SocialBox.Biz | Blog Post by Heather | March 16, 2020 Giving back is no small feat. We all consider giving back to be beneficial for those in need, but it’s much more difficult to get the right people and companies on board to really make it happen. Well, most of the time it is. Fortunately, … Continue reading What Is Possible When Private Sector Businesses Decide to Give Back…
A SocialBox.Biz and Age UK Camden blog post update, February 2020 Age UK Camden is an independent charity that helps older people to stay active, stay connected and get the most out of life. We’ve been working in the local community to support older people for 50 years and have 60 dedicated staff and over … Continue reading Laptops for Older People – 2020 Update
A SocialBox.Biz Blog Post Update by Heather (June 2019) The team at Social Biz Box was thrilled and honored to be invited to join London Tech Week’s Tech for All panel. London Tech Week is a renowned event drawing audiences on an international level by uniting tech and talent with an eye on the “4th … Continue reading SocialBox.Biz Featured at London Tech Week’s Tech for All
An Anonymised Case study update by Paul ( May 10 2019 ) I am writing to say thank you for my laptop. I want to say how much it has helped me. With my laptop I can watch educational videos on YouTube to help me with my English. I also listen to music while I … Continue reading New Case study from Centrepoint
Names have been changed for anonymity Paul received a laptop to help him set up his own business. He has a mentor from John Lewis and he uses his laptop to communicate with him. He used to use the library and Passage Resource Centre for computer access but found it difficult as limited to set … Continue reading Additional case studies received from The Passage charity on 25 March 2019
Laptops for homeless people support (an anonymised case study April 2019) ”I really appreciate having the use of my own laptop, which I use in my new home without having to go elsewhere like a public library, job centre or asking for favours. Having my own laptop gives me the advantage of usage for unlimited … Continue reading The advantage of having my own laptop by Mustafa
A SocialBox.biz blog post update by Jenni (February 2019) We love sharing stories of some of the vulnerable people you have supported with your old lap tops ! Recently, Linda Clark, the Corporate Services Manager at Simon Community Scotland, let us know one of her 19 year old clients was given a re-used laptop, and … Continue reading Case Study from Simon Community Scotland
At SOCIALBOX.BIZ we are committed to continuously measuring our social value performance. To this end we have implemented periodic exercises to achieve this by measuring social return and other positive contribution to society from our social and digital inclusion mission. We participate in various surveys, research papers and University studies. For example SocialBox.biz participated in the … Continue reading Measuring Positive Impact
We are often asked by members of the public whether we can collect their items as well for our charitable digital inclusion initiative. Unfortunately the costs of doing so often prevents us. However, we do have a number of partners that have kindly provided collection points for us for working but disused donations of of … Continue reading Individuals can now help with digital inclusion through some of our charity partners
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