Martin Baker, Managing Director and founder of the CLC, is passionate about providing cost-effective eLearning to the Third Sector and extols the benefits of the Consortium's collaborative approach. "Together we are far stronger than one person working alone", he says.

Charities normally join the Consortium because of the cost savings available he explains, but they soon realise there are a wealth of other benefits to working together, such as benchmarking, learning from others, and sharing resources and knowledge: "A refreshing openness amongst members, and a willingness to collaborate, share, and learn together is at the heart of what we do", he adds.

The new members joining the Charity Learning Consortium are Catch 22, the Blue Cross, Sports Coach UK, The Charities Evaluation Service, Abaana, and NAVCA.

Charities that are interested in finding out more about the Charity Learning Consortium are welcome to join a free seminar on 11 May in London, when Sean Cooter of the RSPCA will be talking about eLearning at the popular animal-welfare charity.