WaveLength provides free radios, televisions, and tablet computers to people who are lonely and cannot afford to buy the technology themselves, helping them to keep in touch with the outside world and reducing feelings of isolation.
How to contact
Where to go
Available throughout Cambridge
What to expect
WaveLength provides free TVs, tablets, and radios to help fight loneliness.
Technology is gifted to individuals in need of financial and practical support who struggle to leave their own homes due to age, illness, disability or difficult personal circumstances. Individuals must be referred by a professional (see 'More Information' below).
WaveLength also works with groups supporting vulnerable people, including the elderly, victims of domestic violence, the homeless and adults with learning difficulties, providing them with technology that can be used on-site or loaned to individuals they are helping.
More information
An individual needs to be referred by a third party, who should be a professional referrer: a social worker, housing officer, a charity worker, etc. You - as the professional referrer - will be asked to complete an application form which can be accessed from WaveLength's Individual Application Form webpage. Make sure to read through their Guidance Notes before starting the application process; you'll need to send proof of identity, current benefit award letters and bank statements from the past three months of the person you're referring.
For groups and organisations, there is an application form and more information on their Group Application webpage.
If you have been gifted a tablet and need help getting started, you can find training courses and support sessions by going to your local area on our How Are You pages.
If you want to find live online activities you can find links to them on this H.A.Y. page.
If you are eligible, WaveLength provide TVs, radios, and tablets for free.
How to contact
Where to go
Available throughout Cambridge
