Lockdown is ending… but we STILL need laptops: Call for renewed donations to Mail Force drive as school with pupils of 42 nationalities receives much-needed computers Headteacher Wendy Cotterill said many families struggled with remote learning Mrs Cotterill and pupils were delighted to receive delivery of boxes of laptops Thanks to Mail Force which she said … Read more
Thousands of free tablet computers will be handed to people with learning difficulties so they can stay connected with family during lockdown 5,000 computer tablets will be given out in the hope of reducing loneliness The internet-enabled devices will be given to people with learning disabilities Scheme hopes to offer a sense of normality until the … Read more
A million children have no laptops for lessons: Former Navy engineer refurbishes old computers for schools as part of Mail Force drive to help needy pupils during lockdown… as research shows 14m devices are lying unused in our home 14million spare computers are sitting in cupboards and drawers in lockdown The Daily Mail is campaigning … Read more
Mail Force has shattered the £10million barrier with a stunning pledge of 6,500 laptops. The mammoth total has been reached only 16 days after the launch of the Computers for Kids crusade to help locked-down pupils study from home. The huge haul of laptops comes from the Crown Prosecution Service. Previously used in court by … Read more
Mail Force yesterday struck a mammoth £1million deal for new computers for lockdown pupils. The laptops will go to 5,000 of Britain’s most needy schoolchildren and will arrive in several batches over two weeks – starting on Monday. The landmark moment has come thanks to Daily Mail readers who have donated so generously, along with … Read more
Mail Force hit the jackpot yesterday with a thumping £1million donation from Camelot. The National Lottery operator’s awesome offer to match reader donations sent the campaign to get laptops to lockdown pupils soaring. In less than a week, £5million has been raised and thousands of computers pledged – and this is just the beginning. Cheques, online … Read more
Generous companies yesterday helped lift the Mail’s laptops campaign to an amazing £750,000. Our readers have given a phenomenal £375,000 – in just three days – to help lockdown pupils. And now insurance giant Direct Line has added £125,000 and technology firm Peak Scientific £250,000. Further companies are rushing to offer second-hand laptops – a … Read more
One third of families are struggling with home schooling because they simply do not have enough computers for their children, an exclusive poll for the Daily Mail today reveals. Four in ten parents say the cost of computers and other items they need is too high, according to the survey. More than a quarter cite … Read more
Today England rugby star Maro Itoje throws his weight behind the ‘digital divide’ campaign; his aim to guarantee laptops for all disadvantaged children in the UK. Here he talks to Frances Hardy about why he is passionately committed to equal education for all: Having been born into a family that prized education as the key … Read more
The urgent problem Schools have been ordered to teach online — yet hundreds of thousands of pupils in the UK have no access to a computer at home. The Government is buying 1.3 million laptops, but this is taking time and lockdown children need them now. Abigail Rusling says sharing a laptop between her children … Read more