Tech Europe supports Oakwood Integrated Primary School's phones4change appeal!

The phones4change appeal is a mobile phone recycling appeal which provides schools with new state-of-the-art educational equipment at no cost to the school. Tech Europe a local business has collected phones to support the appeal of Oakwood Intergated PS

Tech Europe supports Oakwood Integrated Primary School’s phones4change appeal!

 

Tech Europe is a leading producer and supplier of tyre repairs and wheel service solutions.  Established in the Ballinderry Industrial Estate in 1998, Tech Europe has gone from strength to strength, providing top quality products to the European market.  Tech Europe may be the centre of operations for Europe, but it is also very much a local business which looks to help support the local community.  One example of the altruism of Tech Europe towards the local community is the fact that it has recently agreed to support Oakwood Integrated Primary School’s phones4change appeal by collecting unwanted mobile phones.  The phones4change appeal is a mobile phone recycling campaign which provides schools with new state-of-the-art educational equipment at no cost, with the proceeds supporting the work of the Comber Foundation.

 

Managing Director of Tech Europe, Mark Noble, commented:

All the staff of Tech Europe are delighted to be able to support such a worthy cause as the phones4change appeal.  The phones4change appeal makes a real and positive difference on three fronts.  Firstly, it is an appeal which provides valuable recycling for old, unwanted and even broken mobile phones.  Secondly, the appeal supports a local school- Oakwood Integrated Primary School- which will enable the school to get some great new educational equipment. Finally, the appeal makes a huge difference to the lives of disabled children and young people in Romania and Eastern Europe through the work of the Comber Foundation. 

 

The phones4change appeal is a major mobile phone recycling initiative being rolled out across Northern Ireland to help teachers equip their classrooms with state-of-the-art technology at no cost to the school.  The appeal has been recently endorsed by the Belfast Giants.  Oakwood Integrated Primary School, Derriaghy, joined the appeal in October 2011 and has been collecting phones since then to get some great new educational equipment for the school.  In return for as few as 20 used mobile phones, Oakwood Integrated Primary School can benefit from new equipment.  This equipment is chosen by the school to suit their particular needs, whether it is a new interactive whiteboard or new PE equipment.  Every phone counts- no matter how old or whether it still works or not. 

 

Oakwood Integrated Primary School Principal, Claire Howe, talks about the appeal:

‘We at Oakwood are delighted that Tech Europe has chosen to support our phones4change appeal. It is great to see the local community supporting our school and we are very grateful for the efforts of all the staff at Tech Europe who have so wholeheartedly supported us.  We are really looking forward to getting some new educational equipment for our school, while making a difference to the lives of people with disabilities in Eastern Europe.’

 

The proceeds of the phones4change appeal support the work of the Comber Foundation, which works to improve the lives of children and young people with disabilities in Romania and Eastern Europe.  The charity was founded in 1990 in Comber, County Down, and has worked for over two decades to improve conditions in children’s orphanages in Romania.  The Comber Foundation supports adults with intellectual and physical disabilities to leave institutional care and live in the community for the first time. 

 

If you would like to support Oakwood Integrated Primary School’s phones4change appeal then please contact the school directly on 02890 309920.

 

If you would like more information on the phones4change appeal, or to register your school, then simply call us on 0845 301 1057, or go online to www.phones4changeappeal.org

 

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