Blackmore Ricotech has formed a partnership with Wiltshire Digital Drive to recycle old IT machines UNWANTED laptops and tablets from across the county will be responsibly recycled thanks to a new partnership between non-profit Wiltshire Digital Drive and Blackmore Ricotech. The Warminster-based company has become the official recycling partner of the Wiltshire Digital Drive and will provide a data secure, and environmentally friendly, solution for any machines that are too old or broken for the non-profit company to work on. Kieran Thomas, co-director of Wiltshire Digital Drive, said: “Everyone has been so generous with their donations, but unfortunately some machines were either just too old or damaged for us to refurbish.
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: Gilly Jackson, Assistant Headteacher at Trafalgar School in Downton, receiving laptops from Wiltshire High Sheriff Ashley Truluck AN appeal in the Journal from a school for laptops to help pupils learn at home led to a delivery by Wiltshire’s High Sheriff. High Sheriff Ashley Truluck saw the article and contacted Wiltshire Digital Drive, a Community Interest Company formed last year to collect unwanted equipment and refurbish it before distributing it to families and groups in need. Mr Truluck is also chairman of trustees at Wiltshire Community Foundation, which had funded the group with a £5,000 grant from its Wiltshire and Swindon Coronavirus Response Fund. Wiltshire Digital Drive donated five laptops to Trafalgar School, which were delivered by Mr Truluck.
Wiltshire Digital Drive directors Kieran Thomas and Natalie Sherman. A PROJECT which is helping bridge the digital divide in Wiltshire says the situation has become more difficult for families now schools are better equipped to provide online learning during this third lockdown. Community interest company, Wiltshire Digital Drive, refurbishes donated laptops and other devices to pass on to children in low-income families to allow them to continue to access their education. Since forming in October, the organisation has passed on over 300 laptops. Director Kieran Thomas said: “I think the situation is actually worse this time round. “I think the demand for digital kit is higher. Schools seem to be so much better prepared, and certainly looking at my kids who’ve both got a laptop each, they are on those from 9am until 5pm.