…And speaking of awards, Z/Yen is delighted to report that the Charityshare venture, which Z/Yen has been spearheading for the past 18 months, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Charity Awards 2005 Best Use of Technology Award. Charityshare is a ground-breaking joint venture initiative between NSPCC and The Children’s Society to co-share IT services. Ian Harris has a canny knack of working on award-winning projects. This might have something to do with Ian’s canny and relentless knack for filling in nomination forms. And Ian would be the first to admit that most of the credit belongs to Mary O’Callaghan and the superb combined team from NSPCC & The Children’s Society; they actually did and are doing all the hard work on the venture. The awards ceremony is in late September. Meanwhile many other charities and government agencies are showing an interest in collaborative ventures along similar lines to Charityshare.