Children across the county are benefitting from generous donations of laptops from major organisations. Sellafield Ltd is thrilled to have donated a further 156 laptops and computers to schools throughout West Cumbria, as part of its ongoing work to support pupils in their remote learning. The company also gave away almost 500 devices in December, as part of a wider collaborative support effort alongside local authorities, suppliers and other agencies. Emma Graham, a senior buyer within the Information Services Organisation at Sellafield said: “We worked quickly through the WELL project to determine the immediate need from schools, alongside our supply chain partners at ATOS and Allvotec who worked tirelessly to refurbish as many laptops as we could.
ASDA has announced that it is working with Dell Technologies to provide 800 laptops to schools across the Yorkshire. The laptops will be provided to help those children who are at risk of falling behind in their education because they do not have the technology to take part in online lessons during lockdown. The supermarket has formed a partnership with technology provider Dell and is investing £2m so that every Asda store in the UK can donate at least 10 laptops to a school in need in their local community. This includes the Asda stores in Layerthorpe and Monks Cross. Roger Burnley, CEO and President of Asda, said: It’s clear that digital exclusion is an issue affecting many thousands of children who attend schools in communities that we serve.
Lea Court residents were evacuated by boat on Thursday RESIDENTS who were evacuated from a flooded mental health treatment and recovery centre in Dallam will receive special care parcels thanks to generous donations. Lea Court Independent Hospital, which cares for adults with mental health conditions, is located in Hawleys Lane - one of the Warrington areas worst hit by Storm Christoph. Jacqui Hampson, whose son is one of Lea Court s residents, and her daughter Katie Dodd wanted to help give them a sense of normality when they are able to return. There s a lot of groups raising money for Warrington residents, but I wanted to do something specifically for Lea Court, Jacqui explained.