FreeIT - Stafford.

FreeITstafford

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We're in talks to arrange our second "Computer Corner" venue, and we'd love to speak to businesses who will help us out with parts costs specifically for this installation.
We'll add your details to the "wallpaper" and your company logo will be the first thing people see when they turn on the device
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Please drop us a line if this interests you!
We don't have mainstream funding so we depend on your kind donations and sponsorship to allow us to make this happen
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FreeITstafford

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We've teamed up with House of Bread Stafford in a two pronged stand against digital poverty.
We've taken away some of their surplus equipment to refurbish and return for free, but we've also provided additional complimentary laptops for their clients to use while visiting, and to help towards their future I.T. projects for clients.
None of this would be possible without your kind donations of unwanted equipment and financial help for our running and parts costs
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FreeITstafford

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Today we joined forces with the Citizens' Advice "Click Start" digital money management service.
Here's our Jack handing over one of your donated laptops to Theresa and Josh from Click Start, which can now be passed on to a family who CAB are supporting with their online interests and job seeking.
Thank you all so much for your kind donations which allow our project to continue and help countless families
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FreeITstafford

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Thanks to your kind donations of unwanted kit we've now been able to provide 20 desktop computers with all their related gadgetry to The Den youth club at Rugeley. Here's yesterday's latest two all set up and ready to go, and there is still much to do :)
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With the addition today of another of our local primary schools, Free IT can now boast 113 internet ready devices placed across 11 schools, and making a total of 187 devices altogether which we've gifted where they are needed most in society.
These are all items donated by you lovely people and refurbished by our team of tech guys for free, using parts paid for by your very generous cash donations, and will now find their new lease of life tacking the digital divide.
Some will be used in the schools themselves, others may be given to deprived families known to the schools.
This is made up of:
-85 laptops / netbooks / macbooks
-7 desktops / all-in-ones
-21 tablets / ipads
Which are now in use (some respectfully wished to remain anonymous) at:
-Berkswich CofE (Walton) - 9 devices
-St. Leonards (Dunston) - 13 devices
-All Saints (Ranton) - 11 devices
-Church Eaton CE- 14 devices
-St. Peters (Hixon) - 10 devices
-Burton Manor - 14 devices
-Doxey Primary - 9 devices
-Tillington Manor - 13 devices
-Anon 1 ST17 - 8 devices
-Anon 2 ST17 - 5 devices
-Anon 3 ST17 - 7 devices
And we're not stopping now
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FreeITstafford

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We did it!
Thanks to your kind donations of unwanted IT equipment, and your generous financial help towards our parts and running costs, not to mention the amazing work done by our team of volunteer technicians, we've now been able to give 200 internet ready devices back into the community where they are needed most, in less than 6 months since we formed!!
Thank you all so much for allowing us to tackle e-waste and digital poverty in this way which will help countless families
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This is just the beginning for Free IT
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FreeITstafford

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We're chuffed to have given our 200th refurbished device to The Den 101 in Rugeley
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That's two more internet ready PC's, and an impressive gaming setup along with a 42" LCD telly, donated by you lovely people!
Thanks everyone for allowing this to happen
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FreeITstafford

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We've paid another visit to the Citizens' Advice "Click Start" team today, to gift a swanky laptop which can now be passed on to one of their clients who desperately needs it
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Here's our Jack handing over our donation to Theresa from Click Start
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FreeITstafford

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It's been a pleasure helping Rugeley Community Church get their new cafe services off the ground
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This Samsung tablet was destined for a life rotting in a drawer but now it's been given a new existence thanks to you lovely people
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FreeITstafford

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As part of our refurbishment process we carry out a multitude of comprehensive safety checks. Every device that goes through this process is issued to its recipient along with one of these test certificates.
However, this comes with its own expense. The test equipment we use requires regular calibration and eats batteries like sweets. Similarly, the thermal compound we use to refresh the internal heat bonding is ludicrously expensive.
We don't qualify for mainstream funding so we rely on your kind donations to keep us afloat, please consider helping us out with some of these running costs by donating any amount of your choice to our PayPal account at paypal.me/freeitstafford
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FreeITstafford

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A bit of nostalgia for the day.
These are the first 3 devices we ever refurbished back in January
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What a journey it's been to what is now 201 devices, and it's not even 6 months yet!
A huge thank you to everyone who's supported us along the way, to you amazing people who've donated kit and bunged us cash to keep us afloat, to those who've given us guidance and advice, and to everyone who's sent us messages out of the blue to endorse what we've achieved, it's extremely motivating and really appreciated
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FreeITstafford

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Are you a tech guy with a drawer of unused spares?
One of the simplest but most effective upgrades we carry out is a memory and SSD swap, but we're getting really short of both.
If you can help us out, we can accept small posted items at our correspondence address:
Woodland Lodge 20,
Dunston Business Village,
Stafford ST189AB

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FreeITstafford

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We've joined forces with the employment coach team from Wolverhampton Homes, to gift a laptop which they can pass on to one of their isolated clients who desperately needs it.
This was donated by one of you lovely people, fixed up by our team of tech guys for free, and now it will start its new life bridging the digital divide.
Our Neil met up with employment coach Pippa at our postal HQ, to hand over our donation

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FreeITstafford

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Even when our news feed isn't very active, you can bet we are all busy bunnies behind the scenes. Quite often our recipients ask us not to publicise their details, which is perfectly fine, but we can still add those to our list of totals to update you all.
Today we visited a primary school in the ST17 area and gave away 6 tablet PC's which were donated by you lovely people.

This brings our numbers (in schools alone) to a total of 128 as follows:
-89 laptops / netbooks / macbooks
-7 desktops / all-in-ones
-32 tablets / ipads

Which are now in use (some respectfully wished to remain anonymous) at:
-St. Austins - 7 devices
-Greenhall Special School - 2 devices
-Berkswich CofE (Walton) - 9 devices
-St. Leonards (Dunston) - 13 devices
-All Saints (Ranton) - 11 devices
-Church Eaton CE- 14 devices
-St. Peters (Hixon) - 10 devices
-Burton Manor - 14 devices
-Doxey Primary - 9 devices
-Tillington Manor - 13 devices
-Anon 1 ST17 - 14 devices
-Anon 2 ST17 - 5 devices
-Anon 3 ST17 - 7 devices

To find out how you can help, visit the "Donate" page on our website at www.freeitstafford.org
 
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