Level Up in Numbers
Over 500 laptops and tablets refurbished and distributed to children and young people
The Team
- 1 “Man with a Plan” – Martin Saunders, who started Level Up Horley and helped the project grow borough-wide
- 1 research volunteer – contacting schools to see how many laptops were needed
- 6 communications volunteers – helping to spread the word
- 600 + residents who donated their unused devices
- 5 volunteer drivers – collecting and delivering laptops
- 10 technical volunteers – cleaning and refurbishing laptops, rising to every technical challenge
- 3 significant funders, Raven Housing Trust, Pfizer and Peter Harrison Foundation, covering the costs of new parts
- 12 individual funders
- 20+ schools and charities distributing devices to children and young people in need
Technical bits
- 76% of laptops have a new Solid State Disc (SSD) put in by us
- 5.1 GB – average RAM of donated devices (excluding tablets), hence majority suitable for Windows 10
Operating Systems installed:
- 92% Windows
- 7% CloudReady
- 1% Chrome OS
Work rate of our amazing technical volunteers:
- 50% of refurbs completed within 2 days, 90% completed within 7 days
- Peak of ~12 laptops completed per day in early Feb, currently completing ~5 per day