity improvements, if there’s a well-argued case for the need for a modest number of new computers capable of accessing/achieving the improved incoming broadband speed where existing computers can’t, that would be allowed.
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