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- The National Databank is like a foodbank but provides free mobile data, texts and calls to help people in need to get online and stay connected to loved ones. People in need can access 20GB of free O2 data a month – enough for around 220 hours of internet browsing.
Launched in July 2021 with our strategic partner Virgin Media O2, the National Databank was founded to tackle data poverty and isolation during the Covid-19 pandemic. By early 2022, Vodafone and Three pledged to support the National Databank, expanding our reach from 34 hubs to hundreds.
The National Databank provides free mobile data, texts and minutes to those living in data poverty. It’s like a foodbank, but for mobile data. Drop by and see us and ask for the National Databank in any of our O2 stores.
Jul 26, 2021 · The launch of the National Databank follows a series of moves from Virgin Media O2 to support vulnerable customers during the COVID-19 pandemic – from free mobile data, devices and TV channels, to permanently zero-rating NHS and education websites.
The National Databank, co-founded with Good Things Foundation, provides free mobile data, texts, and minutes to those in data poverty. Visit O2 stores to get access.
Good Things Foundation created the National Databank with Virgin Media O2, supported by Vodafone and Three. It works like this: Our partners Virgin Media O2, Vodafone and Three regularly donate mobile data SIM cards to us at Good Things.
Since Virgin Media O2 joined forces with Good Things Foundation and founded the National Databank, we’ve connected over 90,000 people with O2 SIM cards , each providing free data, texts and minutes every month for up to 12 months. And we’ve increased the monthly data from 15GB to 25GB.
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Nov 7, 2022 · Virgin Media O2 is stepping up its support for people affected by the cost-of-living crisis by piloting the National Databank at 10 O2 stores across the country. It’s even easier and simpler for people in need to get 20GB of free O2 mobile data per month so they can get online.
