Trust benefits from software donation  

The TechSoup programme recently provided ASB Community Trust with $33,300 worth of donated Microsoft products, allowing the Trust to upgrade its server system and deploy Microsoft Office 2010 on computers.

November 2011

Trust CEO Jennifer Gill commended Microsoft on its “imaginative and generous programme that we know makes such a difference to the non-profit sector.

“As a grant making philanthropic trust we are at pains to ensure that we are able to maximise our assistance to the communities of Auckland and Northland and Microsoft’s donation has given us the software we need to get the job done.”

The donation programme offers a range of hardware and software to New Zealand charities, voluntary and community groups. Organisations can access the latest products from companies including Microsoft, Symantec and Kaspersky as either donations or at discount prices.
Microsoft’s Community Affairs Manager, Belinda Gorman, said that in the past three years her company had donated $17 million worth of software to more than 1300 not-for-profit organisations across the country.

“This signals to us a growing demand from the sector for better access to these tools,” she said. “We are committed to making technology accessible to the non-profit sector in New Zealand. We believe technology can be an amazing tool to advance social change.”

The Techsoup New Zealand Programme is provided by Social Development Partners in partnership with Connecting Up Australia.