Reaching People has joined the National Databank to support people who can’t access the internet by providing free SIM cards

Internet access is essential in today’s society and yet two million households have no home internet, with 2.4 million not able to afford a mobile phone contract. This lack of access often affects vulnerable people facing other inequalities. 

 

To address this challenge, Good Things Foundation, with its strategic partner Virgin Media O2, launched the National Databank in 2021 to tackle data poverty and isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic. Since then, it has grown to include over 1,000 Digital Inclusion Hubs providing free mobile data to people in their communities. 

 

Reaching People is now a member of the National Digital Inclusion Network, which means that the charity can access SIM cards distributed by the National Databank, activate the cards and gift the free mobile data to people experiencing data poverty or living on a low income in the local community. 

 

For more information about the free mobile SIM cards, contact anjana@reachingpeople.co.uk 

 

If you are an organisation that wants to help people in your community access free mobile data, or if you, a friend or family member need free data and want to find support near you, visit www.goodthingsfoundation.org/our-services/national-databank