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Couple who refurbish laptops for disadvantaged youngsters expand scheme By Iain Grant
Updated: July 4, 2021, 10:28 am
Dave and Liz Kerr work on refurbishing a couple of laptops bound for a disadvantaged north youngster.
A social enterprise has launched a drive to support youngsters in the north of Scotland who risk being left behind with their education.
Budding Engineers are working to recycle 870 laptops, iPads and tablets in eight months and distribute them to kids from disadvantaged families.
Tech4Tots & Teens targets Primary 1-5 pupils and school-leavers who are heading off to college or university without access to a device.
The fledgling enterprise was started up just over a year ago by Dave and Liz Kerr, from their home in Glengolly, near Thurso.
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Caithness decommissioning business donates IT equipment to help local families By Alan Hendry Published: 19:18, 19 February 2021
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GDES commercial manager Gary Stronach presenting one of the new Chromebooks to Liz and Dave Kerr of Budding Engineers CIC, with GDES operations manager Colin Lehardy (right) looking on.
A local decommissioning business has donated a range of computer equipment to help youngsters in Caithness with their digital learning.
GD Energy Services Ltd, based at Naver Business Centre in Thurso, handed over seven new Lenovo Chromebooks, worth more than £2000, to Budding Engineers â a community interest company (CIC) that supports primary and secondary pupils with concepts such as 3D design and Computer-Aided Design.