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You don’t need to be a Virgin/O2 customer to use it, from 7th December 🙂
Digital Hubs are open now, information below. Hopefully help keep many connected over Christmas and beyond.
The move is designed to help people who are struggling financially stay connected to their family and friends. It is described as like a foodbank for data, providing free O2 mobile data, texts and calls – but you don’t need to be an O2 customer to use it.
Virgin Media O2 set up the National Databank with Good Things Foundation.The National Databank is like a foodbank but for free mobile data, texts and calls.
If you need more help staying connected, Good Things Foundation’s growing network of databank partners can provide support. Enter your postcode to find your nearest databank.
Virgin Media O2 has also boosted the amount of free data available via National Databank Digital Inclusion Hubs to 25GB per month for six months – enough for around 175 hours of internet browsing each month.
Find your nearest
Helen Milner OBE, Group CEO at Good Things Foundation, said: “I’m thrilled to see the National Databank grow even larger, with more than 240 O2 stores across the UK becoming National Databank Digital Inclusion Hubs, and charities Change Please, Crisis and Driving for Change joining the initiative.”
Matt Downie, Chief Executive at Crisis, said: “We’re so pleased to be partnering with Virgin Media O2 to provide vital data and devices to the people we support. This connection will play an important part in helping people to discover a life beyond homelessness, being able to access support from Crisis over the phone and ultimately find somewhere safe and secure to live.”
Henrietta MacEwen, Head of Partnerships, Driving for Change, said: “We live in a 24/7 online society, and no one should be excluded from that. This partnership with Virgin Media O2 and Good Things Foundation will give the most vulnerable people the opportunity to access crucial services via phone and online who can guide and support them in changing their lives long-term.”
