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Laptops
For finding a home, staying in work, managing banking and rebuilding independence — while helping children keep up with school.
Technology can be a lifeline
Your spare tech can unlock a fresh start.
We turn unused computers, tablets and other technology into connection, independence and opportunity for women, children and vulnerable Australians rebuilding their lives.
Registered Australian charity
A laptop can become
work
A tablet can become
learning
A headset can become
privacy
Unlock possibility
Less e-waste. More opportunity.✦Spare resources. Real impact.✦Connection changes everything.✦Less e-waste. More opportunity.✦Spare resources. Real impact.
What we do
We turn what’s spare into what’s needed.
Technology that has reached the end of one organisation’s asset lifecycle can be the beginning of someone else’s next chapter. We source useful devices and place them with women’s refuges and other services supporting people in need.
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Tablets
For school work, educational games and familiar entertainment that can bring a little routine and respite during upheaval.
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Headsets
For private calls, video meetings and study — small tools that make shared environments safer and more workable.
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Printers
For paperwork, rental applications, school work and the everyday documents that help people get life moving again.
Why it matters
Try rebuilding your life without a keyboard.
Think about the last time you had to do real work on your phone. Now imagine organising housing, work, school, banking and essential services that way — during one of the hardest moments of your life.
In a connected world, digital access is no longer a luxury. It is part of how people find safety, regain control and move forward.
Turn spare tech into a fresh start →“
A computer and an internet connection aren’t far behind food and shelter as basic necessities.
How it works
From spare to somewhere better.
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You give
A useful device, funds or corporate technology reaching the end of its asset cycle.
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We unlock
Spare Keys sources, funds and directs technology through trusted partners and support services.
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They rebuild
People gain practical access to work, school, services, connection and a little more independence.
Give a device
That laptop in your drawer has another life in it.
Your spare computer, laptop, tablet or smartphone could help someone get their life back on track. Businesses can help too by redirecting good technology at the end of its asset lifecycle.
SPARE
NEW
LIFE
LIFE
Our purpose
Unlock spare resources.
Unlock potential.
We imagine an Australia that wastes less — and uses more of what it already has to help people who need it most.
Spare Keys exists to unlock spare resources and give vulnerable Australians access to technology, accommodation and experiences that can help them get their lives back on track.
Our guiding idea is simple: when useful resources are sitting idle and people are going without, there should be a better way to connect the two.
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Registered charitySpare Keys Australia Ltd.
Need help?
Looking to access Spare Keys support?
Spare Keys works with support organisations and women’s refuges to get technology where it is needed. Contact us to discuss access to our services.
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One spare thing can change what happens next.
Help us put useful technology into the hands of people who need it. Give a spare device, make a financial contribution or talk to us about a corporate partnership.