Ken Livingstone supports PC recycling scheme for Age Concern London
Howard Lake | 7 July 2006 | News
London Mayor Ken Livingstone and not-for-profit computer recycling company Maxitech are asking businesses to donate PCs for refurbishment before they are giving to Age Concern London.
The Mayor of London is writing to London businesses to encourage them to donate computers they no longer need to Maxitech, which will then wipe and refurbish the computers and distribute them to Age Concern centres in the capital.
The charity will then ensure that the computers are given to housebound older people in their communities, with some computers kept at Age Concern drop-in centres for older people to use there.
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Age Concern London Chief Executive Samantha Mauger said: ‘These computers will give the older people who receive then the opportunity to communicate with friends and relatives, develop new interests, as well as enabling them to have access to health and advice.”
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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.