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The Esate Computers Commitee, wellcomes any support.
Be it Computers or other ways. even commitee members from those with relevant industry goverment connections.
Be it Computers or other ways. even commitee members from those with relevant industry goverment connections.
Professionally refurbished computers with genuine Microsoft software at low cost.
Professionally refurbished,recent model computers provide great value. A professionally refurbished computer gives you peace of mind and with genuine Windows® 7 operating system software preinstalled, this helps make your PC simpler and easier to use. With genuine Windows 7 and Windows Live Services and anti virus you can create, connect, and share with the cloud. genuine Windows7 and Office for a very low price of $150 for Desktop PCs; $150 to $250 for Laptops.
What is Estate Computers?
Estate Computers is a genuine Microsoft Registered Refurbisher. A refurbished computer gives you peace of mind, and with genuine Windows® 7 operating system software preinstalled, this helps make your PC simpler and easier to use. Estate Computers enables people who have been excluded, such as low income public housing residents, to be part of the digital/on-line world (ICT), which so many of us take for granted.
What do we do?
Estate Computers refurbishes quality, recent model computers, fully equips them with genuine Windows® 7 operating system software,and Office 2010, and Basic Computer training packages from Microsoft, and sells them at massively reduced cost to low income people. We provide back up maintenance and support and also facilitate appropriate training with partner training providers. You get all you need in a computer and we will add more for free: Adobe reader VLC, Real player, and Skype. The included software alone is worth more than $600 and the hardware is worth around $250 in the market. Estate Computers also provides repair and replacement services, installation, including network, Internet and wireless set up and assessment.
Why do we do it?
Estate Computers considers that people excluded from the on-line world are seriously disadvantaged economically, educationally and culturally. Our aim is to reduce the digital inclusion gap.
What is next our GOAL?
Estate Computers is now moving to complete its digital inclusion package for clients by adding inexpensive connectedness to the internet in technology savvy ways.
What do we do?
Estate Computers refurbishes quality, recent model computers, fully equips them with genuine Windows® 7 operating system software,and Office 2010, and Basic Computer training packages from Microsoft, and sells them at massively reduced cost to low income people. We provide back up maintenance and support and also facilitate appropriate training with partner training providers. You get all you need in a computer and we will add more for free: Adobe reader VLC, Real player, and Skype. The included software alone is worth more than $600 and the hardware is worth around $250 in the market. Estate Computers also provides repair and replacement services, installation, including network, Internet and wireless set up and assessment.
Why do we do it?
Estate Computers considers that people excluded from the on-line world are seriously disadvantaged economically, educationally and culturally. Our aim is to reduce the digital inclusion gap.
What is next our GOAL?
Estate Computers is now moving to complete its digital inclusion package for clients by adding inexpensive connectedness to the internet in technology savvy ways.
Estate Computers
Is a Social enterprise which provides the residents of Carlton Housing Estate and the surrounding public housing estates in Melbourne and some rural housing estates with refurbished, recent model computers loaded with genuine Microsoft Windows 7 and Office software.
Estate Computers aims to improve access to and training in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) for the residents of these estates in Carlton. and elsewhere.
With the ever increasing interest and dependence on IT in Australian society, the project is particularly aimed public housing residents who have not previously had the opportunities to engage with IT.
This includes young people, the elderly and recently arrived migrant communities. Estate Computers was established through the cooperation of local community agencies the City of Melbourne’s Opportunities for Carlton project and The University of Melbourne.
The project was originally funded by the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) and assisted by the donations of computers from the Victorian Department of Human Services (DHS) through the Public Tenant Employment Program (PTEP).
Estate Computers offers a range of IT initiatives for public housing estate residents and others including:
• comprehensive free computer training
• the sale of low cost, refurbished computers
• computer assembly training
• liaison with the University of Melbourne in the development of volunteer resources for the project; and
• increased community Internet access points in Carlton.
With the ever increasing interest and dependence on IT in Australian society, the project is particularly aimed public housing residents who have not previously had the opportunities to engage with IT.
This includes young people, the elderly and recently arrived migrant communities. Estate Computers was established through the cooperation of local community agencies the City of Melbourne’s Opportunities for Carlton project and The University of Melbourne.
The project was originally funded by the Victorian Department of Planning and Community Development (DPCD) and assisted by the donations of computers from the Victorian Department of Human Services (DHS) through the Public Tenant Employment Program (PTEP).
Estate Computers offers a range of IT initiatives for public housing estate residents and others including:
• comprehensive free computer training
• the sale of low cost, refurbished computers
• computer assembly training
• liaison with the University of Melbourne in the development of volunteer resources for the project; and
• increased community Internet access points in Carlton.
Who to Contact:
To purchase a refurbished computer or receive computer training please register your interest wby filling out a registration form (also available from the website):
To buy a computer
Estate Computers:
Hamdi Ali
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 10am - 5pm
Ground floor, next to the CHERS Community Hall, 510 Lygon St, Carlton
Phone:03 9999 6617.
Email: hamdi.ali@estatecomputers.net
Computer training:
Estate Computers has a Partnership with
Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre to provide Computer Training.
Please Contact:
Sarah Deasey:
20 Princes St, Carlton North
Phone: 9347 7072.
Computer, Internet Access & Volunteering:
Contact:
Hamdi
at Estate computers, as above
To buy a computer
Estate Computers:
Hamdi Ali
Wednesday, Thursday & Friday 10am - 5pm
Ground floor, next to the CHERS Community Hall, 510 Lygon St, Carlton
Phone:03 9999 6617.
Email: hamdi.ali@estatecomputers.net
Computer training:
Estate Computers has a Partnership with
Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre to provide Computer Training.
Please Contact:
Sarah Deasey:
20 Princes St, Carlton North
Phone: 9347 7072.
Computer, Internet Access & Volunteering:
Contact:
Hamdi
at Estate computers, as above
Estate Computers has launched as a crowd funding drive to help families from the public housing estate at Carlton get connected.
Please support by going to this link
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The good people of the Web team from University of Melbourne did wonders for Estate Computers.
Below are some photos of before and after.
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Delegates visit Estate Computers
A Delegation from City Of Melbourne, Bendigo Bank, DHS (PTEP), the Church of All Nations and University of Melbourne (staff and students) visited Estate Computers recently.
Adam Bandt MP, Federal Member for Melbourne,
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