Tag: Virgin Media O2

Community Calling rings in 10,000 smartphones for people who need them

Stuart Mitchell

Community Calling, the pioneering initiative by Virgin Media O2 and environmental charity Hubbub to tackle digital exclusion and e-waste, has rehomed more than 10,000 smartphones with people who need them across the country. The programme was launched in May 2020 to help vulnerable people get online to access essential services, such as healthcare appointments, to apply for jobs and keep in touch with their loved ones during the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as provide a sustainable way for people and businesses to recycle old devices, preventing them from ending up…

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Tech Lending Community Fund opens to tackle digital isolation and e-waste

Stuart Mitchell

Environmental charity Hubbub and Virgin Media O2 have launched a £400,000 fund to enable a pioneering tablet lending scheme which will make tablets and free mobile data available to community organisations supporting people in temporary accommodation. The Tech Lending Community Fund will deliver social and environmental benefits by helping people facing digital exclusion to access the internet, while reducing e-waste by maximising the use of refurbished digital devices. Grants of between £50,000 and £120,000 are available to organisations such as local councils, NGOs and community groups to purchase refurbished devices…

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Virgin Media O2 announces UK-wide rollout of The National Databank, providing free mobile data to tackle data poverty this Christmas

Stuart Mitchell

Virgin Media O2, together with Good Things Foundation, has announced that the first ever National Databank will be rolling out across the UK – as Virgin Media O2 pledges even more free O2 mobile data to help tackle data poverty. The launch is in response to the data crisis in the UK, with 1.5 million homes currently without internet access. Following the success of a three-month National Databank pilot scheme and building on the 7.5 million GB of O2 mobile data already donated, Virgin Media O2 is also announcing that…

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Virgin Media O2 and Good Things Foundation have joined forces to launch the National Databank – to tackle data poverty

Stuart Mitchell

With more than seven million people across the UK unable to access mobile data or broadband at home1, Virgin Media O2 has partnered with the Good Things Foundation to launch the first-ever National Databank. The launch is a direct response to the need for mobile networks to find a long-term solution to the data poverty crisis at a national level – by creating a collaborative, community-led platform that provides free mobile data to those who need it. A central hub The National Databank, which will be open to all mobile…

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