Commmunity IT Academy

As a result of needing to have practical experience for our trainees CITA negotiated with Newcastle City Council to have exclusive access to their redundant IT equipment.

It was our intention to refurbish the PCs and sell them on to the local voluntary sector at low cost.

The project developed into a wider scheme with an agreement with North Tyneside Council and numerous commercial clients.

The scheme operated very successfully throughout the running of the ILM scheme but proved unsustainable in the longer term as the prices of new PCs continues to fall and the costs of recycling increase.

The project ceased operations in February 2006.