This was an exhibition for the Fighting Back project, an oral history project documenting experiences and case studies of victims of domestic violence, service users and service providers and their journeys. Organised at Impact Hub Birmingham for a domestic violence charity who work with homeless and vulnerable women to break the cycle of abuse, violence and […]

DigitalToolsForConnectedManagers_v1 Free online tools for organising events, arranging meetings, sharing outcomes, keeping up to date, problem-solving, project management & connecting You can use the information in this document freely but please credit RnR Organisation as the source – training in the use of any of these tools (and others) available by arrangement Layout © RnR […]

Good tech talks: Net Squared Midlands 12th Sept 2016 Benefits to non-profits of using digital, but why they don’t: Michaela Hodges of Fancy Guppy (@fancy_guppy) about the things that non-profits commonly identify as barriers to making more use of digital in their organisations. Accessibility for all: Nivi Morales (@nivims) is a web developer with a special […]

An opportunity to explore and discuss what blended funding/finance means, and how it relates to the social and economic objectives of our different stakeholders as givers and receivers of finance. WAKELET of the event by CTWM Chair, Pauline Roche, MD, RnR Organisation

      About us and where we work Supporting the use of digital technology in the third sector, Charitable Trusts West Midlands (now WM Funders Network), 16 Sept 2015 ‘Build digital skills in small businesses’, [Video] BBC News, 7 June 2017 Soho Social Enterprise Network Meeting – October 2017 [Video includes Pauline representing WM Funders […]

    We were delighted to work on another hack event in June this year, a taster half day ‘hack’, organised once again by local social enterprise experts, i-SE as part of their work leading the West Midlands Third Sector Innovation Network. Sponsored by West Midlands Academic Health Science Network (WMAHSN) and in partnership with us at […]

Net Squared Meetup groups NetSquared is a global network, supported by TechSoup, which brings together nonprofits and activists, tech leaders and funders, and everyone who’s interested in using technology for social change. Pauline and Ted from RnR Organisation who organise Net Squared Midlands: tech for social good, are just two of the volunteer leaders/organisers in over 100 […]

List of links to groups, events etc which Net Squared Midlands organiser Pauline mentions as useful and related to tech for good, mainly in the Midlands  Agile Staffordshire – meetup for people into Agile Software development Birmingham IO – digital forum for designers, coders, makers, entrepreneurs, or businesspeople Birmingham Open Code weekly open study session for folks who […]

Event to mark Open Data Day 2017 [WAKELET] organised by Pauline Roche for West Midlands Open Data Forum (WMODF) and Hugo Russell for Innovation Engine, iCentrum, Innovation Birmingham, held Fri Mar 3rd 2017 – tweets in Wakelet curated by Pauline Roche

Our storify of Open Data Camp 1, 2015 [Link to external website] The first Open Data Camp took place in Winchester 21-22 February 2015, organised by Mark Braggins, James Cattell (Cabinet Office), Neil Ford (Events), Hendrik Grothuis (Cambridgeshire County Council and Open Data User Group), Martin Howitt (Devon County Council), Lucy Knight (Devon County Council […]