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 thanks to all of them. I am happy about that.”
Client – British Red Cross
“This client did not have his own phone and was using his brother’s old phone that did not function properly. Now he has access to a phone, he will be able to communicate with his family in Syria and it will simplify his day-to-day life a huge amount. Additionally, he will better be able to reach out for support. We are both very grateful for the support you have all provided. This will hugely improve this client’s life and they are more digital included.”
Ela Guler – British Red Cross
“We work with young people facing multiple challenges, not least technology access issues. We work through music (and music technology) using as a space to create relationships and a new sense of identity for the young person. Having access to a computer to continue to create after we’ve worked with them is vital for ongoing sustainable impact.”
Simon Glenister – Noise Solution
“HUGE HUGE THANK YOU FOR THE DONATED TECH – it will massively help our Diversity Inclusion Project, our events management with WhatsApp groups and the Young People’s Project, plus much more. A real, big, big, help thank you!!”
Emma – Steel Bones
“We received 2 mobile phones. One is for our Gardening Supervisor, so he does not use his own mobile to contact service users. The second phone is for the Admin on the Car Desk, so that we can contact our volunteer drivers and members of the public without using our own phone.”
Angela Haylock – VCAEC
“We have received 5 phones that are getting ready to be sent to 5 clients of ours across the UK. As a predominantly online service, it is crucial that we are able to reach people who are newly arrived in the UK and are without tech in order to connect them to the wider community around them and support with confidence in spoken English during a time when college isn’t accessible. This is made possible through the support the support of good quality, donated phones.
When people seeking asylum first arrive in the UK they are often without loved ones and do not have knowledge of the English language. When people arrive without a phone, it is made incredibly difficult to connect to the services that they need and to keep in touch with their friends and families overseas which can in turn be very isolating.
These phones will not only allow 5 individuals to have access to our 1-1 English & befriending classes and online wellbeing peer support groups, reducing social isolation and positively impacting people’s confidence in spoken English, but will allow people to reconnect with their loved ones and navigate their new areas freely and safely.”
Ily Di Vincenzo – Conversation Over Borders