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Jamie’s Computers Shop – Now Open

Jamie’s Computers is a Social Enterprise run by SSJ.  They receive donated computers and laptops and refurbish them to sell from their unit in Southampton.  What can’t be refurbished is reused and what can’t be reused is recycled. Jamie’s provides volunteering and training opportunities for socially excluded adults and can be a way back into [...]

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Charity Bike Ride

My 50th Birthday Charity Bike Ride in aid of SSJ – Round the Isle of Wight Approaching my 50th birthday, 19th June of this year, I wanted to mark this with an event (a charity bike ride) to make this day memorable for myself as well as raising money for a worthwhile charity.  In my [...]

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Environmental Rock Quizathon

Somewhat excitingly, we were recently approached by the team organising this year’s Environmental Rock event in Southampton. They are running a charity Quizathon (8 pub quizzes, 8 venues, over 11 days) to raise funds for their annual event, and for the Society of St James. Yesterday evening, two of our fundraisers met with the Environmental Rock committee to thrash out [...]

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Computers for Charity

Jamie’s Computers  the Society of St James’ computer recycling social enterprise would like to thank you for all of your support and business this year. 2011 has been a fantastic year for us here which has seen the number of donated computers for charity that we have refurbished and recycled hit an all time high. [...]

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Jamie’s Computers wins Green Apple Award

Jamie’s Computers our social enterprise project was delighted to be awarded the  Green Apple Environment Award last year for our computer recycling business. Hoorah! Jamie’s Computers achieved the silver green apple award in the charity category. We competed against more than 500 other nominations and as a result of this success we were invited to [...]

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Our computer recycling social enterprise has won an award

Jamie’s Computers the social enterprise arm of the Society of St James (based in Southampton) has just recieved some exciting news. The green organisation has written to us to confirm that we have won a Green Apple Environment Award for our computer recycling social enterprise. Hoorah! We competed against more than 500 other nominations and [...]

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