Beau Zilesnick

Hi Makers! We've just launched ‘Community Calling’ in Southwark, a community-driven initiative in partnership with O2 and Community Southwark encouraging people to gift their unused smartphones to socially isolated and vulnerable residents. Our initial pilot is in Southwark, London with ambitions to expand to other areas or nationally if it is successful. Every phone gifted will be data-wiped...

Lockdown has rapidly revolutionised what we can access from home. 77% of us say that our phone and internet has been the best coping strategy (ONS), but 1.9 million UK households have no access to the internet meaning that life under lockdown has created new challenges. For the most vulnerable, isolating has increased loneliness and the ability to access vital services. Meanwhile, for every...