[Chapter-delegates] Nominet Trust awards first grants from £5m fund

[Dominic Pinto]

Third Sector Online, 30 April 200


The trust is the charitable arm of Nominet, which registers .uk internet 
domains. The company gave the trust £5m for grants to projects that it believes 
make a positive difference to society through the internet. 

The first 
six projects have been allocated about £50,000 each, the trust announced 
yesterday.
 
The successful organisations are the British Computer Association of the Blind, ChildNet International, the Internet Society, the Cambridge Global Grid for 
Learning, Cambridgeshire 
Library Learning Services and Youthnet.

The schemes include a 
remote access support project that will allow visually impaired people access to 
computers and the internet, run by BCAB. 

Jonathan Welfare, chair of the 
Nominet Trust, said: "These organisations have demonstrated with these six 
projects that they will help and support our objectives. 

"We are seeking 
to fund more projects that will make a tangible and rapid difference in 
developing the internet in the UK and other countries." 



Applications should be through http://www.nominettrust.org.uk/