{"id":296,"date":"2015-10-05T08:39:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T08:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/mobiledevices\/?p=296"},"modified":"2015-10-05T08:49:13","modified_gmt":"2015-10-05T08:49:13","slug":"apps-for-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/mobiledevices\/2015\/10\/05\/apps-for-good\/","title":{"rendered":"Apps for Good"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.appsforgood.org\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-297\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/mobiledevices\/uploads\/sites\/1949\/2015\/10\/Appsforgood.jpg\" alt=\"Appsforgood\" width=\"282\" height=\"197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/fa\/public\/mobiledevices\/uploads\/sites\/1949\/2015\/10\/Appsforgood.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/glow-prod-fa.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/fa\/public\/mobiledevices\/uploads\/sites\/1949\/2015\/10\/Appsforgood-300x210.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&amp;X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjECIaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJIMEYCIQDZkP%2FQ8FRR0vdaIi884TombLpFzim%2Fuh8FuOKDclP60AIhAPDOwedyprwcO2pa%2B7e1u%2FCGVdVlrsBN8Z80SbzOSss4KsIFCOv%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEQBRoMMjczNTcwMTk1NDMzIgyWsS3b7LbuC8suphsqlgXypv8rlcFwpPshsaZNWBRhI5ECFt5w17IROJg7WEwXx%2BHcfSSRM1IObhDrp0zdNsQWkblrucTWX2evKD7moHXHRgDwxa2Y7wyVNJ55mdf1AZefZsYsfIVoTKhbP3S%2BQBOynyfb5XbvyM1zLjf%2B4AAchvbwyCVoOA4nOutkx36Zv02bmRUdOS7%2FruW5O6jwM4ogw4tjmri3YVxrham2XP7TSN%2FuQ8t%2FrGmdOpSdSTTva4jHysWsUKZ1gDcHaylPD78J456qv9nN%2BkboOqVEjDN1C2aFJGoPy%2Fuvm%2Bs7wlzqap%2FpgV1wi2zejyOAdrtkQ4S82uejPA3CgVTa3n5qgcZxstq7CxvDDcaJDMun5RSepP6vDJ6Iju9zQWD1fl%2Bn0EXyPyzwZSbbZ6hgcTcF6UotnhgavtOYSzt57WghaZPR3QmQ4T1p068IoR1YPJhPXmODHEBIB96NU6qbyJIQ%2BKW0LBtBO%2FtUptYF0FQ29%2B8X%2Fe3tl7M5Eb0QI%2Bq2ZOrEzvPtXGDon%2Fe7eS%2F3vrU3vHtHiYQcf%2F%2BWYXcmKFAcYQWx8LGtlrqrdLRDvBhT4JvvvMexEfCux2QRbF6DjLYHxS7DEcyXGIa4uyUT9DWkiU6P3JEAS8jIGBWomFO3zuUf3LUkSpc1mJhsur0D0Rfi676MEzNn%2BdsjAbAVAswV4%2BtUEsUdT6PkFrtzdAtua6He74GLisF9Qv3ueLy03ljDxzIMk4ipXobrt7gApBrVwbsVT6POm781SgJ8M3P6j4ZxBOi5co4br7yWHV060OS2xZOQZ3nWqiaP6mWHoiajecOF5UEbLODI1XAMAT%2F0g6nOOuz6oE2GDi8I5rkyDmPfpGY8UtBCeKCHuXzjTlmfs%2BvFYxnwm3Go9TDjqJHWBjqwAQEetucNEIyVyxSglrxjB82b5Wqknzr3H14Miqqle329E9PbyBU63QN2d0IxmAr%2BcuOL3qqkboEWCOrQGhT3XgDUD10gcwEtRbOSRHtpGXNL5bfiFLfk0iIt3xztZuQvDUt07YMihrVL0QkWlhYulMQk2GymDsNKWZvTi7eodmhPO08fwEo3DsctUCD%2F3HpFDbPpYJMnbHFdrLmnFnZqMU%2Bro05c%2B%2FZHlpE6fiDpe6Dj&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UX7YSAC5B%2F20261006%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20261006T023527Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=a5b0e61cd04b2c2552f3fc33cc57916cecb808ed479645d4f6eebb8ff35c082e 300w, https:\/\/glow-prod-fa.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/fa\/public\/mobiledevices\/uploads\/sites\/1949\/2015\/10\/Appsforgood-1024x716.jpg?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&amp;X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjECIaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJIMEYCIQDZkP%2FQ8FRR0vdaIi884TombLpFzim%2Fuh8FuOKDclP60AIhAPDOwedyprwcO2pa%2B7e1u%2FCGVdVlrsBN8Z80SbzOSss4KsIFCOv%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEQBRoMMjczNTcwMTk1NDMzIgyWsS3b7LbuC8suphsqlgXypv8rlcFwpPshsaZNWBRhI5ECFt5w17IROJg7WEwXx%2BHcfSSRM1IObhDrp0zdNsQWkblrucTWX2evKD7moHXHRgDwxa2Y7wyVNJ55mdf1AZefZsYsfIVoTKhbP3S%2BQBOynyfb5XbvyM1zLjf%2B4AAchvbwyCVoOA4nOutkx36Zv02bmRUdOS7%2FruW5O6jwM4ogw4tjmri3YVxrham2XP7TSN%2FuQ8t%2FrGmdOpSdSTTva4jHysWsUKZ1gDcHaylPD78J456qv9nN%2BkboOqVEjDN1C2aFJGoPy%2Fuvm%2Bs7wlzqap%2FpgV1wi2zejyOAdrtkQ4S82uejPA3CgVTa3n5qgcZxstq7CxvDDcaJDMun5RSepP6vDJ6Iju9zQWD1fl%2Bn0EXyPyzwZSbbZ6hgcTcF6UotnhgavtOYSzt57WghaZPR3QmQ4T1p068IoR1YPJhPXmODHEBIB96NU6qbyJIQ%2BKW0LBtBO%2FtUptYF0FQ29%2B8X%2Fe3tl7M5Eb0QI%2Bq2ZOrEzvPtXGDon%2Fe7eS%2F3vrU3vHtHiYQcf%2F%2BWYXcmKFAcYQWx8LGtlrqrdLRDvBhT4JvvvMexEfCux2QRbF6DjLYHxS7DEcyXGIa4uyUT9DWkiU6P3JEAS8jIGBWomFO3zuUf3LUkSpc1mJhsur0D0Rfi676MEzNn%2BdsjAbAVAswV4%2BtUEsUdT6PkFrtzdAtua6He74GLisF9Qv3ueLy03ljDxzIMk4ipXobrt7gApBrVwbsVT6POm781SgJ8M3P6j4ZxBOi5co4br7yWHV060OS2xZOQZ3nWqiaP6mWHoiajecOF5UEbLODI1XAMAT%2F0g6nOOuz6oE2GDi8I5rkyDmPfpGY8UtBCeKCHuXzjTlmfs%2BvFYxnwm3Go9TDjqJHWBjqwAQEetucNEIyVyxSglrxjB82b5Wqknzr3H14Miqqle329E9PbyBU63QN2d0IxmAr%2BcuOL3qqkboEWCOrQGhT3XgDUD10gcwEtRbOSRHtpGXNL5bfiFLfk0iIt3xztZuQvDUt07YMihrVL0QkWlhYulMQk2GymDsNKWZvTi7eodmhPO08fwEo3DsctUCD%2F3HpFDbPpYJMnbHFdrLmnFnZqMU%2Bro05c%2B%2FZHlpE6fiDpe6Dj&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UX7YSAC5B%2F20261006%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20261006T023527Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=a3b7bd0fd4b74e79086d5ca8bbf0a3dedb0452f34a1bbe7f93c8549f891fe64b 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/>Apps for Good\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; 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