Cheltenham charity appealing for old tech to prevent those without from being left behind

ITSA Digital Trust, based in Cheltenham, accepts donations of unwanted technology and IT equipment and repurposes for those who may be without.

The charity has given access to technology to over 6.5 million people globally.

They are now appealing for 10,000 computer donations that they can give out by the end of the year to stop people from being left behind in the digital age.

Geoffrey Newsome the CEO of the charity said, 'We collect unwanted IT equipment from businesses, schools and private individuals and we distribute them to people within the county as well as to schools in Africa.'

He added, 'These computers are giving people opportunities who otherwise wouldn't have them'

'We are basically the person in the middle that distributes these computers to those in need, as there isa danger people could be really left behind.'

'There are so many ways we need computers and skills, which we take for granted, so this is about giving people opportunities that we take for granted.'

Mr Newsome went on to say some people are afraid of donating their devices due to their data being stored on them, but he assured us this is not the case;

'Some people remove the data first but we still erase it ourselves using specialist software, and that data will be gone and can never be recovered.'

Any donations are requested to be working and have a life span of less then six years.

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