Re-booting Reboot

Supporting people into work by recycling computers neatly sums up Red2Green's Reboot project. Learners with Reboot learn how to refurbish and recycle PCs for local socially minded organisations and for re-sale to the public and businesses. Unusable components are disposed of in an environmentally friendly way, meeting waste directives and saving landfill.

Reboot is a place of transition; the first step into the world of work. Reboot offers learners a safe structured environment and a real work experience. As well as teaching learners how to recycle and refurbish computers, Reboot supports and trains them in other work skills they may be short of. For example: financial skills, stocktaking, business plans, team working, communicating and how to behave within a work environment.

Originally the brainchild of the late Kurt Doe, a Red2Green learner himself, Reboot has moved from a tiny corner in Red2Green's HQ, to a large shop at 297 Histon Road in Cambridge.

Qualifications on offer

Reboot is currently offering learners:

• Level 2 NVQ IT qualifications
• 'Byte Size Reboot' sessions to learners who would like to 'taste' the Reboot experience before deciding whether they'd like to progress onto more formal qualifications
• NVQs in retail.

Click here for more about these qualifications.

Services for businesses in and around Cambridgeshire

Reboot has widened its service to help businesses in Cambridgeshire meet their increasingly stringent waste obligations. Businesses, schools, hospitals and government agencies now need to ensure that all WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) is treated and recycled, and a record of proof kept showing that PCs have been disposed of in an environmentally responsible way.

Reboot can offer a one-stop solution to companies looking to safely dispose of their redundant IT, in a way which is environmentally sensitive. Our service is always bespoke to our customers' needs, and can include:

• an onsite audit
• collections and logistics
• equipment auditing
• refurbishment so customers can retain their IT
• data erasing
• recycling
• safe disposal
• new and used equipment sales.

Click here for corporate sector recycling information sheet.

Services for householders

Do get in touch with Reboot if you live in Cambridge, East or South Cambridgeshire and would like:

• to buy a refurbished computer from us (see price list)
• us to help you dispose of that old computer (please contact us first for more detail - call 01223 365917 or email us)
• to help us help others, by donating your more up-to-date computer that you are replacing.

For more information on Reboot, or to find out about volunteering, email us using this link.