Our community impact
FCOMS UK CIC is a Community Interest Company. Profit from our websites, apps and repairs pays for refurbishing donated computers and getting them to local families, schools and people who need them to get online.
In numbers
In our first 15 months (August 2023 to December 2024), we:
- trained 39 people in everyday IT skills through our grant-funded courses,
- helped people buy 11 recycled laptops,
- built eight websites.
Source: our post Reflecting on Our Impact, 2 December 2024.
Donate a laptop or computer
Got an old laptop or PC you don’t use? We wipe it securely, refurbish it and give it to a local family or community group. If it can’t be repaired, we recycle it responsibly.
What we can take: laptops and desktop PCs up to about eight years old, plus monitors, keyboards and mice. We can’t take printers or old CRT screens.
Your data: we wipe every drive with secure-erase software before the device is reused. If a drive is faulty, we destroy it. Ask, and we’ll give you a certificate confirming the wipe.
To offer a device, send us a message with what you’d like to donate and roughly how old it is, or call 0300 561 0600. We’ll arrange a collection or a drop-off by appointment.
Alex’s computer
We gave a computer and monitor to Alex. His father, Andrzej, wrote to us afterwards:
“Big thank you for the computer and monitor you gave to my son, Alex. This is a really kind gift, and we are so grateful. We appreciate all the work you and your organisations do for the local community.”
Andrzej, Alex’s father
Barnardo’s family story
In April 2026, Barnardo’s Yardley and Hodge Hill Early Help team referred a family facing financial hardship. The children had no reliable computer for homework. We prepared a PC and our organiser delivered it to the family. Through their Barnardo’s advisor, the family told us:
“The equipment they (FCOMS UK) sent over has put a really big smile on my children’s face, they will stop fighting each other now to do their homework, the organiser called and delivered it (PC) without delay, we are extremely thankful”
The family, via their Barnardo’s Early Help Advisor
Who we work with
- Here2Help West Midlands: in November 2024 this small charity joined FCOMS. We carry on its work: free translation for people dealing with welfare, food support, and help with welfare and grant applications. · Read more
- Heritage Bridge CIO: our founder is a trustee. We built the charity’s website and, in 2024, donated its logo, letterhead, roller banner and posters. · case study
Funding we’ve received
Our earlier government-funded IT training programmes ran in 2023–24 and have now finished. You can read about them on our blog.
Volunteer with us
If you’re good with computers and want to help refurbish devices or help people get online, we’d like to hear from you. Get in touch and tell us a little about yourself.
Have an old laptop sitting in a drawer?