The Reconnect Project

28/05/2026

Thank you to Raelene at ANSTO for running a staff donation drive of mobile phones for us! This box of 91 phones now enters our process line of testing, erasing and refurbishing, making phones as good as new to distribute to people in need.

Want to host a donation drive at your workplace? Get in touch with us and we'll supply you with all the information you need.

25/05/2026

The smartphone in your hand is your connection to family, friends, and services - medical, financial, government. It holds personal and sensitive information. Photos and memories.

But your smartphone can also be used as a weapon or means of control. This is the reality for people affected by family and domestic violence and the insidious nature of tech-facilitated abuse. Stalkerware or spyware apps that operate in stealth - no battery drain, no app icon on your screen - silently tracking your location, text messages, phone call logs, keystrokes and more.

That's why having access to a safe, clean, untracked mobile phone is essential for someone experiencing family and domestic violence and why The Reconnect Project has been providing refurbished smartphones via women's refuges and DV support services since 2020.

Massive thank you to MobileMuster for supporting us this May with a $30K donation, helping us get more smartphones out to people in need.

Got an unused mobile phone sitting at home? Does your workplace have a pile of mobile phones needing secure erasure and reuse? We'll take them off your hands, securely erase all data, and give it a new life.

This May is DV Prevention Month, a time for raising awareness, promoting prevention, and reaffirming that family and domestic violence is not tolerated. To support this crucial moment, MobileMuster has donated $30,000 to The Reconnect Project which will see 300 phones repurposed for people who need safe, independent access to a device.

Sydney-based social enterprise The Reconnect Project is helping to address tech-faciliated abuse by refurbishing donated phones, tablets and laptops and placing them with people who need them, including DV victim survivors, for whom a second device can mean a private line to emergency services, financial help and support networks. Annette Brodie, Founder and CEO of The Reconnect Project is calling on Australians to help play their part by donating their old devices, which can be refurbished and help change a life.

There are 23 million unused phones sitting in drawers. Every Australian has the opportunity to provide a lifeline through donation. Donate your old working phones to The Reconnect Project today.

21/05/2026

This is David. A retired primary school teacher and principal, he starting volunteering in our back office operations last year, helping catalogue the donated devices.

David now comes in twice a week (sometimes more) and is a huge contributor to our flow of devices - cataloguing, testing, running the secure erase software.

As if this wasn’t enough - David also spends time in his shed at home, building us bespoke storage solutions, from tub-holding racks to plywood boxes for safe storage of phones.

David, we are so grateful for all your help and love that you’re now an integral part of our team!!

22/04/2026

We've provided 4,382 individuals with essential tech - a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop - giving them the equipment they need to be digitally included in today's world.

Help get more people digitally connected by donating your unwanted devices to us. Every device is securely erased, fully refurbished by our technicians, and distributed via a partnership with a support service - women's shelters, refugee services, at-risk youth programs and more.

16/04/2026

We were excited to welcome Minister Courtney Houssos and 9 News to our repair workshop recently. Thanks Business Sydney for featuring us in the report "Social Enterprises: Unlocking Life-Changing Economic Power" and encouraging NSW Government to support social enterprises through procurement of goods and services.

18/03/2026

It's Global Recycling Day.

At The Reconnect Project we ensure all batteries removed from devices are safely recycled. This ensure precious resources of nickel, lithium and cobalt are recovered, ready to be made into new batteries.

For the circular economy to effectively function we will always prioritise repair and reuse - and utilise recycling for when an item is no longer usable.

02/03/2026

Behind the scenes at The Reconnect Project are volunteers who help database, test, sort and clean the devices we receive as donations. Today three cybersecurity students used their 'no classes' day to pitch in 👏🙏😊

25/02/2026

Kate from CASPA stopped by to collect laptops and tablets for school students living in out-of-home care (foster care) in Lismore. That’s another 9 students now equipped with the right tech so that they can be fully included in their education.

We are proud to provide the tech that is appropriate for the recipient’s needs. Because research for a homework assignment is hard to do on a mobile phone.

05/02/2026

Bank of Sydney are backing our mission to close Australia's digital divide - not only supporting us with a $20,000 grant but also advocating for device donations. Thanks Bank of Sydney!!

Bank of Sydney has announced its back-to-school mobile device donation drive, in partnership with their 2025 Grant for Good Winner The Reconnect Project to help close the digital divide for disadvantaged school-age children.

From 29 January to 28 February, you can donate your pre-loved laptops, tablets and smartphones (ensuring they have had a factory reset) at any Bank of Sydney branch.

The Reconnect Project refurbishes the donated mobile devices, diverting them from landfill and re-homing them with families, individuals, and community groups across Australia.

Find out more at https://www.banksyd.com.au/reconnect

22/01/2026

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22/12/2025

The numbers are in. We're proud of what we've achieved in 2025. Everything we do at The Reconnect Project has a positive impact: be it connecting people with mobile phones, tablets or laptops, providing training and employment to neurodivergent young adults, giving top quality repair services via our shopfront and stopping tech from going to waste.

Thank you to our funders, customers, donors and cheerleaders. We're closed now for 2 weeks will be back from 6 January 2026.