The role of churches and religious institutions in Britain is changing and growing, impacting their IT service needs. Today many places of worship deliver a broader range of services than ever, from livestreamed services to on-demand worship, spiritual teaching, even advice and inspiration via social media.
Buildings have become multi-purpose by default, offering not just worship but warm spaces, youth clubs and community coffee shops.
Your supporters are busier than ever, and often working remotely or on the move. They rely more and more on your digital and IT infrastructure to collaborate, communicate and keep everything organised.
Aura has experience supporting religious institutions with their practical IT support, system maintenance and IT planning needs. It has given us a clear perspective on the unique IT challenges facing organisations whose role in the modern world is changing fast.
We deliver managed IT services, IT support and strategic guidance for churches and religious organisations, including:
Managed IT services for churches, supporting systems 24/7 with managed helpdesks for church teams and other users.
IT Strategy & Technology Roadmaps
Supporting churches with strategic advice, and helping to create strategic, achievable and future proof IT plans.
Cybersecurity & GDPR compliant data protection
Helping to monitor and prevent breaches of systems and protect the data of clergy, staff, helpers and communities.
Completing and optimising migration of applications and data to the cloud with Azure and M365.
Unified Communications & Remote Working
Implementing scalable, flexible UC and Azure Virtual Desktop solutions to foster productivity and collaboration.
Continuity & Disaster Recovery
Ensuring that essential pastoral support and religious service to communities is never interrupted.
Aura works with religious institutions in numerous areas including:
Churches and religious institutions are increasingly targeted by malicious individuals and groups who relish penetrating vulnerable systems, whether via ransomware, phishing or hacking.
Data breaches that can expose highly sensitive information, communications, donor information or personal data – where losses or exposure would significantly erode community trust and relationships.
Many churches and religious institutions currently have insufficient cybersecurity policies and weak defences. They can lack key technology, GDPR and data protection compliance policies and operate without formal incident response plans or staff awareness training.
Aura provides its customers with expert cybersecurity advice, guidance and proactive services which advise religious leaders, monitor IT systems and protect data 24/7/365. Our extended detection and response approach, known as XDR, is constantly updated to provide proactive protection against evolving cyber threats.
It has helped many organisations improve their cybersecurity awareness and culture, implement important IT security and compliance policies and achieve their own Cyber Essentials certification.
Absolutely. We offer managed IT services and support on an affordable, predictable fixed price basis which helps our customers plan their expenditure. We are vendor-agnostic, so will always strive to find you the best possible deals on any IT or software procurement. We build added value into all our services, including our proactive engineers who work to find issues before they happen, complementing the work of customer account managers.
Aura works with several non-profit organisations and charities, including churches at a local and Diocese level.
We can tailor our strategic Technology Roadmap to help you future proof your IT systems and make informed IT choices. We work in partnership with you and your team to understand existing and new needs, and what helps and hinders their work and the team’s mission. We will assess your infrastructure and data management, and present a clear, jargon-free and understandable analysis and a practical way forward. We can budget to help implementation too, but it’s not mandatory.
