Adobe donates software to charities

Adobe has joined the Charity Technology Trust CTXchange donation programme, which offers charities and charitable housing associations design and digital editing software.

Eligible charities will be able to choose from a list of Adobe software including InDesign CS6, Photoshop CS6 Extended, Dreamweaver CS6, Creative Suite 6 Design and Web Premium or Creative Suite Production Premium. They can request either four individual programmes or one suite over the course of one year.

To be eligible for a donation, charities must be a UK registered with an operating budget of less than £6million. The Adobe products will not be available for religious organisations without a secular community designation or to fraternities/sororities, Scouts, computer refurbishing organisations, legislative and political organisations or advocacy groups.

Since being set up in 2001, to provide charities with information technology and support services, over 10,000 charities have received hardware or software donations from the programme. Other organisations who offer donations through the programme include Microsoft, Symantec and Cisco.

Charities need to register with the CTXchange in order to request a donation for which there is a small administrative fee to cover the costs of the programme. The fee varies according to the request but is usually between six and eight percent of the retail price of the product.

For further information visit www.ctxchange.org.