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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Green PC
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Contact:
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Andrew Dowling (Manager)
Infoxchange
375 Johnston Street, Abbottsford VIC 3067
Tel (03) 9486 9355 Fax (03) 9486 9344 Mobile
0401 009 091
Email andrew@greenpc.com.au
; info@greenpc.com.au
Website www.greenpc.com.au
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Project Description:
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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:
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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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ComputerBank Australia Inc
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Contact:
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483 Victoria St, West Melbourne, VIC 3003
Tel (03) 9600 9161
Email computerbank@mbox.com.au
Website www.computerbank.org.au |
Project Description:
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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:
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Residents of Victoria, New South Wales, South Australia
and Queensland |
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Community Information Technology Project (comIT)
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Contact:
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Tel (03) 9416 2604
Email comit@com-it.net.au
Website www.com-it.net.au/
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Project Description:
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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:
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Eligible recipients are other Victorian
not-for-profit organisations. |
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Equipment Recycling Network Inc. (ERNInc)
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Contact:
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Tel (03) 9896 5211 Fax (03) 9879 6211
Email erni@erni.asn.au
Website www.erni.asn.au |
Project Description:
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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:
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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 |
Project Description:
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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:
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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:
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Post PO Box 1451, Pearcedale VIC 3912
Tel (03) 59785055
Email helpful@rpds.vicnet.net.au
Website www.vicnet.net.au/~rpds |
Project Description:
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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:
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Residents of Mornington Peninsula and surrounds |
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Computer Technologies for Schools Project
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Contact:
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Tel 0428 250 392
Email ctfs@edna.edu.au
Website ctfs.edna.edu.au
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Project Description:
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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:
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Catholic, Independent and State/Territory schools across
Australia. |
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