Computer Aid International's Marketing & Fundraising Director, Jaf Shah, thanked British Airway's CIO Paul Coby for BA's support of Computer Aid through the provision of unwanted computers. Paul Coby was presented with a framed Certificate of Thanks by Jaf Shah (far left) and Mukesh Malhotra (far right), Computer Aid Trustee.

“Tokyo-Mitsubishi International plc prefers to work with an organisation such
as Computer Aid International who can make good use of such equipment than to scrap it or store it for long periods. Giving our old computers to Computer Aid International has proved so much easier than arranging for disposal/scrapping equipment ourselves.

We called up Computer Aid International and they verified their policy of securely removing any applications and data from the computers and then arranged to collect the PCs. Computer Aid International accepts full liability upon receipt of computers so all we had to do was list the equipment that was removed. This year (2002) we made our first major donation of 250 units and we intend to make further donations whenever possible.”

Nick Pye, Hardware Support Manager, Technology Department, Tokyo-Mitsubishi
International plc. (part of the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi group)

The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales is pleased to be involved with the charity Computer Aid International. As an organisation, we are conscious of our environmental responsibilities and are therefore pleased that our old PCs continue to be used, rather than being dumped. We are also interested in helping children in under-developed countries to learn about technology and our hardware gives them this opportunity.”

Phil Warburton
Information Protection Manager
The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England & Wales

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We donated our old PCs to Computer Aid International because we wanted to ensure they would be put to good use. It’s the first time we’ve disposed of PCs like this and it was remarkably straightforward so we will definitely be donating again.”

James McKinnie, IT and Database Manager, British Lung Foundation

Portfolio of services

Standard Decommissioning Service

Our Standard Decommissioning Service includes collection for an arranged fee, free data wiping using Blancco Basic version 4.2 r2, and scrap disposal if necessary. We also send a letter of disposal and certificate of donation to all donors. Blancco have customised their Data Cleaner software specifically for Computer Aid International which enables us to provide you with a totally free service. Using the same basic algorithm, Blancco Basic offers a no frills data wipe to the same standard as Data Cleaner. Blancco Basic is fully guaranteed by Blancco.

Enhanced Decommissioning Service

Our Enhanced Decommissioning Service is available for those who require a report on the data wiping of their hard drives. We can provide this by using Blancco Data Cleaner version 3.7 r1 which has been approved by government security group CESG, by NTSL and US Ministry of Defence. It is the only software to have been approved to both baseline and enhanced standards. This service costs £5.00 per base unit and is additional to the standard service which you will also receive. The report will include a full hardware asset inventory for all base units that have been data-wiped.

If you are a government department and your equipment carries data classified as 'Top Secret' or 'Confidential' (as per government guidelines), purging of this data requires a 3 times overwrite of the hard disc using Blancco software. If you require this service, please do let us know and we will provide you with a quote for this.

Where requested, Computer Aid International will introduce you to Blancco UK to enable you to procure data cleaner licences so that the removal of sensitive data can take place in-house before donating the computers to Computer Aid International.

Asset Management

For those who need a fully managed service but who also wish to donate their equipment to Computer Aid International, we have a partnership with a company who provide a prestigious asset management service for large corporations. These services include asset tracking, data wiping reports and indemnified guarantees, and possibly a return on some of the more valuable assets such as laptops and high-end computers. Call 020 7281 0091 to discuss this service further.

Press and Publicity

We can provide you with "stories" and photographs, which you can use in your
in-house media, to highlight your generous donation. We are happy to discuss further press and publicity options. We can work with your PR team to deliver mutually beneficial publicity.

Collection and Delivery

Donations can be delivered to our premises from Monday to Saturday between 10.30am and 4.00pm. Please phone James on 020 7281 0091 in advance to book a delivery into our schedule. Unfortunately, we may have to turn away deliveries that are not booked in. We can arrange collection of your equipment at a very reasonable cost. Please phone James on 020 7281 0091 to get a quote for this service.

Computer and Peripheral Waste

Our standard service assumes that all reasonable effort has been made to send us working equipment in the donation. Where we have identified non-working equipment in a donation or equipment, which does not meet our specifications, then we may recharge to cover the cost of disposal of this equipment at £5.00 per item.

All our waste is disposed of through licensed waste management companies and complies with legislation governing the disposal of electronic waste.

If you have waste equipment to dispose of then we may be able to offer a disposal service through our waste management partner. Please ask for details.

Computer Aid International’s decommissioning service is free of charge where the computers are delivered to our premises, meet our minimum specification (PII) and are in working or repairable order. If you require collection of your equipment please contact us directly to discuss your needs. As a charity, resources are scarce so we do charge a minimal fee for collection.

ALL donors of PCs to Computer Aid International can be guaranteed the following:

- Hard Disk Data Wiping All computers received and processed by Computer Aid International have all data and programs removed. All hard disks are overwritten as standard and at no cost to you. Should you wish us to undertake any specialised or advanced data protection please contact us. We are able to conduct fully unrecoverable disk wipe and multiple all-sector over-writes of hard disks to US Department of Defence and UK Communications - Electronics Security Group (CESG) baseline and enhanced standards. Any hard disk that cannot be over written will be destroyed. Computer Aid uses Blancco data wiping software.

- A Letter of Disposal which lists the quantities of equipment donated, and states that Computer Aid International accepts full legal responsibility for the equipment and that all hard disks will be wiped using Blancco software. This letter can be used for auditing purposes.

- Legal Liabilities: Computer Aid International accepts full legal liability for any donated equipment from the time it is received by us i.e. covering any subsequent damage or injury arising from the malfunctioning of the covered technical assets. We hold comprehensive public liability insurance. Computer Aid International complies fully with the requirements of the Data Protection Registrar. We are implementing an Equal Opportunities policy and prefer to work with recipient organisation overseas that have effective Equal Opportunities policies.


- A Certificate of Donation thanking you for your donation and which can be framed and displayed for your employees and visitors to see.

- Disposal and Recycling - Any equipment that we cannot re-use, by repairing or cannibalising, we send to be recycled by a licensed waste management company, reclaiming all re-usable components, metals, plastic, glass etc. This means that less than 5% of even the small fraction of equipment that we cannot refurbish for re-use overseas ends up in landfill.