{"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 loading=\"lazy\" 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=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEIj%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJHMEUCIHqqknhWxBpfA%2Bad1b96f9t19m5mKmuhINVXB2X2FQ59AiEAssGbKvnS94OG5QXf23t6N9Wz5E0R8GkTYdoRiA5QMFgquQUIURAFGgwyNzM1NzAxOTU0MzMiDJxFQociEuRnpemmqCqWBR6EK8YjJBVgJe5y1wxCR8BPyTT8kkEuhb530B3TxMxPrRi96rv7LIZLr5LB%2FYElNQxrDWrWdyAf8wGGWPIO4WUI%2F8c4Qz%2FuwflZPsqq0bO6zoOka8b2%2Ffnm4R6KwH01Wc4wLOsXP5z0dzkL61531IvjshUgwIvj8%2BkxY8RAdWZcVn%2F6XuqDFgtqZQq3HXnblodx1iUhw6Yz4BRsbuTKsHFkkWUuYlb12CVl%2BrDKZpC52lMRPmOq4DMbSf2C0Xm0mfdEqthBuGJhlFWo2yTzlcoFlSjcpUA3XOM0zq2%2BGcr6U7TRHo3MycIkzyJ5btMceu8iwyHltdqS0bB1AQlzXQSjNi5%2FUHOzS1ohzkO0gfvMwSvkqcFcO0Ljy%2FKXHQBUkNDyZTX515gBFYAFgpC364E7NwjHWXzVI3qitxPzZxgVUgz7XNSwMaIMozs5%2B9ExZPBDKK2EIeXj5mbiC%2F4rHQoERCnKbAp83V5xa%2BDjQSoXL2MsXqxUMMbkAKqIYymRtdr4nKkxVnNUtCI0jyQGvsd%2FGWk0V8skH6abKgQpb2MXHbpkF2WOHXb%2Bd56wOMHoJpbYmOxK%2FpnO8tBt07SeWB6GNwUiqwDuz8jZcIgmagxZ1qQbgoljGIAOkqeCIr7JCu2hxRJsBjdlDBVxo9F4hT5TXEf7h3cNzdd0%2BGxrFuuoGVAHRotjSEd1siU2S16xw%2BjS14DJ23VJXaB8%2FAZGQGcbbBCMJ%2BqUKyuuAQMpgyLCVGAmbJF97zVZgvVKOnJq%2B%2FX57W%2Fykh%2Fax0U7BgLJ6Qs2ivgnglbiCVCG%2BCSmApuFugTXjBU5To2DX6z27nSjX2MS4LMBfP0OrEmMtvCznI23uBUT5g6lQq7UA7L9wsbgu7Ct8RdRMLmT9dEGOrEBzKtqRt0l0mCzYU6L0svteTNRlpPZnFDrDRGn4gjht8D8TftYE28FGv5rTtdFxEmrAF%2BjhPcQhOp693LwfmkHlyBX5lHPubwHcMRhk1TZdmYB9wH%2FkoeH8OCuFjYkLwBX20h3BTm8ddNBwDv3RJtBmo%2F%2Fjv1KH0UjZG%2FrRXeq2X5wHHkZZq4lMAZ89k5XF0duF07VvdTIwUpB5HpEMyn%2B%2FM7aBS7M6m3C79r%2FULmeH2yJ&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UR6IO5UJN%2F20260625%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260625T161701Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=139765c808d3cdeb7e9bc473f6056652a94e56ecc8747019576cb9f4efd6c2a4 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=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEIj%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJHMEUCIHqqknhWxBpfA%2Bad1b96f9t19m5mKmuhINVXB2X2FQ59AiEAssGbKvnS94OG5QXf23t6N9Wz5E0R8GkTYdoRiA5QMFgquQUIURAFGgwyNzM1NzAxOTU0MzMiDJxFQociEuRnpemmqCqWBR6EK8YjJBVgJe5y1wxCR8BPyTT8kkEuhb530B3TxMxPrRi96rv7LIZLr5LB%2FYElNQxrDWrWdyAf8wGGWPIO4WUI%2F8c4Qz%2FuwflZPsqq0bO6zoOka8b2%2Ffnm4R6KwH01Wc4wLOsXP5z0dzkL61531IvjshUgwIvj8%2BkxY8RAdWZcVn%2F6XuqDFgtqZQq3HXnblodx1iUhw6Yz4BRsbuTKsHFkkWUuYlb12CVl%2BrDKZpC52lMRPmOq4DMbSf2C0Xm0mfdEqthBuGJhlFWo2yTzlcoFlSjcpUA3XOM0zq2%2BGcr6U7TRHo3MycIkzyJ5btMceu8iwyHltdqS0bB1AQlzXQSjNi5%2FUHOzS1ohzkO0gfvMwSvkqcFcO0Ljy%2FKXHQBUkNDyZTX515gBFYAFgpC364E7NwjHWXzVI3qitxPzZxgVUgz7XNSwMaIMozs5%2B9ExZPBDKK2EIeXj5mbiC%2F4rHQoERCnKbAp83V5xa%2BDjQSoXL2MsXqxUMMbkAKqIYymRtdr4nKkxVnNUtCI0jyQGvsd%2FGWk0V8skH6abKgQpb2MXHbpkF2WOHXb%2Bd56wOMHoJpbYmOxK%2FpnO8tBt07SeWB6GNwUiqwDuz8jZcIgmagxZ1qQbgoljGIAOkqeCIr7JCu2hxRJsBjdlDBVxo9F4hT5TXEf7h3cNzdd0%2BGxrFuuoGVAHRotjSEd1siU2S16xw%2BjS14DJ23VJXaB8%2FAZGQGcbbBCMJ%2BqUKyuuAQMpgyLCVGAmbJF97zVZgvVKOnJq%2B%2FX57W%2Fykh%2Fax0U7BgLJ6Qs2ivgnglbiCVCG%2BCSmApuFugTXjBU5To2DX6z27nSjX2MS4LMBfP0OrEmMtvCznI23uBUT5g6lQq7UA7L9wsbgu7Ct8RdRMLmT9dEGOrEBzKtqRt0l0mCzYU6L0svteTNRlpPZnFDrDRGn4gjht8D8TftYE28FGv5rTtdFxEmrAF%2BjhPcQhOp693LwfmkHlyBX5lHPubwHcMRhk1TZdmYB9wH%2FkoeH8OCuFjYkLwBX20h3BTm8ddNBwDv3RJtBmo%2F%2Fjv1KH0UjZG%2FrRXeq2X5wHHkZZq4lMAZ89k5XF0duF07VvdTIwUpB5HpEMyn%2B%2FM7aBS7M6m3C79r%2FULmeH2yJ&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47UR6IO5UJN%2F20260625%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260625T161701Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=386b82ec88346a33aa7b7bd091f95a5354fb2d6357fd3f7764482478dfd8f5ce 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/>Apps for Good\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; 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