If you are an organisation such as a local authority and you would like to support schools in your area in particpating in Make IT Happy 2010, take a look at the resources below:
1: Promotion
Promote the competition to schools in your area. They could win up to £5,200 to spend on new technology for their school as well as an invitation to an exclusive awards ceremony at the Houses of Parliament to collect their prizes.
Click here to download the Partner Promotion Pack which includes the schools guide, a case study from one of our 2009 winners for inspiration, a template letter and suggested text for an email to send to your schools or to include in your newsletters.
2. Get Your Schools Off to a Flying Start
Help inspire your schools' entries using our online resources. We'll be adding more throughout the competition so keep checking back for new guides to help schools create winning entries. Click here to view the resources page.
3. Press
Distributing a press release is a great way to get the word out to your local community about the great things the schools in your area are doing to get people online. Click here to download our press pack including template press releases.
4. Get Your MP Onboard
Make IT Happy is already supported by a growing list of MPs. Click here to find out if your constituency MP is supporting Make IT Happy.
If your MP is not listed, get them involved now. MPs can offer great support to schools that are trying to help their communities get online by promoting projects to local community groups and through their constituency work.
Click here to download our MP pack including template letters and a press release for them to distribute.