A SocialBox.biz blog post by Alex (10th May 2017) A new initiative to encourage socially conscious consumption Stressing the importance of communal involvement in UK business today, Buy Social Corporate Challenge was launched this week here in the UK, an initiative designed to inspire big corporations to source supply chain materials and services from smaller … Continue reading Buy Social Corporate Challenge
A SocialBox.biz blog post update by Alex (5th May 2017) Social Return On Investment (SROI), a new term borne from Return On Investment (ROI) but this time adding a social component, is structuring a new business view on how to measure monetary and communal success as it relates to the public reception of products … Continue reading Understanding What Social Return On Investment Means
A Socialbox.biz blog post update by Alex (April 4th 2017) Many Charitable Organisations supporting young refugees are already providing a range of services to help 15 to 25 year olds seeking safety in the UK get into, and stay in, educational structures are collaborating with SocialBox.Biz to provide working laptops to refugees in need. By … Continue reading Socialbox.biz Working With Refugee Charities
A Socialbox.biz blog post by Alex (March 28th 2017) Intent on expanding our Laptops for the Homeless and Elderly initiative even farther in the UK today, we are seeking to engage with Universities to help with disused laptop handovers to those in need. We are seeking their no longer needed but still working laptops with us so … Continue reading SocialBox.Biz seeking to engage UK Universities in digital inclusion and laptop handover initiatives
SocialBox.biz is a London-based social impact startup, determined to use its technological expertise to better the lives of homeless individuals who need support finding jobs, elderly people living in isolation, and unaccompanied refugee minors. We collect outdated laptops and other electronic devices, install open source software and remove old data them to protect donors’ personal … Continue reading Improve your Corporate Governance program (and the whole community) just using old laptops in your office
A SocialBox.Biz blog post update by Alex ( January 2017 ) Contrary to popular belief, a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program does not necessarily detract from a firm’s bottom line. Rather, recent studies have supported the idea that CSR, when combined with positive marketing messages, can provide shareholders with a 3.5% increase in stock returns. … Continue reading Study: CSR Increases Company Stock Value
A Socialbox.biz blog post update by Alex (Nov 2016) Access to technology is becoming increasingly important, and SocialBox.Biz recognizes the bare necessity of having a connection to the Internet today. By using technology, they are able to redistribute older but still working technology into accepting and grateful hands… form the Huffington Post website: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/making-the-uk-a-better-place-one-laptop-at-a-time_b_5814fd52e4b09b190529c59b ### Socialbox.biz … Continue reading Huffingtonpost.com article about Socialbox.biz laptop initiative
A SocialBox.Biz Blog post update by Alex, October 1st, 2016 ( Updated: June, October 2020, April 2021, Feb 2023) SocialBox.Biz, a London-based technological social impact community interest venture on a mission to collect old disused no longer needed but still useful laptops and hand-held tablet devices to those in need, this week announced they are … Continue reading SocialBox.Biz now accepting old Apple products for Digital inclusion tech re-use initiative in London UK
Press release – Digital Inclusion. New Central London donate facility is located at Age UK Camden SHOP, 53 Leather Ln, London EC1N 7TJ. London, UK – SocialBox.Biz, a social impact initiative aiming to help curb the digital exclusion rates in the United Kingdom, this week announced they have officially secured a laptop collection site in Age UK … Continue reading SOCIALBOX.BIZ ANNOUNCES LAPTOP COLLECTION SITE IN AGE UK CAMDEN SHOP IN CENTRAL LONDON
As digital split and digital literacy have entered into deliberations by policy makers – the term Digital Inclusion is still rather new. Importantly, “digital inclusion” has been articulated specifically to address opportunity, access, awareness, and skill. Discussion around the digital split tends to spotlight on the access accessible to individuals, Digital Inclusion is about the need of … Continue reading Beneficial Information About Digital Inclusion
