Tinder Foundation
The year 2013-14 has been a very significant one for Tinder Foundation, with a new name and a new identity, an ambitious new strategy, diversification, new contracts and new priorities.
Early in 2013, the decision was taken to find a new name for the organisation. The previous name – Online Centres Foundation – had been chosen quickly, and as the organisation began to expand and diversify, it no longer felt representative of the widening scope. After a long process of consultation, both internally and externally, the name Tinder Foundation was chosen to reflect the organisation’s role sparking action in local communities. The new name was launched at an event at the House of Lords, hosted by the Tinder Foundation chairman Lord Knight of Weymouth. The event was attended by a number of stakeholders, centres and learners, all with a stake in the future of the organisation, and all who left with a positive view of the Tinder Foundation and its future.
The launch of the new name for Tinder was accompanied by an ambitious new strategy that set out the organisation’s four core objectives – to support people to improve their digital skills, to support community organisations to do more, to help people learn more using technology as a tool and to support government and organisations to deliver their digital strategies.
And also
We welcomed two new internal board members, Greg Watson and Ben Brown, and two new external members - Nick Appleyard, Head of Digital at the Technology Strategy Board, and Rachel Neaman, Digital Leader and Head of Profession for Digital at the Department of Health.
We celebrated at the House of Lords, the Speakers House and held fab events at Facebook, the BT Centre and Mozilla.
We said goodbye to some old friends and welcomed some new ones.
And once again, we ate a lot of cake!