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These organisations are part of the National Digital Inclusion Network. Good Things Foundation send SIM cards to these local organisations, who then distribute them to people in their local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can visit these organisations for free and friendly help.<\/p>\n\n\n<nav class=\"related-content\">\n            <h2 class=\"related-content__title\" id=\"similar-organisations\">Similar organisations<\/h2>\n\n        <ul class=\"related-content__list\">\n                            <li class=\"related-content__item\">\n                    <a class=\"related-content__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/support\/discover-more\/parent-zone\/\">\n                        Parent Zone\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"related-content__item\">\n                    <a class=\"related-content__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/support\/discover-more\/discover-digital\/\">\n                        Discover Digital\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"related-content__item\">\n                    <a class=\"related-content__link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/support\/discover-more\/abilitynet\/\">\n                        AbilityNet\n                    <\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    \n    <\/nav>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Databank provides free data to people in need via Good Things Foundation\u2019s network of community partners.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":12410,"parent":0,"menu_order":77,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"organisations_category":[70,106],"organisations_keyword":[90,91,83],"organisations_location":[75,76,77,78],"class_list":["post-12689","organisations","type-organisations","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","organisations_category-digital-skills","organisations_category-grants-and-funding","organisations_keyword-digital","organisations_keyword-internet","organisations_keyword-money","organisations_location-england","organisations_location-northern-ireland","organisations_location-scotland","organisations_location-wales"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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