Digital Drive donates 100 laptops for Wisbech pupils
| Updated: 14:48, 23 February 2021
One hundred reconditioned laptops will be delivered by the Cambridgeshire Youth Panel to schools in Wisbech this week thanks to donations totalling £15,000.
The Elizabeth Wright Charity and the National Education Union have given the cash to purchase the laptops, which have a market value of around £25,000 and are being provided by Veritas Digital Services as a non-profit contribution to the Digital Drive Cambridgeshire and Peterborough.
Iain Mason, chairman of the Elizabeth Wright Charity said: The Cambs Youth Panel, led by one of its student volunteers, Molly, presented a very compelling case around the desperate need for digital access for children in Wisbech, and this impressive presentation secured the donation of £15,000. The Elizabeth Wright Charity is able to provide grants for educational purposes and the relief of poverty and is thrilled to be able to support this exciti