King’s Volunteering runs campaigns throughout the year for students and staff to increase their awareness and understanding of various issues and causes as well as empowering them to take action.
Read on to find details of our current campaign.
Donate your old tech to refugees experiencing digital exclusion
King’s Volunteering and King’s Sanctuary Programme are partnering with Screen Share UK to collect unused personal digital devices from students and staff at King’s and distribute them to refugees across the UK who are experiencing digital exclusion.
Who are Screen Share UK?
Screen Share’s mission is to ensure every refugee in the UK has access to a connected digital device and the skills to use it to achieve their goals.
A digital device is a lifeline in these circumstances, providing a chance for connection, meaning, and helping individuals get back on their feet.
The provision of tech and tech skills is different to the provision of food or shelter. It is a tool for the recipient to build their own future on their own terms. Screen Share are proud to be doing this work, providing devices, skills and internet connectivity to people in need so that they can reach their potential and live happier lives.
Learn more about Screen Share on their website.
Donate your old tech
Do you have an unused mobile phone, laptop or tablet that you’d like to donate? Check out all the current dates, times and locations of collections that are being run by volunteers across King’s:
Lavington Street
- Drop off to Kate Tym or Leanne Malde at Lavington Street Office - Desks LVS.4-188 & LVS.4-187. Accepting donations on Mondays & Tuesdays (9am-5pm), except on 4th and 5th August. Email kate.tym@kcl.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Guy's
- Drop off to New Hunts House, Room 2.20 until the end of August. Email natalie.mayers@kcl.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Strand
- Melbourne House, 44-46 Aldwych, Ground Floor Office on 2nd and 9th of September. Email jonathan.birtwell@kcl.ac.uk if you would like to drop off at a different time.
Denmark Hill
- Reception at Addictions Sciences Building, 4 Windsor Walk, drop off anytime Monday to Friday 9am-5pm before 4th September. Email hannah.walsh@kcl.ac.uk if you have any questions.
Want to run your own collection? Email Jonathan Birtwell from King’s Sanctuary Programme to enquire - jonathan.birtwell@kcl.ac.uk
Can’t make any of these times? Donate your items directly to Screen Share.
Which devices can we accept?
- Laptops
- Mobile phones
- Tablets
Items do not need to be functional as Screen Share is able to strip broken devices for working parts.
We can only accept personal devices, no King’s-owned devices.
Wiping your device
Before you donate your device, please ensure you have wiped it. You can find information about how to do this on Screen Share's website here.
If you have any questions, please email Jonathan Birtwell from King's Sanctuary Programme - jonathan.birtwell@kcl.ac.uk