Choice have partnered with UK charity, the Turing Trust to support the educational needs of 7,300 disadvantaged students across the UK and beyond.
The Turing Trust uses technology to empower disadvantaged communities. Alan Turing is widely regarded as the father of modern computing, he saw IT as a tool for solving immense challenges and had a passion for helping others.
The Turing Trust refurbish IT equipment, install a range of educational software and provide it to those who need it most. In the last 13 years they have enabled access to computers for over 169,000 students across Africa, Asia and the UK.
In 2022 Choice undertook a significant equipment recycling project. Following an organisation wide upgrade and the mobilisation of users, the ICT department had collected a large amount of surplus kit. Staff in the department investigated possible channels through which to make use of this kit while adhering to the organisation’s asset disposal policy. The ICT department were delighted to identify and work with Turing Trust.
Tim Brighton, Head of Digital and Information Technology- "Through our partnership with the Trust, Choice have contributed equipment to over 7,300 students across Africa, Asia and the UK, enabling access to educational tools through the transformative power of technology. Beyond this, the environmental impact from the donation has reduced 113 CO2 emissions, which is the equivalent to planting 280 trees, 11 annual persons carbon footprints and also enough to power 27 UK homes for a year."
Turing Trust Founder, James Turing: “I'm delighted to say that our shipment of PCs has been packed and departed our workshop! Thanks to the fantastic work of our team of volunteers and your all-important donations there are now 800 PCs on their way to our partners in Kenya that will shortly be installed in classrooms across the country”.
Choice look forward to continuing to work with Turing Trust in the future.
