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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.
Nov 7, 2022 · People can now access the National Databank directly on the High Street via O2 stores and get 20GB of free O2 data per month for up to six months – enough for around 220 hours of internet browsing per month – so they can get online and stay in touch with loved ones.
With the cost-of-living crisis deepening and around two million UK households at risk of digital exclusion, Virgin Media O2 in partnership with Good Things Foundation is helping more people in need access free mobile data by piloting the National Databank for the first time on the High Street.
Virgin Money has teamed up with leading digital inclusion charity Good Things Foundation to help tackle digital poverty, by giving people access to free sim cards provided by the innovative National Databank Programme in stores across the UK.
Jul 26, 2021 · Created by Virgin Media O2 – and gifted to Good Things Foundation to run through its network of 5,000 community organisations – the National Databank will launch with 7.5 million GB of O2 mobile data, to help over 200,000 people get connected by the end of 2023.
Nov 7, 2022 · Now, people can access the National Databank directly on the High Street via O2 stores and get 20GB of free O2 data per month for up to six months – that’s enough for around 220 hours of internet use each month.
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Mar 28, 2023 · Virgin Media O2 has committed more than 61 million GB of free O2 data to the initiative by the end of 2025 and, at the end of last year, brought the National Databank to the High Street for the first time, trialling the initiative at 10 O2 stores over the Christmas period.
