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  • March & April Donations

    March & April Donations

    This first quarter of the year has been as busy as ever, as we increase our Charity Partnership network, donating to Noise Solution, Steel Bones, Voluntary Community Action East Cambs (VCAE), Conversation Over Borders and the British Red Cross, where our refurbished tech has increased digital inclusion. “Thank you very much. Send my greetings and…

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  • Global Pay It Forward Day

    Global Pay It Forward Day

    Part of this idea is to consider the world and the people who live on it as a single, enormous community. The idea of ‘paying it forward’ originated from the belief that, as members of that community, we have an obligation to assist others in need without expecting anything in return. In light of the…

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  • Volunteer Recognition Day

    Volunteer Recognition Day

    Every year on April 20th, Volunteer Recognition Day is observed to commemorate, recognise, and celebrate those who give freely of their time, effort, and resources to help others. With millions of individuals taking part in various activities each year, the UK has continuously maintained a robust volunteering culture. According to the Department for Culture, Media…

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  • Bruntwood SciTech Partnership

    Bruntwood SciTech Partnership

    We had the pleasure and privilege of presenting to Bruntwood SciTechโ€™s Melbourn Science Park customers and local NFP leaders to launch our Corporate Partnership with Bruntwood SciTech, where we can provide their Cambridge customers with a sustainable solution for their excess digital equipment. Bruntwood SciTech customers can now have their digital devices collected for free…

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  • Governmentโ€™s โ€˜Digital Inclusion Action Plan: First Stepsโ€™ Policy Paper

    Governmentโ€™s โ€˜Digital Inclusion Action Plan: First Stepsโ€™ Policy Paper

    As an organisation whoโ€™ve been supplying donated devices to community groups, charities and NFPs since 2020, we wholeheartedly support todayโ€™s publication of the Governmentโ€™s โ€˜Digital Inclusion Action Plan: First Stepsโ€™ Policy Paper. Our aim is and always has been to address digital exclusion, whilst also addressing, as importantly, the climate emergency and the environmental impact…

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  • Cambridge Literary Festival Sponsorship

    Cambridge Literary Festival Sponsorship

    Sustainable Tech 4 Good is an official โ€˜Community Partnerโ€™ of Cambridge Literary Festival and as part of their Spring Festival we are sponsoring Lindsey Hilsumโ€™s โ€˜Stories and Poems from the Front Lineโ€™ book talk on the 27th April We work with businesses and organisations, repurposing their excess tech to support digital inclusion and the environment.…

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  • ยฃ36,000 raised at KidsOut MK Event

    ยฃ36,000 raised at KidsOut MK Event

    Our Susan Gowling ~ Founder (pictured with KidsOut Trustee Mark Stevens) was honoured to have been invited to the KidsOut โ€˜Question of Sportโ€™ event on the 8th February in Milton Keynes, that was in partnership with Harryโ€™s Rainbow and hosted by Kevin Keegan. KidsOut is an amazing charity dedicated to supporting some of the UKโ€™s…

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  • January & February Donations

    January & February Donations

    We’ve been busy making an impact at the beginning of this year. Midlife360 CIC, the Refugee Council, Cambridge Women’s Aid, It Takes A City, Abbey People CIO and Cambridge Refugee Resettlement Campaign (CRRC) were just some of the organisations where our refurbished tech has increased digital inclusion. โ€œWe have used the three tablets to help…

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  • International Womenโ€™s Day

    International Womenโ€™s Day

    Sue Gowling, founder of Sustainable Tech 4 Good, is no stranger to celebrating female endeavour, having summited Kilimanjaro, Cotopaxi in Ecuador, Base Camp Everest (on Tibet & Nepal side) and trekked in Nepal, North and Southern India, South America, North America, Tibet, Australia and Tasmania. Her adventurous spirit has seen the formation of ST4G and…

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  • International Open Data Day

    International Open Data Day

    Open Data Day (ODD), observed on March 1st, is a global celebration of open data. On this day, groups from almost every nation organise local activities where they will employ open data in their communities. Through the Open Knowledge Network, the Open Knowledge Foundation (OKFN) supports and maintains ODD. The Open Knowledge Foundation is part…

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  • International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day

    International Reducing CO2 Emissions Day

    In the last two centuries it is estimated that over 1.5 trillion tonnes of carbon dioxide (COโ‚‚) has been released into the Earth’s atmosphere as a direct result of human activity. Despite global targets to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 45% by 2030 and to reach net zero by 2050, as called for in…

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  • Planning an IT Refresh in 2025?

    Planning an IT Refresh in 2025?

    If you know your organisation is going to be undertaking an IT refresh in 2025, donโ€™t wait until the excess kit becomes a problem to dispose of. Sign up as a Sustainable Tech 4 Good Corporate Partner now, so we can take the headache out of your Tech Disposal, either through legacy tech donations to…

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