Who we are

A Third Sector Support Organisation and a Social Firm

Electroville is an infrastructure (support) organisation and a social firm. We were born out of the Disabled People's Electronic Village Hall in mid 2003 and became fully independent in mid 2007. As a social firm at least 25% of our staff are disabled. Currently it is 55%.

We are based in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire and provide services to voluntary organisations in Yorkshire & Humber, the North West and beyond.

Our Mission

To enable Voluntary and Community organisations to achieve their social objectives more effectively through the use of Information & Communication Technology (ICT).

Services

We offer many ICT services:

• A complete ICT support service to supply, install, maintain, service, upgrade, expand and repair computer equipment from a single laptop to a fully integrated network complete with server.
• Website and database design and hosting. We are a distributor for a web-based database, Social Impact Tracker
• Training and Consultancy - including specialist strategic work for decision makers.
• The Regional ICT Champion was hosted here. The funding for this finished in March 2011 but we are still called upon sometimes. The materials that were on the regional Champion blog are now hosted here. Just register to view them.

A Social Enterprise for the Future

We are a trading organisation, limited by guarantee and not-for-profit. All our income is generated from either selling services direct to our customers or through delivering contracts on behalf of national programmes such as Add-a-Friend for Nominet Trust. Currently about 85% of our income is generated directly from customers.

In this way we can help to secure our ongoing sustainability and help ensure that we can be there to help and support the sector long into the future, rather than just for the period that we can get funded. Surpluses are ploughed back into the company to develop the services we offer.