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The first ever Ideal team volunteering day was blessed with great weather as we helped Tarner Community Project, a charity dedicated to providing services and all year-round activities to children and young people.   Our team worked super-hard all day, cutting back hugely overgrown plants and bushes, weeding and doing general gardening. We also cleaned the outside of their summerhouse building (including some graffiti removal) for the Forestry school, which offers enrichment activities for children with special needs. It was a superb day of team building and physical activity, ending in a few well-earned beers by the sea. We are delighted to have supported the Tarner Community Project in the fantastic work it does, and we all enjoyed the brilliant contrast to a normal Thursday, which many of us would spend behind a screen.   Looking forward to the next Ideal Volunteering Day already!   Thanks to Ideal organisers Hayley Tanner Emily Bignell and all our volunteers Moto Shakoori Tim Gaynor Pat White Aaron Tunnicliff Mariella Tavares Kevin Green Lewis Moorcroft Rhys Sheridan Jamie McPhail Billy White Feonix Tahany Mark Saul and Chris Webbon #buildingbrightfutures #teamwork #getinvolved

It’s a wrap … what a great day we had working with Big Egg Films . A big thanks to Adam Sheldon and team. We’re excited to see the footage of the customer story of Sidara at #150holborn . Also to Lisa Kenny Daniel Cope Andy Waters for hosting us and going behind the lens! #smartbuildings #thelivinglab

#GiveSomethingAwayDay Monday 15th July was National ‘Give Something Away Day’ so we decided to celebrate this at Ideal by organising a Swap Shop! Staff were encouraged to bring in up to 5 items in good condition, that they were happy to give away. They were then able to exchange these for other items. We had a myriad of donations, ranging from household goods, toys, clothes and books to kitchen supplies and unwanted gifts! Any unclaimed items will be taken to a local charity shop.   By swapping, we reduce the need for new production, which means fewer resources consumed, less energy expended, and a smaller carbon footprint. Swapping is the new shopping! Hayley Tanner was delighted with the Skateboard Pads and Helmet she got for her daughter! #reducewaste #recycle

An amazing achievement- congratulations to team 150

Congratulations to our very own Palo Alto Networks prize winner Aaron Tunnicliff. Showing his knowledge of the Prisma SASE by Palo Alto Networks solution, he came away with this great prize from the SASE Partner Day. Thanks to the Palo SASE team for hosting us this morning. With Julia Elliott and Pax Zoega #prizewinner #Prismaknowledge

With just 24 hours left on our Wi-Fi poll, there's still time to cast your vote. If you do select 'other' we'd love to hear what the pain-point is, so please do add this into the comments section below.

Our Wi-Fi technical experts have been discussing the main issues they are asked to troubleshoot. We're keen to hear from as many end users as possible to get a wider perspective on this. If you can spare a minute, please cast your vote on our poll. We'll be collating the votes and sharing back the insights. #wifichallenges #wifipainpoints  

It was a great pleasure to host codebar Brighton for their 10th anniversary celebrations. codebar offer opportunities to underrepresented groups to train in coding. It’s a great model and one that has seen much success for their students over the years. Happy 10th birthday codebar Brighton and many more years to come. #coding #drivingdiversityintech

Flashback Friday. Almost 10 years ago Ideal hosted one of codebar's first ever workshops in Brighton. Next Tuesday we are delighted to have been asked to host Codebar's 10 year anniversary coding workshop in our Brighton office. And as a flashback to 2014 we even found a picture of that first workshop 10 years ago!