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Accessing essential services like food banks or homeless shelters often requires proof of ID. For those without it, the barriers can feel insurmountable. StreetLink has recently issued a severe weather warning, highlighting the urgent need and awareness for individuals to access support. Yet, many are turned away from these services because they lack ID. At IDGO, we believe that no one should face barriers to life-saving services due to a lack of identification. Passports are expensive and, for someone experiencing homelessness, they might represent a means of survival if sold. 💭 If you were homeless and had a passport, would you sell it to survive? 🙅🏽♀️ This shouldn’t be a choice anyone has to make! Our mission is to work with third and public-sector organisations to provide inclusive, accepted, and cost-efficient proof of ID cards for those facing socio-economic challenges. 🎯 With an IDGO card, your clients can access the services they need without fear of rejection or exclusion. If these scenarios resonate with your organisation or the people you serve, contact us directly via dannii@i-dgo.com to have a meaningful discussion and find out how we can support you in breaking down these barriers. Together, we can put action in place to offer a real social impact and ensure that everyone has access to the support they need, regardless of their circumstances. SWIM: Support When It Matters Big Issue John Bird Crisis Matt Downie MBE St Mungo's Dr Emma Haddad Centrepoint Orla Constant Seyi Obakin OBE Shelter Polly Neate CBE FAcSS LLD(hc) Depaul UK Mike Thiedke The Salvation Army Glass Door Homeless Charity Housing Justice Kathy Mohan OBE Single Homeless Project Homeless Link Homeless Children's Network Mayor of London StreetLink #NoMoreBarriers #ProofOfID #InclusiveSolutions #Accessible #Affordable #HelpWhereWeCan #SocialImpact #IDGO #OnAMission 🎯

We are excited to announce the 2024 cohort for our Ascend Programme! 🌟 It is with great pleasure that we support these 45 women and non-binary leaders as they take their growth-stage businesses to new heights. This initiative focuses on providing the necessary resources, mentorship, and funding support to help them scale their ventures. Participants can expect to fine-tune their business plans and sharpen their value propositions, access mentorship from industry experts, forge relationships with potential investors, and benefit from ongoing support and networking opportunities with established investor networks. Join us in celebrating these inspiring leaders! We can't wait to see their journey unfold 🚀 Click this link to discover more about our cohort https://lnkd.in/e3w8jtba AGREKA BUILD LTD | Amboora | Atomic Innovation | Clip-knix Colorblend Makeup Ltd | Educating Horizons GILGUZI LTD | Hey! Food is Ready | IDGO | JFA Music Group | Junction 5 Studios | Luxwell Travels | Zak Health Limited | MESSIAH and EVE | Off Piste Ski Trip | PROBr™ | Alix | Red Dog PPC | Reloop | Rest Space | Sibling Arts C.I.C. | Story Of Me | Stratpilot.ai | SweetDoughThings | TextMine | The ADHD Advocate | THE DEBORAH DAY THEATRE SCHOOL TRUST | The Keto Elf | The Motherhood Group | Videolity This project is funded by the UK government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. MayorofLondon | Capital Enterprise | OneTech #Entrepreneurship #Startups #BusinessGrowth #Networking #PeerSupport #AscendAccelerator #BusinessOwners #Leadership #Mentorship #Innovation #Cohorts #Foundervine

Out of 227 applications, the IDGO team made it to the final 45 companies selected to join the Foundervine Ascend Programme 🎉👏🏾 The Ascend programme is here to elevate women and non-binary led, fast-growing businesses by providing investment readiness, funding advice, and key connections. Their goal is to support high-potential ventures by offering the tools and opportunities needed to scale, secure funding, and thrive 🦸🏽♀️🌟 We'll receive continued support, including investor networks, pitching chances, and more. 🚀🎯 It was so great to meet the Founder & CEO of Foundervine Izzy Obeng, senior programme manager Jamal Hadjkura the Capital Enterprise team, and to hear from alumni Rishi Chowdhury Co-founder Incube Space 🙌🏾✨️ Brilliant opportunity to meet all the other founders on the programme and lovely to see our fellow @Black Tech Achievement Awards and Forbes Family Group cap table competition finalist Keighley Douglas CEO of Kids Black History who has also been selected to take part in the programme too ❤️🥂 Ready to get growing!! 🌱📈🚀 #BusinessGrowth #WomenInBusiness #AscendProgramme #IDGO #fundraising #newlaunch #events

Identity documents (🆔️) like driver’s licences and passports are keys that unlock virtually every aspect of daily life, but there are many barriers to obtaining ID, affecting everyone but impacting different communities in different ways. A complicated patchwork of policies, combined with unnecessarily high fees and ongoing discrimination, means that millions of people are unable to access some of the most basic needs and services or to participate in everyday life, simply because they don’t have a valid ID. IDGO is the solution! 🎉 We're now preparing to launch our 🌟 ACCREDITED 🌟 AFFORDABLE 🌟 ACCESSIBLE Proof of age and identity PASS card. Proving who you are should be as inclusive as possible especially when it can create so many challenges in life when you don't have it! This is the heart of our mission and why we've been so determined to not only develop and launch IDGO but also with building relationships with third and public-sector organisations to ensure we're able to offer it to everyone across the UK 🇬🇧 We're very proud of IDGO and the huge social impact that it will absolutely have for so many people 🎯 Please be welcome to contact us directly via info@i-dgo.com if you want to help your service beneficiaries break through the barriers and access affordable proof of age & ID 🙌🏾

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We have exciting news to share 🙌🏽 🎯 The IDGO team made it into the Foundervine Ascend Accelerator Programme. It's a huge achievement being selected out of so many companies who applied. I'm looking forward to continuing the growth and launch of IDGO with the Foundervine team and their supporting partners OneTech Capital Enterprise, and @mayorofldn 💥🥳 Much appreciation to Andrea L Richards and Keziah Tomlinson for being part of the journey 👏🏾✨️ Ready to get started! 🚀

Kickstarting Connections at the Chelsea Football Club Edge of the Box Event! ⚽️ The IDGO team presented at CHELSEA FC FOUNDATION Edge of the Box Club at Stamford Bridge, where we gained incredible interest, feedback, and networking opportunities 🚀 Special thanks to Joseph Valente , Apprentice winner, Trade Mastermind founder, and Business Mentor for his amazing session and inspiring insights. We'd also like to thank David Armstrong for hosting such a brilliant event 👏🏾 If you're an aspiring business owner and want to showcase your products and services, I'd definitely recommend attending the next event! 🙌🏾 Despite the rain outside, the event was all sunshine and success inside! 🌟🌐 #IDGO #ChelseaFC #EdgeOfTheBox #Networking #BusinessGrowth #JosephValente

Welcome to IDGO, the UK's 1st dual-sided proof of age, identity and contactless pre-paid smartcard. Our all-in-one solution is suited to all aged 18+ who unsafely carry valuable documents such as passports and driving licences to prove their age and identity for every day and nightlife purposes and age-restricted purchases. When lost or stolen, it can compromise personal data for up to 10 years! At the heart of our inclusivity efforts, we have ensured that the IDGO smartcard is tailored to suit service beneficiaries of third, public and private sectors who face socio-economic challenges. This means they may be unable to afford expensive passports costing £100 and need an alternative and accessible method to prove their age and identity for resettlement, employment and housing purposes or have easier access to financial tools as it can take up to 10 weeks to acquire a bank account. Please view our explainer video and visit www.idgocard.co.uk for more information. If you'd like to contact us, please be welcome to do so via info@i-dgo.com.

We've been featured in the Age Check Certification Scheme's Global Age Assurance Standards Summit Compendium! 👏🏾🎉 This is a fantastic way to receive recognition and inclusion into the global age and identity assurance industry. The summit was a brilliant experience, filled with insightful workshops, valuable networking opportunities, and engaging tech-based activities. On day 4, our CEO Dannii Hadaway had the honour of presenting IDGO in the Tech Showcase and then lead a seperate panel and session on Day 5, focused on the inclusivity of age and identity products and services for those facing challenges, including homeless, custody and care leavers. We'd like to add another special thank you to Doreen White for the invaluable introductions to Nacro and to you both being an integral part of the discussions. Your partnership, experience, and opinions were crucial, and we're glad to see you included in the Compendium 🙌🏾 Sending huge congratulations, and many thanks again to the Age Check Certification Scheme, @Safer Online and the Age Verification Providers Association teams for organising such a successful event 📈👏🏾 Also, thanking our IDGO team members Keziah Tomlinson and Andrea L Richards for their incredible collaboration and support throughout the week 🥂🎉 This feature is a testament to our team's hard work and commitment to making proof of age and identity spaces safer and more inclusive. We look forward to continuing our important work in this field 🆔️🔞💳🚀

We got through to the Forbes Family Group Captable Competition QUARTER FINALS 🎉🥂 We need to raise your support again to VOTE FOR IDGO TODAY!!! 🙌🏾🗳🙌🏾 Please click the link below to view the Forbes Family Group Instagram stories. https://lnkd.in/eJ7xT6FN We are PITCH NUMBER 6⃣ You'll need to select IDGO in the poll on the stories to vote 🙌🏽🚀🗳️ Sending many, many thanks again in advance ❤️