DONATE YOUR OLD LAPTOPS
And support local pupils with their home learning
In phase 2 of our campaign to tackle the educational divide being caused by the pandemic, we are delighted to be backing FACES in their appeal for second hand laptop donations to support vulnerable pupils with their home learning.
FACES is a Bedford based charity which we have been proud to fund over many years. Every laptop received will be reprogrammed and issued out to some of the families they work with.
This comes a week after we announced that we were donating 110 laptops to senior school pupils living in 'digital poverty' within Bedford Borough.
Wendie Harvey CEO of FACES said "Some of our families are sharing one SmartPhone between multiple adults and children. We are extremely concerned about the lack of access to technology for our families, knowing that this will increase the poverty and education gap, and so we are really pleased to have the backing of The Harpur Trust and their schools in our appeal for laptops".
Lucy Bardner, Director of Community Programmes for the Trust said “We are doing everything we can think of to ensure that local pupils receive the equipment they need to continue their education, and with so many likely to be working remotely for the foreseeable future, we need to ensure that no-one falls behind simply because they lack a digital device.”
The scheme is also endorsed by High Sheriff of Bedfordshire Susan Lousada who is passionate about providing access to learning for all. Susan has been working with the Luton Learning Link to provide computers for disadvantaged pupils in central bedfordshire.
Members of the public and local businesses are being asked to get in touch if they have spare laptops which are in working order and have power cables.
To donate a laptop for a pupil in Bedford Borough, please visit www.facesbedford.org or contact office@facesbedford.org
For details on how to donate for pupils in Luton, please visit www.lutonlearninglink.org