T Ward shipping pallets for the Turing Trust

T ward are pleased to promote and help good causes, so we’re very pleased to be able to help the Turing Trust in 2015. The Turing Trust is a UK charity set up by James Turing in 2009 after he visited Ghana during his gap year and witnessed a local school trying to teach over 50 students with no textbooks.

The Turing Trust was set up in response to James’ desire to promote education through using information technology. The Trust offers resources to some of the most disadvantaged communities of sub-Saharan Africa.

The trust operates a free computer recycling scheme, with the aim of to providing computer facilities to rural schools in Ghana. They wipe any donated PCs to the industry standard, offer a drop off service to Edinburgh customers and then ship the recycled PCs to Ghana; which is where t ward comes in.

In 2015 we will be acting as freight forwarding agents for The Turing Trust. Their first shipment consisted of twelve pallets as part of an LCL (less than container load) shipment which was collected from Edinburgh and then shipped to Tema, the Ghana via Port of London Gateway.

As the trust were exporting for the first time, we helped to take them through the process from start to finish, guiding them through the processes or customs entry, documentation and the logistics required to process their cargo in the UK before being shipped out.

The charity has been receiving a very welcome increase in donations recently, which means that now they are looking at potentially shipping a whole 20’ container in February 2015. We will be delighted to help them through the process once again.

If you’re interested in donating IT equipment or other items to this worthy cause, you can contact the team at: recycle@turingtrust.co.uk

It’s not just computers that can help students and schools in Ghana. The Trust also needs:

• Old games consoles, games, TV’s, radios, speakers, iPods, MP3 players and accessories for a start-up charity gaming café in Ghana - to raise funds for development projects
• Digital cameras & mobile phones (including chargers)
• Calculators, exercise books, rulers, pens and pencils.

The full list of items that the charity needs is available on their website along with more about the work they do and the worthwhile projects they are supporting.
http://turingtrust.co.uk/

Sleepers in the Garden

With spring just around the corner, thoughts are turning to getting the garden spruced up ready for the better weather, and this is a great time of year to start planning this year’s gardening projects.

T.ward can help with many of your gardening projects – we’ve been supplying reclaimed railway sleepers around Scotland for many years now and it never ceases to amaze us some of the creative ways that our customers choose to use them!

At 2.6m x 0.25 x 0.125m and with a weight of about 75 kgs they are fairly sturdy – which you would expect for something that is designed to be in the ground for hundreds of years!

One of the most popular ways to use reclaimed railway sleepers in gardening projects is to create a retaining wall.

Some of our imaginative clients have used them for other things – adding some attractive edging, supports, raised beds, steps, garden furniture, fencing and even bridges!

Of course, sleepers can be used outside of the garden - many of our clients are industry based and use our sleepers for a base for plant machinery, containers, pipes and much more.

There are many different grades of reclaimed railways sleepers, but t.ward shipping has seen a trend emerging in Grade A reclaimed railway sleepers – this grade guarantees quality throughout the railway sleeper. They are on the more expensive side but if you opt for a Grade A sleeper, you’ll certainly see the benefits in the long run.

For more info or to enquire please get in touch.