Voluntary Action Sheffield

ICT Advice Service

VAS have an ICT Advice Service which is available to all voluntary and community groups in Sheffield. The service aims to develop understanding of information technology, no matter where the starting point is and to guide each organisation in such a way that it is able to use ICT effectively. The service provides a wide range of support and guidance including:

hardware - e.g. hard disks, floppy disks, CD's
software - e.g. word processing, database
backup and security of data
virus protection

See ICT Advice Service flyer for full details of the services above.

Subscription Packs

Subscription pack options

Telephone and email support is available through the purchase of a Subscription Pack. The cost depends on the number of computers (including servers) and starts from £195 per year. The pack also includes:

some on-site visits
place on VAS IT training course
subscription to ICTNet email discussion list
initial hardware and software assessment

Contact

* Sirinda Bhandal, ICT Manager on 0114 2536610
* Annette Crook, ICT Development Worker on 0114 2536611
* Judith Lennox, IT Infrastructure Officer on 0114 2536612

Email - ictadvice@vas.org.uk

IT Suite

Do you have IT training course needs? Need training on your own specific software systems? IT interview testing?

VAS has a fully equipped IT Suite available for hire, based in the city centre of Sheffield. The Suite contains 12 Windows XP PC's with access to the internet. Please see the leaflet for full details on the Suite and prices start at £105.

ICT Training

We run courses on the full range of Microsoft Office products including Word, Excel and Access and more specialist packages such as Microsoft Project. Ring the ICT Advice team on (0114) 2536610, 2536612, 2536611 or 2536613 for details.

Courses include Introduction to Publisher 2003, Introduction to Access 2003 and Introduction to Powerpoint 2003. To see the full range of courses we do and to book go to the Training Section of this website.

The Service is also able to tailor courses to your organisations needs.

Intermediate Access 2003 - 22 April
Extend your knowledge of Access to include relational databases with this developer's course. This course helps you to - create and use the Access action queries, plan a relational database and develop a relational database.

Advanced Excel 2003 - 21 May
This course will help you to understand templates and styles, hide workbooks and worksheets, group and ungroup sheets, hide and display cells, create pivot tables and query data from a website.

Introduction to Dreamweaver MX - 24 June
This course will guide you through the process of creating your own basic website. You will cover: creating a site, adding a page, working with layers and creating hyperlinks. This course is for anyone who wants to develop and maintain a basic website.

Microsoft Access 2003 - Reports and Macros - 1 July
This course will take an in depth look at creating forms, reports and macros in MS Access 2003. It also covers establishing relationships between database objects. Anyone wishing to attend must be familiar with relational databases concepts and know how to develop relational databases in MS Access.

Advanced Access 2003 - 29 July
This course will look at the more advanced features to be used in developing a database with Microsoft Access. This covers how to create different types of form interfaces, create a switchboard, use Report snapshots and work with macros.

PC Health Assurance

Spring clean your computer with our PC Health Assurance service. This will be done at your premises by one of our team and includes:

hardware and software inventory
remove of temporary and unneccesary files
virus and spyware check...and much more.

Standard healthcheck - £15
Premiere healthcheck - £25

VC-Connect

An exciting new web based database specifically designed with
voluntary sector infrastructure organisations in mind!

We have a system which provides the following functions and features:

* Performance management / work monitoring
* Marketing and communications from one central location
* Event / training course administration
* Compatibility and linking with other Office applications
* Accessible from anywhere with an internet connection
* Easy system maintenance / administration

Please visit http://www.vcconnect.org.uk/ for more information and a price list.