More than 22,000 electronic devices have been donated to digitally excluded people across the UK as part of the IT Reuse for Good Charter, with the Digital Poverty Alliance.

Together with the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) and other partners, the Charter, launched last year, promotes a reuse first to technology, calling on public and private sector organisations to refurbish and redistribute old and unused devices to people who need them most.

Elizabeth Anderson, CEO of the Digital Poverty Alliance, said: “With millions across the UK unable to access the essential digital services that so many take for granted, formalised government-backed initiatives are essential to ensure people aren’t left behind in the digital age. The IT Reuse of Good Charter is a practical build on the National Digital Inclusion Action Plan, reusing old and unused devices and putting them into the hands of those who need them most.”

The Digital Poverty Alliance oversee several programmes to connect old and unused devices from organisations to underserved groups within local communities. For example, the DPA is working with Atos on an Employee Device Donation Programme across their offices in Glasgow, Birmingham and London to call employees to donate laptops, tablets and phones.

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