Our Impact Report 2022-2024
We're thrilled to announce the publication of our latest Impact Report, highlighting the impact our work has had across our community. We...
top of page
How to Use Tech to Inspire Innovation in Your Community
Innovation has become a crucial driver of progress and growth for businesses today, particularly at a community level. Whether it’s...
September Newsletter!
🌟 Latest News from CTA 🌟 As autumn approaches, we're thrilled to share some exciting updates and new events. We’re launching several...
We're looking for new Trustees
Our current board and senior team at a recent strategy session Are you passionate about ensuring no one is left behind as the world goes...
Combating Digital Exclusion in Southwark!
Community TechAid is proud to partner with Veolia and the London Borough of Southwark to launch a vital initiative aimed at reducing...
How Communities Can Build a Sustainable Tech Ecosystem
Justin from Community TechAid & Sofia from Team London Bridge The technology industry has emerged as a driving force behind economic...
June Newsletter!
🌟 Happy Volunteers' Week! 🌟 We are incredibly proud to be supported by our volunteer team at Community TechAid. From replacing screens...
How to Protect Data When Donating or Recycling Devices
[Image source: Deposit photos] In today’s world, replacing and upgrading old devices every few years has become almost second nature to...
February Newsletter!
We've got lots of exciting stuff happening over the next few months, as we settle into our new home and continue to grow our service. ...
Community Connectivity: Connect Who?
As part of our collaboration with Promising Trouble we're exploring community connectvity and how free or extremely low cost internet...
Happy Holidays from CTA!
We would like to say thank you to our wonderful partners, funders and volunteers for all you support this year. We have had an incredible...
Connect Up! at Community TechAid
We're delighted to launch our first set of digital skills classes in collaboration with ClearCommunityWeb this January. Join us at our...
Bridging the digital divide with local schools!
Priya Hira (Sustainability Lead) and Emma Bailey (Head of Geography) from JAGS We're delighted to partner with JAGS and Alleyn's schools...
Community Connectivity Workshops!
How do you feel about the internet? Would you like to pay less? Is your connection slow? We are excited to be working with Promising...
We're moving!
We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding by The National Lottery Reaching Communities fund to open our...
Summer Newsletter
Not subscribed? Sign up here to get the latest news Hello everyone! We hope you've had a wonderful summer and managed to stay cool in...
Join the team!
We are excited to be recruiting for a Volunteer Coordinator at Community TechAid. We are moving into new premises in Brixton in the...
Supporting parents with digital skills!
In partnership with ClearCommunityWeb, we delivered 2 rounds of digital skills sessions at Henry Fawcett Children’s Centre in earlier...
5 important steps to take before donating your device
Over time, we are continuously encouraged to take out new mobile phone contracts, and procure newer, faster, shinier laptops, tablets and...
Community TechAid is delighted to welcome new trustees and staff
We are delighted to welcome Soha Adams, Shamima Akhtar, Ben Roback and Jason Scott-Taggart to our Trustee Board, and Steve Woolnough as...
Celebrating the women behind Community TechAid!
In celebration of International Women's Day on the 8th March, we want to spotlight two of our incredible technical volunteers, Bola and...
We're hiring!
Are you passionate about reuse and repair? Do you have a background in technical operations? We want to hear from you! Technology is...
Makers & Maintainers Fund
We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded funding through the Makers and Maintainers fund at Power to Change. "Community...
Community TechAid Partnership with Klyk
We are delighted to announce our new partnership with Klyk! Much like us, Klyk is part of the circular economy. They offer high quality...
New Year Newsletter
Our staff and volunteers at our end of year party
We are recruiting 3 new Trustees!
Some of the team at our most recent strategy session! We are excited to announce that we are looking for 3 new trustees to join our...
Digital Skills for Parents
Thanks to funding from Lambeth Council and the L&Q foundation we are excited to announce the launch of our Digital Skills for Parents...
Our latest Impact Report!
It's hard to believe that it's been 2 years since we first began. A lot has happened since then, and we can't wait to see what the future...
Supporting our Community Online with SportPursuit
What started as an office move for SportPursuit, from one office in our Workspace building to another, has turned into our latest device...
The Importance of Businesses Donating Tech
E-waste is the most rapidly growing waste problem in the world. According to Statista, more than 50 million metric tons of e-waste is...
Apps can help with the cost of living crisis. But what if you can’t use them?
The cost of living has been increasing across the UK since early 2021 alongside an unprecedented energy crisis. With benefits looking...
7 tips to save your laptop battery (and energy)!
Managing your device’s battery and energy costs As the cost of living crisis continues to be impacted by soaring fuel costs, we have...
How smartphones change lives
Earlier this year Curry’s donated an incredible 200 smartphones to us. Since receiving these devices, our team has been working to...
Our Theory of Change
For a plain text version click here. Over the past 9 months we have been working with Jami Dixon and our volunteers to develop our Theory...
Reaching New Heights: Digital Inclusion 4 Families!
We are delighted to announce the launch of the Digital Inclusion 4 Families crowdfunder! Our wonderful partners at the DS Group will be...
Repair Workshop with Bounce Back!
A couple of week's ago we delivered a workshop at Bounce Back supporting young people to repair a device. We took apart donated devices...
Device Quickstart - Southwark!
We are absolutely thrilled to have been awarded funding from Team London Bridge to support the continuation of our Device Quickstart...
The digital divide in London schools
We were privileged to be joined by Mariam for her 2 week work experience in July. As part of her experience with Community TechAid Mariam...
Device Partnership with Venture 1 Consulting
As the demand for our service grows, we are more in need of devices than ever. Thanks to an ongoing partnership with Venture1 Consulting...
Passion Turns 10 Charity Fundraiser
Passion Digital, one of our partners turns 10 this year! To celebrate they are throwing a charity ball to raise £10k for their local...
Device Quickstart Sessions
It's been four months since we first launched our Device Quickstart sessions at Community TechAid, and thanks to funding from the...
DS Group & Community TechAid
We are delighted to announce our partnership with the DS Group! We will be working together over the next 12 months to help members of...
Supporting School Children with Headphones!
We began delivering refurbished internet enabled devices, such as laptops and smartphones in March 2020, as the pandemic began to take...
Helping end the digital divide with Passion Digital!
At Community TechAid we are delighted to announce our ongoing partnership with Passion Digital, a digital marketing agency in Brixton....
Drop in to Drop off!
We are delighted to announce a partnership with ClearCommunityWeb to help reduce e-waste in south London, protecting our environment and...
Digital skills drop in sessions launched!
We are delighted to announce the launch of our Device Quickstart sessions. We are now offering personalised set-up support to our...
One year on from Laptops for Learning
In January 2021, as schools shut across the country, we launched our Laptops for Learning initiative in partnership with our Patron Bell...
We welcome three new trustees to the CTA board
We are delighted to welcome three new members to our board! Commenting on their appointment, Linda Heiden, Chair of CTA said: “We had a...
Supporting Groundwork
Groundwork London works to support local communities with the things that matter. Their vision is of a society of sustainable...
bottom of page