Giving Computers is a great way of helping out the community. Whether it is
your personal computer or from your workplace, computers can assist an individual
or organisation and at the same time prevent PC's ending up in landfill.
Below is a register of places and organisations in Victoria where you can donate
your computer:
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East Burwood Centre
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| Contact: |
220 Burwood Highway, East Burwood, 3151
Tel (03) 9803 3400
Email ebcentre@bigpond.net.au |
| Description: |
Computers are checked by volunteers and given to low income
families who do not have the means to purchase one. |
| Eligibility: |
Residents of the Whitehorse area. |
| Note: |
Only computers with capacity to run Windows XP or newer accepted. The associated software, if available, would be welcome. Working printers with software are also accepted. |
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LETS
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| Contact: |
1 Luckie St, Nunawading
Tel (03) 9878 9154
Email cjshattock@yahoo.com.au
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| Description: |
Computers for those from low income or disadvantaged backgrounds eg: Sudanese youth for school work.
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| Eligibility: |
Health care card holders |
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ComputerBank Australia Inc
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| Contact: |
483 Victoria St, West Melbourne, VIC 3003
Tel (03) 9600 9161
Email computerbank@mbox.com.au
Website www.computerbank.org.au |
| Description: |
The Computerbank project was founded and auspiced by the former Computerbank
Victoria Inc, now known as Computerbank Australia. It is all about people
getting together to form or support organisations that share a common
purpose. Organisations and associations resulting from the Computerbank
Project aim to collect and then redistribute older donated computer hardware
to people who can't otherwise afford the costs associated with computing.
Computerbank branches across Australia are now providing help to low
income individuals, families and under-resourced community groups and
schools, especially with obtaining computer hardware and training in how
to use it.
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| Eligibility: |
Residents of Victoria, New South Wales, South
Australia and Queensland |
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Community Information Technology Project (comIT)
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| Contact: |
Tel (03) 9416 2604
Email comit@com-it.net.au
Website www.com-it.net.au/
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| Description: |
The Community Information Technology Project
(comIT) has been running since March 1999. ComIT collects, reconditions
and donates an enormous number of computers, as well as providing assistance
with basic network installation, website design, and desktop publishing
services. |
| Eligibility: |
Eligible recipients are other Victorian
not-for-profit organisations. |
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Equipment Recycling Network Inc. (ERNInc)
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| Contact: |
Tel (03) 9896 5211 Fax (03) 9879 6211
Email erni@erni.asn.au
Website www.erni.asn.au |
| Description: |
ERNInc is a project based in Maroondah and recycles
equipment, including computers, and distributes them to people with disabilities,
particularly children, at a nominal cost. |
Eligibility:
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To qualify for a computer the applicant must
provide a letter from a doctor, physiotherapist etc. stating the nature
of the disability and the benefits which would be attained from access to
computing equipment. |
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Mission Australia - Computer Repair and Trouble
Shooting
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| Contact: |
2nd Floor, 398 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 3000
Tel (03) 8615 2214 Fax: (03) 9600 2891
Email milick@mission.com.au
Website: www.mission.com.au |
| Description: |
Computers are donated by companies and members
of the general public, refurbished by participants of this Work for the
Dole project and then donated to economically disadvantaged groups or individuals
in the community. Mission Australia will deliver the computers, assist in
the installation and provide basic instruction in how to get started. |
| Eligibility: |
The project is targeted at community groups,
disadvantaged families and individuals. |
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RPDS - Rural and Peninsula Disability Service
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| Contact: |
Post PO Box 1451, Pearcedale VIC 3912
Tel (03) 59785055
Email helpful@rpds.vicnet.net.au
Website www.vicnet.net.au/~rpds |
| Description: |
The RPDS is a Community self help program to
get housebound and elderly mobility disabled people online in their own
homes and with dignity. |
| Eligibility: |
Residents of Mornington Peninsula and surrounds |
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Green PC
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| Contact: |
Andrew Dowling (Manager)
Infoxchange
375 Johnston Street, Abbottsford VIC 3067
Tel (03) 9486 9355 Fax (03) 9486 9344 Mobile 0401 009
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Email andrew@greenpc.com.au
; info@greenpc.com.au
Website www.greenpc.com.au
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| Description: |
Green PC is about refurbishing and recycling some of the 200,000 PC's
that are no longer useful to government and the private sector each year
and providing them to individuals and communities that otherwise will
be left behind in the information age. To do this Green PC work in partnership
with organisations so the solution is inexpensive and simple. It is environmentally
responsible, it has the potential to create hundreds of jobs and skill
those who would otherwise be left unemployed, and it bridges the divide
that exists between the information rich and information poor.
Green PC is part of "Infoxchange", Australia's strategy to bridge the
digital divide. This strategy has a number of community building elements
including, empowerment through access to the new technologies, providing
sustainable employment and educational opportunities for the longterm
unemployed while also addressing environmental issues through recycling
of discarded computer hardware.
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| Eligibility: |
Green PC's computers are made available to low-income
communities, community organisations and individuals with eligibility based
on: holding a current Health Care Card or ability to verify low income status
or being a registered not-for-profit community organisation. |
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Computer Technologies for Schools Project
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| Contact: |
Tel 0428 250 392
Email ctfs@edna.edu.au
Website ctfs.edna.edu.au
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| Description: |
The Computer Technologies for Schools Project provides surplus Commonwealth
Government and private sector computers and ICT equipment to schools across
Australia to enable students and teachers to better understand new technologies.
State and Territory government and non - government school authority committees
decide the placement of equipment according to needs based formulas. The
Project is managed by a National Project Manager. Contributors make computers
and other ICT equipment available through the National Project Manager
who arranges for the equipment to be collected and stored until a receiving
authority is able to take them.
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| Eligibility: |
Catholic, Independent and State/Territory schools
across Australia. |
