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Month: September 2024

  • John Henry Group’s impact on digital inclusion

    John Henry Group’s impact on digital inclusion

    John Henry Group is a leading, national independent integrated services provider across the UK highways and telecommunications sectors, and we were extremely pleased to have received donations of some of their legacy tech. This tech has made a real impact on digital inclusion for the following organisations, Beam (6 laptops), Cambridge Refugee Resettlement Campaign (2…

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  • Our impact in Wales & the South West

    Our impact in Wales & the South West

    Our digital inclusion area spotlight this week is Wales and the South West. So who have we helped so far? We are very pleased and excited to have partnered with the following organisations, for whom weโ€™ve already made a significant impact. Read how below… Swansea MAD Swansea MAD is a grassroots, anti-poverty, anti-racist, pro-equality, pro-environmental,…

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  • September 2024 Newsletter

    September 2024 Newsletter

    ๐ŸŒŸ **NEWSLETTER ALERT!** ๐ŸŒŸ Weโ€™re thrilled to share our first monthly newsletter! It’s been an incredible year of milestones including partnerships, donations, event sponsorships, and more. Highlights: – ๐Ÿค Partnering with ByBox – ๐Ÿ’ป Donating to Cambridge Online – ๐Ÿ  Tackling digital exclusion for the homeless – ๐Ÿ“… Celebrating End Digital Poverty Day Stay updated…

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  • Back to School

    Back to School

    We have supplied 2754 devices to-date for children and their families. We can take for granted and assume that children in the UK have devices and access to them, but 1 in 5 children in the UK are being digitally excluded. Around a million children and young people don’t have proper access to devices or…

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  • Second-hand September

    Second-hand September

    Despite Oxfamโ€™s campaign being centred on the consequences of fast fashion, all fast fashionโ€™s detrimental effects also apply to the manufacture, distribution and disposal of tech devices. Both have become some of the most polluting industries on the planet, with mass-pollution from the production and transportation of tech, a throwaway culture that leaves millions of…

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  • Tech 4 Change Shop

    Tech 4 Change Shop

    We are excited to launch our Tech 4 Change eBay store (formerly Laptops4Learning), which sells sustainable refurbished and โ€˜new open boxโ€™ tech. There are a wide range of brands and devices to suit all budgets. Your purchase helps us facilitate our Tech 4 Inclusion offering, whereby we donate refurbished legacy tech to people in need…

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  • End Digital Poverty Day

    End Digital Poverty Day

    End Digital Poverty Day is an event initiated and hosted by the Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) who convene, compel and inspire collaboration for the UK & global community to lead sustainable action against digital poverty. The event raises awareness, builds community engagement, and garners the necessary support to tackle Digital Poverty With 1 in 7…

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  • Cambridge Tech Week

    Cambridge Tech Week

    Cambridge Tech Week brought together world-leading experts, innovators and investors to fuel growth across the tech ecosystem, establishing Cambridge as a key place where global tech comes to meet. Attracting entrepreneurs, founders, corporate leaders, investors, government, academia, media and international peers. Cambridge Tech Week offers an unmissable opportunity to share insights and explore future collaborations.…

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  • Homelessness – Social and Digital Exclusion

    Homelessness – Social and Digital Exclusion

    Although the world is getting progressively digitalised, it is causing a greater exclusion for those living on the streets. Digital exclusion is a formidable issue for the homeless, as it denies them the key tools that most of us take for granted. Phones are how homeless people find jobs and connect, however, theft, the battery…

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  • Cambridge Online Donation

    Cambridge Online Donation

    Our founder Sue Gowling visited Cambridge Online this week to donate 10 SSDs to help them refurbish laptops for those in need of digital access in Cambridge. We are delighted to be working with Cambridge Online, helping them provide data-secure, sustainable refurbished devices, to people in need. Cambridge Online is an educational charity and social…

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  • ByBox Partnership

    ByBox Partnership

    We are very pleased and excited to be partnering with ByBox, the leading technology and supply chain management specialist who give visibility and control over parts, assets, materials and PPE in the field. ByBox have more than 1,900 field inventory sites, 40,000+ secure locations and 30 million items delivered per year, operating in 31 countries.…

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