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	Holmes Consultancy Services (HCS) was established in 1999 to provide practical solutions in computing and IT, charity management, training (bespoke/in-house and external) and fundraising. Working in the UK, primarily with organisations in the voluntary sector, small businesses and homeworkers, we provide a quality service tailored to our clients’ individual requirements which, we believe, offers value for money. We are committed to maintaining the highest standards of professional conduct within a framework based on Christian principles. As we do not resell hardware or software we can be completely independent, and give impartial advice.
Site last updated 18 November 2008 visitors since September 2002	Latest News . . . Charity Consultancy News Ruth is currently delivering the Voluntary Sector Leadership and Management Training Programme at Boston College. In the New Year Ruth will be delivering the Voluntary Sector Planning and Policy Training Programme. This series of six courses is aimed at people involved in management in the voluntary sector, either as managers or trustees. The course will take place at the Boston Conference and Management Centre at Boston College and runs fortnightly from Friday, 9 January 2009 from 9.30am until 4.00pm. Topics covered include: core values in the voluntary sector; legal frameworks for voluntary organisations; introduction to planning; business planning; policies and procedures; promoting equality. The course is free but a £10 deposit is required to secure a place. This will be returned on completion of all six sessions. For further details and to book a place contact Lorraine Lenton at South Lincolnshire CVS on 01205 315905 or visit the CVS website: www.southlincscvs.org.uk. Computing Consultancy News Mike is currently upgrading clients to Firefox 3. Where necessary he is also applying Windows XP service Pack 3. Using the LogMeIn service Mike is now able to easily access machines from wherever he is - in addition some clients are now using this facility for accessing their desktop machines from home. If you need to be on the road sometimes then the new broadband modems from 3 and t-mobile are now working very well - using a pay-as-you-go service can also make them very cost-effective. If you are required to produce PDF files then this can be done either using OpenOffice which provides a built-in facility or by installing PDFCreator, a free open-source tool. If you have need of a good contacts system, we are now using Time & Chaos to provide a shared contacts address book, appointments and to do lists. We are very impressed with this program - if you want to know more just talk to Mike.