We provided a Smart TV to Solihull Life Opportunities, or SoLO. SoLo is a charity in Solihull that provides social and leisure activities to people of all ages who have learning disabilities. Our CEO Tim went to visit SoLO to see how their new Smart TV was making a difference. (more…)

WaveLength recently gave some equipment to a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit in London. Michael Mendones tells us about how the technology has helped his patients. (more…)

Untold Stories is a short film about WaveLength. It was made for us by the director Frank Madone. Frank met some of our beneficiaries and asked them about how WaveLength's support has affected them. (more…)

You can now listen to the first WaveLength Radio Academy podcast. The 15 minute podcast is a great introduction to WaveLength’s work and priorities, with Radio Academy’s Paul Robinson interviewing our CEO Tim Leech. Paul and Tim are joined by Michael Ferguson and Ken, who told us how technology improves the lives of homeless people in London. Michael is a representative of London homelessness charity Passage, and Ken is a floating mental health support worker working with the homeless in Westminster. They have both referred lots of homeless people to us for our support. (more…)

Helping formerly homeless people to get to grips with their new Hudl tablet computers, in our latest partnership with Passage in Westminster. We're proud to support Passage's 'Home for Good' scheme, which helps formerly homeless people settle into their new homes and tackle the isolation of changing circumstances. (more…)

Orchid Friendship Group in North Nottinghamshire brings people together through befriending and a day centre. We gave them a big smart TV, a DVD player and four Hudl tablets! Since we've been running more projects in partnership with other charities and organisations, WaveLength’s equipment helps a huge and diverse variety of people. Our CEO Tim likes to get out to see the effects our equipment is having, and meet our partners and beneficiaries face to face. (more…)

In 2010, 40% of domestic abuse victims were men. But there are very few refuges in the UK for male survivors of abuse. Instead, many male survivors end up homeless, either living on the streets or moving between hostels. Herring House Herring House homelessness centre is one shelter that cares for men who have escaped abuse. We gave them some TVs and radios for the men to enjoy. In this video, staff at Herring House tell us how domestic abuse drives men into homelessness. (more…)

Tim talks to two of the staff members at Herring House. We recently donated TVs and radios to their High Support Unit which helps people with long-term complex problems. They tell us that TVs help foster the sense of control and self-esteem that enables people to lift themselves out of homelessness. (more…)

Staff at Belvidere homelessness hostel told Tim and Deirdre about the families that use their services and the difference that having new TVs has made to their lives. (more…)

Little Serena has lived with her family in the Belvidere homeless hostel since they fled as refugees from Syria. We're giving them and other Belvidere families TVs and radios while they wait to find their feet. Serena can speak lots of English now and mixes it with Syrian in 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star!' She's quickly mastered the Scouse accent! (more…)

"They're isolated from their communities. They're isolated in their relationship, and the the refuge can be isolating as well." WaveLength provides women's aid centres with free radios, TVs and DVD players to fight the isolation suffered by women and children who've been abused. Here, centre workers tell us how abusers deliberately isolate their victims to the point where they find it hard to adapt to normal life. (more…)

When your life's been turned upside down by domestic abuse, you can become incredibly isolated. Refuge staff tell us how having a TV and radio gives women and children something to talk about with new people and helps them to feel 'normal' and connected to the world. (more…)

One of our beneficiaries talks about about loneliness and isolation and the benefits of technology such as television in relieving them. (more…)

You've seen Stanley the dog and Mutz the cat... now Bella hits the small screen! There are plenty of people helping out animals, but at WaveLength, our animal supporters want to help keep lonely and vulnerable people comfortable. Watching Bella is fun. If you want to help the elderly, sick, disabled or abused to stay entertained, positive and connected, visit our charity's website at www.wavelength.org.uk (more…)