A huge thank you to Hutchesons’ Grammar School for their generous donation of IT equipment. We appreciated the great support from Jonathan Caddy, Head of Computing Services, in getting it all ready and helping us load up. It’s fantastic to see schools getting involved with our work supporting digital literacy in schools in across Africa.
Sherborne School donates computers
The Turing Trust already has links with Sherborne School – both Alan Turing and Dermot Turing are old Shirburnians. Today we are keeping these links alive with the donation of IT equipment to support the Turing Trust’s mission to bridge the digital divide in Africa. There are still so many schools in Africa without computers … Continue reading Sherborne School donates computers
Atlas and the Turing Trust
Aberdeen-headquartered digital learning technologies company Atlas Knowledge has donated 58 computers to a charity which helps school children in remote communities of Africa to learn new skills. The eLearning solutions provider is the first company from the oil and gas sector to work with The Turing Trust. The charity aims to bridge the digital divide … Continue reading Atlas and the Turing Trust
The Turing Trust featured in Cybertalk
As the official charity partner at CSP 2017, the Turing Trust was able to present our work in the opening plenary session and was featured in Cybertalk Spring issue (check out pages 60-62). We had a great couple of days – meeting plenty of cybersecurity professionals and learning more about the current challenges. Many thanks to … Continue reading The Turing Trust featured in Cybertalk
Charity Partner at CSP: 2017
The Turing Trust is delighted to be the charity partner of the year at CSP2017. This is a great opportunity to connect with cybersecurity professionals from a wide range of backgrounds, including cyber businesses, government, defence, the third sector and academia. The agenda is packed with exciting workshops that allow people to interact, challenge current … Continue reading Charity Partner at CSP: 2017
Turing Fest 2017
The Turing Trust is delighted to be the official charity partner of Turing Fest for 2017. We had a fantastic time last year and it was a great opportunity to learn and to connect with people. This year promises to be even bigger and better with four tracks (Product People, Strategy, Full stack Marketing and … Continue reading Turing Fest 2017
More good news from the University of Edinburgh!
E-learning workshops in Ghana. We are delighted to announce that through the Innovation Initiative Grant programme from the Edinburgh Fund at the University of Edinburgh, we will be bringing a series of workshops to our partner schools, the ICCES, in Ghana! The project will set up a series of workshops on the uses and reparability of … Continue reading More good news from the University of Edinburgh!
The amazing BCS / IET annual Turing lecture
Pictured above: Dr Rashik Parmar, IBM; Dr Guruduth Banavar, IBM; Dr. Watson, IET; Dr Turing, the Turing Trust It was great to be invited to attend the annual Turing lecture and to be able to present the work of the Turing Trust. But it was even better to have the privilege of hearing such a thought … Continue reading The amazing BCS / IET annual Turing lecture
Great donations to start 2017!
What a brilliant start to 2017 with donations from BCS and Re-Tek. We are delighted to have received these fantastic donations which are all helping us achieve further shipments to Malawi within the next few months. It isn’t just PCs that we need – accessories are just as important – and this includes even the … Continue reading Great donations to start 2017!
Happy New Year
We would like to wish all our friends and supporters a Very Happy New Year. With your support we look forward to achieving even more in 2017! One of the tasks for January is shipping a container to Ghana – filled with your donations. We have plenty of ICT equipment ready to go and some … Continue reading Happy New Year
Our new CSR partners – Property Technology Ltd
We are delighted to announce our latest CSR partnership with the fantastic Property Technology Ltd! They will be helping us fundraise by donating £1 per month for every customer they have. Sam Zawadzki is the CEO of Property Technology Ltd and believes that supporting education through technology is probably the most effective form of aid … Continue reading Our new CSR partners – Property Technology Ltd
Skyscanner volunteering day
Many thanks to Michael and the magnificent team of volunteers from Skyscanner who spent a day helping the Turing Trust get ready for their next shipment. They worked like Trojans and achieved far more than we had thought possible in the time available. The first task of the day was to test and pack monitors … Continue reading Skyscanner volunteering day
