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Every Child Online attended Event Tech Live 2026 as its Official Charity Partner, encouraging businesses to rethink what happens to their unwanted technology. Across the two-day event, we shared how giving redundant IT a second life can help tackle digital exclusion, reduce electronic waste and make a real difference to children and young people.
Every Child Online joined Event Tech Live 2026 as its Official Charity Partner, encouraging businesses to rethink what happens to their unwanted technology and how it could be used to support children and young people facing digital exclusion.
Held at Excel London on 11 and 12 November, Event Tech Live brought together professionals from across the events industry to explore new technologies, share ideas and build connections.
For Every Child Online, the exhibition was an opportunity to introduce our work to a different audience and highlight how businesses can make a real difference simply by reconsidering what happens to their technology when it's no longer needed.
Businesses regularly replace or upgrade their technology, but what happens to the equipment they no longer need?
For many organisations, the answer is to hand it over to an IT Asset Disposition (ITAD) provider. While responsible disposal and recycling are important, we believe businesses should also consider the social impact their unwanted technology could have.
Through Every Child Online, businesses can give their redundant technology a second life, helping us refurbish and redistribute devices to children and young people who may otherwise struggle to access them.
Since 2021, Every Child Online has supported more than 80,000 children and young adults, redistributed over 53,000 devices and diverted 446 tonnes of electronic waste from landfill.
But providing access to technology is only part of what we do. Through our Safe & Smart initiative, we also help children, parents and educators understand how to use the internet safely and confidently.
By choosing to donate their unwanted technology, businesses can help reduce electronic waste while supporting children and young people who need access to technology for education and everyday life.
At Event Tech Live, we wanted to encourage businesses to think about where their redundant technology ends up and how it could be used to make a difference.
Throughout the two-day exhibition, our team welcomed visitors to our stand to discuss our work, explain our approach to technology reuse and highlight how businesses can support digital inclusion.
There were many interesting conversations across the two days, but the ones that truly stood out were about the importance of ensuring redundant technology has a real impact on children's lives.
Companies often don't think about where their technology goes once it has been handed over to an ITAD provider, which is why spreading our message at events like these is so important.
One particularly memorable conversation was with a visitor from Canada, highlighting that digital exclusion and responsible technology disposal are not just challenges faced here in the UK, and are in fact global.
It was a reminder that the need to make better use of unwanted technology extends far beyond our own communities, and that businesses around the world have an opportunity to make a difference.
Although Event Tech Live has come to an end for another year, the message we shared doesn't end there.
Every Child Online hopes to encourage more businesses to look at their unwanted technology differently, recognising that equipment they no longer need could make a significant difference to someone else's life.
Whether a company is upgrading its computers, replacing old laptops or looking for a more socially responsible way to dispose of IT equipment, donating through Every Child Online provides an opportunity to turn unwanted technology into something useful.
We would like to thank Event Tech Live co-founder Adam Parry and the organising team for welcoming us as their Official Charity Partner and giving us the opportunity to share our work with the events industry.
To find out how your business can donate unwanted technology and support Every Child Online, visit everychildonline.co.uk
Looking for help with a device? Please note that Every Child Online does not provide devices directly to members of the public. *
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*Every Child Online operates within the UK only. We provide support through trusted referral partners, including schools, charities, social services and community organisations. We do not supply devices directly to members of the public or outside the UK.
