TechForAll Foundation proudly aligns its work with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, the global framework for building a fairer and more sustainable world. Three goals are at the heart of everything we do: SDG 4, SDG 10 and SDG 12.
In 2015, 193 world leaders adopted the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: 17 goals designed to achieve a better, more sustainable future for all people by 2030. They cover everything from ending poverty to protecting the climate, and they are built on one founding principle: that no one should be left behind.
At TechForAll Foundation, the SDGs are not a box to tick. They are a framework that reflects what we have always believed: that access to education, the reduction of inequality, and the responsible use of our planet's resources are not separate problems but the same problem seen from different angles.
Our work sits at the intersection of three goals. We use them to guide how we work, measure whether we are making a real difference, and hold ourselves accountable to a standard that goes beyond our own organisation.
Despite years of progress, hundreds of millions of people around the world still lack access to quality education. In a digital economy, this now includes digital literacy, meaning the ability to use technology, navigate the internet and apply digital tools in work and daily life. Without these skills, people are shut out not just from education but from employment, healthcare, financial services and everyday civic life.
We deliver free, accessible digital skills education to the communities who face some of the greatest barriers to learning: migrants and refugees in the UK, and young people in under-resourced communities in The Gambia. Our sessions are designed to be genuinely inclusive, with no entry requirements, no fees and no assumption of prior knowledge.
Through our IT hub in Banjulinding, The Gambia, we provide structured digital education to young people who have no access to computers elsewhere. In the UK, we support migrants and refugees in building the digital literacy they need to participate fully in British society.
Our commitment: By 2030, TechForAll Foundation will have trained hundreds of learners in free digital education across the UK and The Gambia, and established multiple community Digital Hubs to sustain that learning long-term.
Inequality is deepening rather than shrinking, and the digital divide is one of its most powerful drivers. People who cannot access or use technology are locked out of the modern economy. Migrants, refugees and people from disadvantaged backgrounds are disproportionately affected. The communities least able to access digital tools are the ones who would benefit most from them.
We specifically focus on the people most excluded from digital opportunity. Our UK programmes are designed for migrants and refugees, people who often arrive with skills, qualifications and ambition but face immediate barriers to employment and integration because they lack digital confidence and access to devices. Our Gambia programmes focus on young people who might otherwise feel compelled to seek opportunities elsewhere; we give them a reason to build their future at home.
We treat digital exclusion as an equality issue, because that is exactly what it is. When we help someone access the digital world, we are opening a door that should never have been closed in the first place.
Our commitment: By 2030, TechForAll Foundation will provide meaningful digital inclusion support to over 1,000 migrants and refugees in the UK, and help hundreds of young people in The Gambia build careers in technology without having to leave their communities to do so.
Electronic waste, known as e-waste, is one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the world. Millions of tonnes of functioning IT equipment are discarded every year, often ending up in landfills where toxic materials cause lasting environmental harm. At the same time, billions of people around the world have no access to the devices that are being thrown away. This is not just waste; it is a missed opportunity on a global scale.
Our technology access programme is built around the principle of responsible consumption. We collect IT equipment from companies, schools and individual donors that would otherwise be discarded, and give it a second, purposeful life. Every device is assessed, repaired where needed, securely wiped and then deployed into IT training and community learning where it will be used, valued and maintained.
This approach does two things at once: it reduces e-waste and it puts technology into the hands of people who could never otherwise afford it. The environmental benefit and the social benefit are inseparable, which is why SDG 12 sits at the heart of how we deliver our work rather than just being a credential we display.
Our commitment: By 2030, TechForAll Foundation will divert thousands of IT devices from e-waste through our technology access programme, deploying each one where it can deliver the greatest educational and social impact.
The SDGs call on every organisation, large or small, to commit to specific, measurable progress by 2030. These are TechForAll Foundation's commitments.
The deadline for the SDGs is 2030. For millions of people facing digital exclusion, inequality and the consequences of e-waste, that deadline is not abstract. We are committed to playing our part and growing our impact year on year until we reach that point.
See Our ImpactEvery contribution, whether financial, practical or through partnership, helps TechForAll Foundation move closer to its SDG commitments. Here is how you can be part of it.
Financial support funds training sessions, equipment refurbishment and the people who deliver our programmes.
Donate NowIT equipment donations directly advance SDG 12 while extending our digital reach into new communities.
Get InvolvedYour time and expertise can directly change the trajectory of a learner's career in technology.
Get InvolvedCorporate partnerships, CSR programmes and funder relationships help us scale our SDG commitments further and faster.
Partner With UsThe 2030 deadline is shared by all of us. TechForAll Foundation is doing its part through education, inclusion and responsible technology. Join us.