The REACH Project is one of a series of project groups set up to help young black boys and men achieve their full potential. REACH is driven by a group of role models from the black community who visit schools and youth projects to provide support, advice and encouragement to young black males, to enable them to set their sights higher. All members of the project are from different industry sectors and areas of the UK, so there was a critical need for communications and collaboration.

It took Outsourcery just 48 hours to get REACH’s Microsoft hosted SharePoint and hosted Exchange up and running. Now everyone at REACH has their own designated mailbox and access to calendars, contacts, tasks and distribution lists. The SharePoint solution from Outsourcery was customised in REACH’s distinctive branding. Today, members of REACH use SharePoint, which integrates with their email accounts, to store contact details, share news, announcements, documents and calendars.

The SharePoint and Exchange solutions provided by Outsourcery have been invaluable. Members of REACH now have immediate access to integrated business class email and an intranet solution without the need for investment in hardware. This has allowed REACH to focus financial and human resources on providing additional frontlines services for the REACH project’s beneficiaries. The REACH project is estimated to have saved £20,000 over 36 months by implementing Outsourcery hosted IT solutions.