What kind of Mobile Phones can be recycled to exchange for an iPad?

Hearts and Minds accepts MOST old mobile phones.

However, for the charity to raise funds and to cover the cost of the iPads we cannot accept donations of phones over 10 years old, or non colour screen mobile phones.

Clues to age - e.g. small brick size phones, non colour screens, phones with antennae.

Examples below:

Mobile phones that will not be accepted 

1. Dummy Mobile phones 

These could be:
... Retail dummy display only models.
... Not real working mobile phone handsets

2. Home land line phones 

These could be:
... Land line house phones.
... Phones that do not take a mobile phone Sim card.

3. Very badly damaged, scrap mobile phones

These could be:
... Mobile phones with no screens or keyboards.
... Just motherboards with no casing

4. Counterfeit / Fake mobile phones 

These could be:
... Chinese made imitation mobile phones
... Most often fake apple iPhones
... Usually take 2 Sim cards

5. Mobile phones from landfills

These are:
... Usually covered in dirt
... Stained and heavily marked handsets 

Could an iPad help your child?

If you live in Britain, simply collect 165 old mobile phones and the Manchester-based charity Hearts and Minds will exchange them for a new iPad.

Details here:

Website: : heartsandmindsphones.co.uk/
Facebook: facebook.com/HeartsAndMindsUK 

Twitter: @handmchallenge

Pinterest: Hearts and Minds

YouTube: HeartsAndMindsUK

Google+: Hearts and Minds

More about the charity here: Hearts & Minds Challenge

What happens when I've collected all the phones?

Congratulations!

You've collected all the phones you need to get an iPad - or your choice of technology gift - from Hearts and Minds.

Perry and his collection of phones

So what happens now?

Obviously the kids are excited, they can't wait for the iPad to arrive, so parents can get a bit anxious, and there have been a number of queries about the process.  So here it is, step by step...

1. Email anthony@heartsandmindsphones.co.uk or todd@heartsandmindsphones.co.uk to arrange collection of the phones.

2. One of the Hearts & Minds staff will email you back with the following information:

- the name of the courier company
- a collection date
- a reference number

3. The phones: Please leave them loose.  Just put into one or more plastic bags and knot tightly.  Put the bags in a strong cardboard box together.  Tape the box up securely so that no phones can fall out.

Address the box as follows:

Hearts & Minds,
3-5 Church Street,
Uttoxeter,
Staffordshire ST14 8AG

Sender: (your name and address)

4. The couriers: please contact the them directly if you need to know the exact time of collection.  The courier company is Interlink and their phone number is 01782415513.

5. Collection day: please ensure that there is someone at the house on that day to hand over the phones.

6. Waiting for the iPad: It takes about 3 working days for the phones to be delivered and processed. You will then receive another email from Hearts & Minds with a tracking parcel number for the iPad once it has been despatched.

Your iPad should arrive within 14 days.

Open and enjoy :)

If your child needs an iPad please check out Hearts and Minds:

Website: http://www.heartsandmindsphones.co.uk/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/HeartsAndMindsUK
Twitter: @handmchallenge

For queries on the collection of phones or the delivery of iPads: Tel-020 3130 0410