One in four UK parents (24 percent) believe children are struggling to complete lessons and schoolwork because of poor quality internet connection. More than half (54 percent) of parents say they have had to invest money in technology to support their children in learning at home, of which one-in-ten has been forced to spend more […]
Digital Donation Day LIVE - help get laptops and internet to Manchester s children
We re calling on businesses and individuals to support the campaign to help kids who are struggling to work from home (Image: Manchester Evening News)
The Manchester Evening News is today hosting a Digital Donation Day to help schoolchildren who are struggling to learn from home.
Thousands of youngsters across Greater Manchester are without the devices, data and internet connections to be able to remote learn while schools are closed to all but key worker and vulnerable children.
Some schools and colleges have yet to receive their full promised allocations of devices from the government, but even when they do, it s estimated that 20,000 young people will still be without either a device or data to give them the digital access they ll need.
Help children homeschooling without devices with the M.E.N s Digital Donation Day
Pupils working from home are in desperate need of devices and data to do their schoolwork
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Rochdale BID asks for donations of digital equipment for pupils in need Date published: 20 January 2021
Rochdale BID is asking for your unused equipment to help local school children
Following the closure of schools and colleges due to the national lockdown, Rochdale BID is asking for your unused equipment to help those pupils still in need.
Rochdale Town Centre Businesses Improvement District (BID) is keen to help the next generation of local entrepreneurs, business owners, key workers, and scientists as ‘everyone deserves a good education whatever the circumstances’.
Paul Ambrose, Business Improvement District Manager, said: “The quality of education in Rochdale is fantastic but we know that home schooling is particularly challenging for the most disadvantaged in our surrounding local communities who all too often fall on the wrong side of the digital divide.