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Read the latest stories about how we’re using technology for good.

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Phone credit and battery power will no longer stand in the way of people who are homeless trying to find help via Ask Izzy, the A to Z of homeless help.

Telstra is now providing free access to Ask Izzy, the mobile website that connects people who are homeless or at risk to over 350 000 services nation-wide.

The winners of the 2016 Google Impact Challenge winners were announced in Sydney last week, with five organisations receiving funding for their ideas.

With a new round of Google Impact Challenge winners just announced, our CEO David Spriggs reflects on how our own win for Ask Izzy has helped make a real difference to the lives of people experiencing homelessness.

A new open data platform was announced today that will help track service demand from people who are homeless or at risk, using data from Ask Izzy.

Celebrating the International Day of Older Persons with one of our National Year of Digital Inclusion champions.

We're reducing our ecological footprint with a few small changes.

Trainees, businesses and youth workers came together to celebrate Youth IT Careers today, a program that supports young people facing disadvantage to build their IT careers.

Sydney Homeless Connect gave us an opportunity to see just how much of an impact Ask Izzy can make in a person's life.

Chris is a 25 year old Aboriginal man from Wodonga who joined our Youth IT Careers program in 2015.  As part of NAIDOC week, we asked him to tell us how the program has helped him. Here is his story.

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