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Every laptop

Changes A Life

It is true. Laptops find jobs, education, support and family. Truly life changing.

Tech Waste And

The Digital Divide

In Australia every person generates 20-25 Kilograms of e waste per year
according to the The Global E-waste Monitor 2024, this includes “electrical
and electronic equipment -anything with a plug or a battery”.
At the same time more than 2 million people in
Australia have neither devices or access to the internet.

4 millions

laptops are estimated to be sold in Australia every year.

10%

of laptops will eventually go to landfill

2 millions

people in australia don't have access to devices or internet

48%

of Australians don't know where their e-waste goes
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What Is

The Laptop Initiative

We work with companies to distribute unwanted laptops to registered charities working with our target audiences.
These are refugees and asylum seekers, disadvantaged youth and women suffering from domestic violence enabling them to obtain education, employment, connection and income.

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How Our Laptop

Donations Work

Australian corporates turnover laptops every 3-4 years resulting in a cost for disposal and the need to fulfill their ESG obligations (Environment and Social Governance)

Become A Hero

STEP 01
Our Corporate Heroes prep their laptops to ensure their data is wiped of data and the devices are ready to use.
STEP 02
If the Corporate Hero needs data wiping our strategic business partner ZOLO will provide all the security and documentation required.
STEP 03
We contact our Charity Partners to see where the need is greates and we distribute the laptops.
STEP 04
We will thank you profusely!

Why Become A

Corporate Hero

Change someone’s life, demonstrate your environmental commitment, reduce digital waste and reduce the cost of disposal of devices. Employees involved in philanthropy enjoy increased morale, team cohesiveness and stronger corporate culture. And the best thing – we will spread that you are wonderful!!
  • Solving two problems at once
  • Reduce costs
  • ESG obligations ticked
  • Reduce e waste
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Words From Our Heroes

We want our Heroes to love us as much as we love them.
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Our Valued

Charity Partners

Our Charity Partners help us distribute devices around Australia far and wide.
Why – we are not social workers, case workers or at the front line – and our Charity Partners always have a wait list for devices.
So unfortunately, we don’t take requests from
individuals seeking laptops.
Our Charity Partners work with women escaping
domestic violence, refugees and asylum seekers and disadvantaged youth.
We like to work with smaller grass roots charities that don’t have big budgets, lots of staff or resources – a bit
like us really.

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Strategic partnerships

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Our Heroes Wall Of Fame
We have some fabulous Corporate Heroes who have helped us again and again, we want our Corporate Heroes to stick around.
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No Laptops, No Worries

Become A Sponsor

Our major cost is transporting laptops around Australia -sometimes to the most remote locations. We also buy our Corporate Heroes donuts to say thank you – and they love it. Don’t have corporate laptops to donate?? But want to help us anyway?? Your donation will help transport laptops to those in need.
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I want to thank you for visiting our website - I know your time is valuable and life makes many demands on you. I wish I could chat to you over coffee, share some stories and laugh. If you asked me the “why” of The Laptop Initiative I would tell you this. A friend recently asked me to close my eyes and imagine handing a laptop to someone who was desperately trying to build a new life. In my vision I don’t know if this person was a newly arrived refugee, a woman escaping domestic violence with her 5-year-old child or a homeless 15-year-old boy - but I saw a face. In their eyes was the deepest emotion and gratitude – and I cannot describe to you my emotion. It was in my chest and heart – I had no word for it and maybe one doesn’t exist. We don’t meet the recipients who receive our laptops as this part of the process is rightfully done by our amazing Charity Partners, but you know from now on, every time I am able to deliver a laptop to a charity I am going to think of this. Thank you for listening.

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Donate Your Corporate Laptops

There are a number of reasons companies become our corporate heroes – they directly contribute to bridging the digital divide while actively demonstrating their environmental commitment by reducing digital waste. In addition involving employees in philanthropic activities boosts morale, fosters team cohesion, and strengthens corporate culture.

We also know that supporting charitable initiatives reflects positively on a company’s governance practices, ethical standards, and stakeholder trust, contributing to long-term sustainability.

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