Thanks for all the suggestions! My collegue will probably go for something local like flossbox.
-- Sent from my Nokia N900 ----- Original message ----- > On 04/04/11 13:14, Alan Pope wrote: > > On 4 April 2011 13:07, Andrés Muñiz Piniella <andre...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > I heard around here that someone worked with charities. I have a work > > > colleague that has several in storage and is willing to give them > > > away as they are (minus the HDD, though he hinted he might put in > > > new ones) Do any of you know of a charity that might be interested? > > > > > > > Two options I know of spring to mind:- > > > > In Southampton is "Jamies Computer Club" which is a charity which > > takes computers and renovates them to raise money for charitable > > activities. They also pull in jobless people from the community to do > > that work and train them up on the hardware/software. Good guys/gals. > > > > http://www.jamies.org.uk/ > > > > Secondly I'm aware of "green h" which takes old computers and makes > > them good for people who don't have the means to buy one themselves at > > full price. > > > > http://greenh.co.uk/ > > Greenh are awesome (highly recommended by me!) but don't do this kind of > thing really as far as I'm aware. > > Access Space in Sheffield however do, and are equally awesome. > > If you ever visit Sheffield, don't leave until you've visited. It's > right in the centre, close to the station and truly is inspirational. > > They provide an open cluster and also recycle *lots* of old hardware. I > mean lots. It's stunning how much. > > www.access-space.org > > Cheers, > > Tim > >
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