CareZone – secure online services for

children in public care World

Philip ClarkeDirector of FundraisingThe Who Cares? Trust

Today…

• Why CareZone• CareZone services • Funding• The CareZone partnership• Project development

Why CareZone?• The need to improve outcomes for

looked after children• Children expressing need for

change• Overcoming bureaucracy• Lack of ICT provision due to safety

concerns

CareZone - Services

• Security

CareZone ServicesThe Card

• Contact Smart Card Chip• Encrypts Messages to Secure

Authentication Server• Additional PIN and Password

Security

CareZone - Services

• Every child gets their own virtual environment

CareZone - Services

• Educational Support

CareZone - Services• A digital vault

CareZone Services - The Vault

• Smart card and password access control

• Digital data capture• Intelligent indexing capabilities• Search facilities• Multi-media storage• Distributed storage• Separate from core system to

protect child’s content

CareZone - Services

• An intelligent agent

CareZone - Services

• Secure chat and message boards

CareZone - Services

PostgreSQL Database Server

Application ServerResin

Web ServerApache

The Laptop PC will contain the complete standalone CareZone Offline system consisting of all the components.

Laptop PC

Smart Card ReaderPCMCIA, ISO Compliant 7816

Smart Card

• Wide consultation during build with user group using an offline system

CareZone - Services

• The CareZone Community Site

CareZone - Funding• English Capital Modernisation Fund (CMF)

from Treasury to Department of Health (DH) and Department for Education and Skills (DfES)– £20million for ICT for looked after children– £1million over two years to fund CareZone– DH and DfES backing at Ministerial level

for top slice towards CareZone• £427,000 from The Community Fund (UK) for

staff• £675,000 from nine pilot authorities• CareZone Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland

CareZone Partnership• Fourteen local authorities

• Nine NGOs• Department of Health• Department for Education and Skills• Hitachi Europe Limited

CareZone Development• 60 local authorities by 2005• First 60 local authorities to join can save a

joining fee of up to £40,000• Each local authority pays fixed and

variable elements – average annual payment £20,000

• 20 NGO’s by 2005• UK replication

– Disability– Parents– Football

• Global replication– European Network for Street Children Worldwide

Summary…

• The Who Cares Trust• Why CareZone• CareZone Services • Funding• The CareZone Partnership• Project Development

Contact

Philip ClarkeDirector of FundraisingThe Who Cares? Trust Tel: 020 7251 3117

carezone@thewhocarestrust.org.uk

www.thewhocarestrust.org.uk