PRCA Appeal Updates

A SocialBox.Biz blog post update 21st August 2020

We are grateful to great PR agencies that are already answering the PRCA Appeal and supporting our initiative.

Pleased to hear that #PR agencies are already answering @PRCA_UK's call to donate unused IT to @SocialBoxBiz and help keep the vulnerable and isolated connected during the #coronavirus pandemic. Find out how you can get involved: https://t.co/qzwA7Y8MxF pic.twitter.com/jjlUzcZicr

— Simon Francis (@si_francis) April 27, 2020

For the homeless, refugees, and the elderly in the UK, digital exclusion is a reality. Without access to laptops and other internet-connected devices, the disadvantaged are left without access to numerous opportunities, including communicating with their loved ones, obtaining jobs, and reaching educational goals.  

The SocialBox.Biz Laptops for the Homeless, refugees and older people in isolation initiative has been working diligently, and continues to do so throughout the C-19 crisis, to help provide laptops for those in need. This is accomplished through donations of unused and no longer needed but still functional tech from partners.

For instance, the team at Kindred recently donated a large number of unused laptops to the cause. “As an agency whose ethos is about positive change, we would like to support this SociaBox.Biz initiative with our surplus but usable IT hardware we are keen to donate,” Kindred team wrote to SocialBox.Biz.

Kindred is a unique PR agency working with select clients whose brands are focused on positive change.

SocialBox.Biz thanks Kindred for their generous donation. The laptops have been loaded with open source software and given to partner charities for distribution to their clients.

The team at SocialBox.Biz is currently seeking other partners who might be able to donate large volumes of laptops. These laptops should still be in functioning order. In addition to laptops, SocialBox.Biz is able to accept other technology. For instance, donations has benefited a number of local Age UK London sites.

Great to see @KindredAgency support the @PRCA_UK´s call to support @SocialBoxBiz and donate some un-used IT equipment to help vulnerable groups keep in touch with loved ones during #lockdown. pic.twitter.com/W9RFCbCY2o

— Simon Francis (@si_francis) May 18, 2020

This is something that the team at SocialBox.Biz have been doing for years and just during the C-19 crises hundreds of people received much needed rehomed technology via SocialBox.Biz platform thanks to our great businesses partners.

Do you have unused IT like laptops, tablets and mobiles? @SocialBoxBiz is getting underused or unused IT to the vulnerable and lonely during #COVID19.

Here's how you can donate: https://t.co/vtQ0ZGBdfZ pic.twitter.com/hrt4fBN9aP

— PRCA (@PRCA_HQ) April 15, 2020

Digital inclusion is more important than ever right now. If you have any unused or underused laptops, mobiles or tablets (now or when you return to the office), send them to @SocialBoxBiz, who are sending them to lonely and vulnerable people. Read more:https://t.co/0R0ERfFFmn

— Institute of Internal Communication (@IoICNews) April 21, 2020

Do you have any un-used/under-used laptops, tablets or mobiles you could donate to those most in need? We are pleased to support @SocialBoxBiz in their mission to provide technology to help keep people connected at this difficult time. Read more here: https://t.co/dywRn0L6eh

— Chartered Institute of Public Relations (@CIPR_Global) April 20, 2020

ABOUT SOCIALBOX.BIZ

SocialBox.Biz is a Community Interest Company (CIC) improving the local community by providing innovative technology solutions.

SocialBox.Biz launched in 2014 to take unused and outdated laptops and other no longer needed but still usable technology from businesses, organisations, and other agencies and wipe them clean before upgrading and donating them to those in need. Today, the company is working towards larger donation milestones. In order to ensure all reused laptops are used to their fullest, SocialBox.Biz works with accommodation services and charities that monitor usage of the electronics.

CONTACT

SocialBox.Biz

Phone: +44 843 289 5722

Website: https://www.socialbox.biz