July's Get Involved Updates

The National Databank is providing free data

The National Databank is providing free data to 500,000 people in need via Good Things Foundation’s network of community partners, in partnership with Virgin Media O2, Vodafone and Three.

Any organisation can simply sign up to distribute data to people fulfilling the below criteria:

Someone receiving data through the National Databank must:

• Be 18+ years old
• AND be from a low income household

And qualify in one or several of the following statements:

• Has no access or insufficient access to the internet at home
• AND/OR has no or insufficient access to the internet when away from the home
• AND/OR cannot afford their existing monthly contract or top up

Organisations will receive sims/vouchers monthly, and can reapply for more each month- its quite simple. A person can then have access to date for up to 12months. The following is provided on the networks;

• 02- vouchers for 15GB data, texts and calls
• Vodafone- SIM cards with 20GB data, texts and calls
• Three- 24GB data only.

Are you an organisation that wants to get involved?

Find out more here; https://www.goodthingsfoundation.org/databank/

If organisations/groups can register as an Online Centre it will not only help access to the National Databank, but there are funding opportunities for devices, but you need to have been registered for a few months to be considered.

If you are an organisation that applies after seeing this, please can we ask you to email Laura.Waller@coventry.gov.uk know when you register as it enables teams working with communities to signpost people to these services enable easy access.

Clothing Coventry - supporting families in need with school uniforms

Clothing Coventry is supporting families struggling with the cost of school uniform by providing free, good quality second hand school uniforms.

You can request school uniform, or other clothing and shoes, by heading to www.clothingcoventry.org/referrals and providing information about the items you need including gender, age clothes they are wearing and school colours.

Parents can self-refer using this form, and collect from their warehouse in Hillfields, or you can ask clothes parcels to be delivered to HAF venues.

Would your organisation like to become a distribution point for this service? Or are you holding an event where this service could be offered as a pop up event? If this is something you’d be interested in, please email katie@clothingcoventry.org.

They will be holding some pop-up uniform give away in venues across the city this summer. Please follow their Facebook page for updates about these and details on how to donate too. www.facebook.com/clothingcoventry