Published:
4:22 PM January 9, 2021
Mike Downes from the Rotary Club of Aylsham is co-ordinating an appeal for laptops and tablets for children.
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An urgent appeal for laptops and tablets so more school children can learn at home during the latest lockdown has netted about 30 donations in its first 24 hours.
Mike Downes, who is co-ordinating the Rotary Club of Aylsham appeal, said he was delighted that so many people had already agreed to give up their unwanted technology.
Mr Downes said: It has been absolutely amazing. I think when a lot of people get a new laptop they don t know what to do with their old one, so it s wonderful to see.
In East Anglia, she was most recently a duty manager for the innovative theatre company Curious Directive. She also worked as an occupational therapy assistant for Norfolk County Council, supporting young people with emotional problems.
In her spare time, she directed multiple pantomimes and dramas for the Aylsham Players, collaborating with each member of the cast and finding new ways to tell stories on stage.
the cast of Aylsham Players The Ice Queen and the Wizard
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She wrote numerous scripts, including her own versions of Cinderella, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, plus an original play titled The Pageant - a contemporary comedy about a beauty competition on the Norfolk Broads.