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Tech charity sends out urgent request for support

Our rush to embrace online has left millions isolated. With your help one charity can change that, but it is facing a desperate shortage of resource - something many simply throw away.

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Andrew Merrell
Mar 06, 2025
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Dear reader,

Greetings. Welcome to Thursday’s big read.

We make a big deal out of The Raikes Journal being about community and charities as well as focusing in on the business, education and training sectors.

Which is why we’ve given this edition over to a big read about a simply incredible charity that needs help right now.

It’s an organisation that has been quietly changing the lives of millions of individuals for two decades and is synonymous with supporting schools abroad in Africa. But it also helps thousands in Gloucestershire every year.

Demand for what it does is unprecedented, and while it has the capacity to deliver it simply won’t be able to without our help.

If you have an old laptop, desk top, mouse, keyboard, charger, lead, this charity wants to hear from you - and fast.

Giving any of the above could transform a person’s life for the better.

Everything you need to know is below.

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