Technology

The Surrey-based animal charity Retired Greyhound Trust has selected the new CLAWS database from Minerva Computer Systemsto help it keep track of re-homed dogs.

Ivor Stocker, Manager of the Trust, said: "The CLAWS system allows us to track all the dogs from when they get brought
in to when they are settled in their new homes. Until now, we have relied on

The Membership Management Technology Exhibition (MEMBERS), to be held in London in September 2003, will feature a seminar programme for the first time.

Now in its seventh year, MEMBERS is dedicated to the more effective and efficient management of membership and subscription organisations. The seminar programme is designed to offer a wider educational element to the event.

The producers of CHARITease and SANCTURease are promoting the products by offering a free Sony AIBO in a prize draw.

The prize draw is open to all charities. To enter charities simply have to fill in the entry form which is available on the database company's Web site.

The closing date for entries is 31 October 2003, and the prize draw will take place 1 November 2003.

Fundraisers will be able to monitor AMA Charity Services' telemarketing calls remotely from their own offices thanks to a new telephone system at the agency.

Fundraising specialist and author Ken Burnett will deliver the keynote address at the Blackbaud 2nd annual European Conference for Non-profits in London in October.

JA Computer Solutions has relased its new Homeless Arrest & Reachout database - HARTS (Homeless Arrest & Reachout Tracking System).

UK charities can now apply for free, donated computers on a new Web site, donateapc.org.uk.

BT has secured a three-year contract to help the British Red Cross by setting up broadband Internet connections between the charity's 1000 sites, enabling it to respond more quickly to disasters and mobilise its people.

Charity Technology Trust (CTT), the philanthropic venture established two years ago to assist UK charities use technology more effectively, has selected Vivid Orange as design partners for their marketing support services.

Blackbaud, the technology provider for non-profits and educational institutions, will be offering Microsoft® SQL Server„¢ 2000 versions of its applications.


The SQL Server solution will be released in early summer, say Blackbaud, and others will follow.