Tag: homeless

Global fashion chain donates laptops to support homeless and refugees

Stuart Mitchell

British global fashion chain New Look has donated more than 1,000 laptops and computers, as part of a scheme to help some of the most vulnerable in society. The laptops, computers and other tech items, such as smartphones, have been delivered to several UK charities before Christmas, including The Passage, C4WS and Migrant Help. The donations are part of a wider project run by social enterprise SocialBox.Biz, founded by former child refugee Peter Paduh, to help tackle digital exclusion among the homeless, refugees and the elderly. The scheme distributes old…

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Ample Labs and Ada Turn to AI to Support Homeless in Toronto

Stuart Mitchell

Ample Labs, in partnership with Ada, have announced Chalmers, an AI-powered chatbot designed to instantly connect Toronto’s homeless community with local resources. Ready with 24/7 support accessible across desktop and mobile devices, Chalmers provides real-time information about free meals, clothing banks, overnight shelters, drop-in facilities, and more. Throughout the course of its six months in beta testing, Chalmers has grown to support 700 users each month, providing a total of 6,500 recommendations, including 4,000 meals and 800 overnight shelter opportunities. “Nothing has been more meaningful than seeing the connections, potential,…

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Protecting the data rights of homeless people among new projects supported by the ICO Grants Programme

Stuart Mitchell

Projects supporting the privacy of homeless people and issues around the use of genomic information in healthcare are among the latest recipients of funding from the ICO Grants Programme. The successful applicants for the programme’s second round of grants also include research into data protection in ‘smart’ homes and the use of public sector data by researchers. The ICO Grants Programme was launched by the Information Commissioner’s Office in 2017 and aims to support independent, innovative research into practical products and solutions which benefit the UK public by tackling significant…

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Sempra Energy Providing Grants To Fight Homelessness As Part Of ’20/20/20′ Giving Campaign

Stuart Mitchell

Sempra Energy has announced it is providing $400,000 in contributions toward reducing homelessness in cities where the company operates, reaching communities throughout California, Texas, Louisiana, Mexico, Chile and Peru. The grants are part of a giving campaign in honor of Sempra Energy’s 20th anniversary – the “20/20/20” campaign – in which employees have been challenged to collectively engage in 20,000 volunteer hours in their communities. Thus far, Sempra Energy employees have recorded approximately 60,000 volunteer hours, triple the campaign goal. “Our company’s success is tied to the positive impacts we…

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L.A. Times’ ‘Homeless’ Stickers Call for Urgent City Action by the Mayor, Notes AHF

Stuart Mitchell

On the front page of the Los Angeles Times, AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) have run a series of three-inch square Sticky Note advocacy ads blaring the headline ‘Homeless’ laid out in a graphic design format that echoes or mirrors the iconic ‘Hollywood’ sign. The ‘Homeless’ Sticky Note ads, which follow a similar ‘Homeless’ billboard campaign led by AHF that launched in February with the posting of more than a dozen billboards throughout Los Angeles, will appear three times in the paper this week. Each of the three ads urge readers…

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