Tag: SocialBox.Biz

Life-changing uses for old Laptops and Macs – social enterprise announces Christmas drive to get businesses, universities and colleges to sign up

Stuart Mitchell

SocialBox.Biz, an innovative tech-focused social enterprise based in the UK dedicated to repurposing unwanted computers and related technology, is embarking on a mission to deliver batches of laptops and functional IT to partner charities in November and December just before Christmas. This initiative aims to extend its reach to more organisations willing to contribute their unused IT equipment. Since 2014, donated technology has been pivotal in bridging the digital divide, providing refugees, homeless individuals, and older people who cannot afford computers access to IT technology and communication tools. Partner organisations…

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Former child refugee helps connect digitally excluded elderly, refugees and homeless in Lockdown through free laptops scheme

Stuart Mitchell

Former refugee Peter Paduh, whose life was transformed when he received a free computer as a child, has been helping hundreds of people stay connected during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Laptops for the Homeless and Elderly Initiative has seen 1,000 people receive a free laptop or tablet since its launch, as Peter Paduh’s social enterprise SocialBox.Biz has been working with charities to serve those in need. Charities include Age UK London, the British Red Cross and Centrepoint. SocialBox.Biz founder Peter Paduh, who now lives in London, said: “I was there…

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Camden Council to Support SocialBox.Biz’s “1000 Laptop Handover to Homeless Initiative”

Stuart Mitchell

SocialBox.Biz, a London-based community interest technology venture is hosting a “laptops for the homeless and refugee initiative” aimed at hitting a 1000th laptop handover milestone this spring, has celebrated the news that London Borough of Camden is to come on board to support the initiative. SocialBox.Biz are aiming to collaborate with as many organisations as possible, partnering with IT departments, and IT suppliers to send a percentage of outdated or unneeded, but still useful laptops and other items on an ongoing basis. Social.Box.Biz is encouraging other councils to follow suit…

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PR firms urged to donate un-used IT to help vulnerable during COVID-19

Stuart Mitchell

PR and communications firms can now donated any un-used (or under-used) IT equipment such as laptops, tablets and mobiles to help the lonely and vulnerable. Social enterprise SocialBox.Biz works with local and national charities to put laptops into homeless centres to provide social and digital inclusion to those who need it the most. They also support refugees living in the UK who need access to IT to connect with their families and their new communities. They have also recently started to include older people and care homes in the scheme. Simon Francis, Chair of…

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