{"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=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEID%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJIMEYCIQCx%2BqCMl6dHSVSVWZ30yee1l42ZfD1tAaeM2KKbgXQfbAIhAIyA7%2FjxkM5DFIY8c61sPgODQ7esndije2MWOVW%2F8be5KrgFCEkQBRoMMjczNTcwMTk1NDMzIgzcXTd%2Fo%2FwZXwMc4UIqlQULV9RTZLN4MNC3YijL2j7hmySAAZvLbLQUlHbpj30%2BCbqLGhAHblzjwcLNenVeA7q5OK9uEKNlsDbdyLCU4%2FExNow15mLeJCX2q6g%2FMWKEkM57t8tjGsP7vYiq%2BnQq53h6%2BCzeGAONugQD4v6lD0RzX6bJ3cMFXVqVGMiYbJeuneJS9KHXWHmNcM01vBiZLiWXkfVOd6JCxL%2BgLSlliSgezViCzrNY4SHZfdbThmZqS9umnSgCHHBT3enb06iUFTNWzWQFA2liRYYhwh%2Fx4bVc2QxaxJG3gB%2F%2FhDFpikQSidkL4Ac2cq2T9kegw9KMezZJp8P4XRU6MLbVvsjLeQynsIHzF%2FXPfJ0ij0XOPiTsPV5rGSmrkl1C5X1vk0m1VTNql8d26MDoZ28kBzaspmSBDQ0JrbPedv6zGxxR5FSNFk9AkhxJzz4lgCqezLfYacmoMZaMjv4HbfDZy0iVoDnjCHxtNJf7oN%2FfbYqfNfGvk8Oep5Inr%2F6sR5B%2FC1CxU4GBell5Ca%2Ft1ABLcH3NeI3FjZCnp%2FFaBbaXLiBc8HcvS%2F1gCwkpxcOC2wUZ3Lag9pLroRWKXvCU78VCm%2BO5U65l72%2Bjg04n82jqfRY53zZDW8aJT3YeMg39TQY77ZBErZpFSV43%2FYcEp9frywomshX%2F3DT6q0m5ALlnMNm3ZOvjfubbfZqtXHOOUontYXRNBde34TzrJ5%2B%2BownQef8q62Vj80kmGh6rbh2o1HZ6ulFOy624RQ4iaVu4nVZlcVmy74lTkluVLL2AGWC51Ndgf0PErtuu6kAJxJi0wSGeEIARRQZpM%2B9u3%2FIDu1ibeq5CDrWAYwwB2JqeAga7Oo7oN8Z%2B0aQpIw1HTEHXtxDBL2d0ElhMSPlDMJ%2BCg9EGOrABbZuksXu6AReBovVpOeQ45CG%2BJYb8qfecn5fzACOoWX4K2KJTPi3f6CGZmlRA80xTcY93%2FY%2BFxqd2XZ2w%2BTmywqzshwqzbZYyKzIzryG3AiXusYfk8hQubi484BUgQbq3C0Oybg3Ra%2Bz72uTbKJOrd3%2FXgbVnzmF5VxAXGxLgpT%2BluPD9jvsbTeD%2B6hCg8klkExpPvxTeNdF7Fdw53KSM7xwi0PHLnBEfluhSEc2eY5c%3D&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47U5ZC33MVT%2F20260604%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260604T002728Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=20aa1bb53b3722a2364ee4290da91753e3fdc38fd646176e1801479f403c0a36 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=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEID%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCWV1LXdlc3QtMSJIMEYCIQCx%2BqCMl6dHSVSVWZ30yee1l42ZfD1tAaeM2KKbgXQfbAIhAIyA7%2FjxkM5DFIY8c61sPgODQ7esndije2MWOVW%2F8be5KrgFCEkQBRoMMjczNTcwMTk1NDMzIgzcXTd%2Fo%2FwZXwMc4UIqlQULV9RTZLN4MNC3YijL2j7hmySAAZvLbLQUlHbpj30%2BCbqLGhAHblzjwcLNenVeA7q5OK9uEKNlsDbdyLCU4%2FExNow15mLeJCX2q6g%2FMWKEkM57t8tjGsP7vYiq%2BnQq53h6%2BCzeGAONugQD4v6lD0RzX6bJ3cMFXVqVGMiYbJeuneJS9KHXWHmNcM01vBiZLiWXkfVOd6JCxL%2BgLSlliSgezViCzrNY4SHZfdbThmZqS9umnSgCHHBT3enb06iUFTNWzWQFA2liRYYhwh%2Fx4bVc2QxaxJG3gB%2F%2FhDFpikQSidkL4Ac2cq2T9kegw9KMezZJp8P4XRU6MLbVvsjLeQynsIHzF%2FXPfJ0ij0XOPiTsPV5rGSmrkl1C5X1vk0m1VTNql8d26MDoZ28kBzaspmSBDQ0JrbPedv6zGxxR5FSNFk9AkhxJzz4lgCqezLfYacmoMZaMjv4HbfDZy0iVoDnjCHxtNJf7oN%2FfbYqfNfGvk8Oep5Inr%2F6sR5B%2FC1CxU4GBell5Ca%2Ft1ABLcH3NeI3FjZCnp%2FFaBbaXLiBc8HcvS%2F1gCwkpxcOC2wUZ3Lag9pLroRWKXvCU78VCm%2BO5U65l72%2Bjg04n82jqfRY53zZDW8aJT3YeMg39TQY77ZBErZpFSV43%2FYcEp9frywomshX%2F3DT6q0m5ALlnMNm3ZOvjfubbfZqtXHOOUontYXRNBde34TzrJ5%2B%2BownQef8q62Vj80kmGh6rbh2o1HZ6ulFOy624RQ4iaVu4nVZlcVmy74lTkluVLL2AGWC51Ndgf0PErtuu6kAJxJi0wSGeEIARRQZpM%2B9u3%2FIDu1ibeq5CDrWAYwwB2JqeAga7Oo7oN8Z%2B0aQpIw1HTEHXtxDBL2d0ElhMSPlDMJ%2BCg9EGOrABbZuksXu6AReBovVpOeQ45CG%2BJYb8qfecn5fzACOoWX4K2KJTPi3f6CGZmlRA80xTcY93%2FY%2BFxqd2XZ2w%2BTmywqzshwqzbZYyKzIzryG3AiXusYfk8hQubi484BUgQbq3C0Oybg3Ra%2Bz72uTbKJOrd3%2FXgbVnzmF5VxAXGxLgpT%2BluPD9jvsbTeD%2B6hCg8klkExpPvxTeNdF7Fdw53KSM7xwi0PHLnBEfluhSEc2eY5c%3D&amp;X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&amp;X-Amz-Credential=ASIAT7MQN47U5ZC33MVT%2F20260604%2Feu-west-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&amp;X-Amz-Date=20260604T002728Z&amp;X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&amp;X-Amz-Expires=900&amp;X-Amz-Signature=5142f9769fa20b01d45ad9f023fa417bf89f1a8b99e57953d87b3fa35945d75d 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/>Apps for Good\u00a0\u00a0<\/a>&#8211; 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