Councillor Bryan Lodge with information from Sheffield City Council.
Sheffield City Council will provide thousands of additional laptops to support children who are currently having to home school, without the devices to do so.
1,000 pre-used laptops will be provided to school children of all ages and funding will be made available to purchase at least a further 5000. In addition, connectivity will be funded for children who do not have access to this at home. The investment into this project will be in the region of £1.5 million.
Working in partnership with the Laptops for Kids campaign, this project has been supported by many partners across the city and has already generated thousands of pledged devices to support children. Unfortunately, the Government’s failure to put the necessary support in place means that many children are still without laptops and unable to continue with their studies.
This announcement follows the hugely successful Digital Summit that the council hosted on Friday 22 January, which bought together over 100 individuals and businesses across a variety of sectors, including the Voluntary, Community and Faith sectors, to collectively address the digital divide across the city.
As part of the project, the council has been working with Learn Sheffield and schools across the city to identify those children and young people who do not have access to a device.
Birley Ward Councillor, Bryan Lodge said:
“It is fantastic news that the council is supporting this work. I know many individuals in the Birley ward have donated devices to ensure our young people can learn at home effectively. All three councillors from our ward attended the recent Digital Summit and of course we are now very happy to support this additional action by the council, which will help young people locally and across the city.”
If anyone has a device to donate to Laptops for Kids please use this link.
https://www.ltfk.co.uk/
Website of the Labour Party in Birley Ward, Sheffield.