While expressing grateful thanks to all those who have already donated used devices to their ongoing ‘Laptops for Schools’ initiative, there is still a need for more.
Since its launch in February, the scheme has delivered 20 reconditioned laptops to schools in the Alton area, with more in the pipeline.
But it is the tip of the iceberg. According to head teachers, while the children are now back at school, laptop learning is here to stay.
Laptops are used both for homework and in the classroom and will continue to play a crucial part in home schooling should a child be required to self isolate or if schools are forced into another lockdown.
And, they say, there are still families who would struggle to provide adequate IT provision for their children to learn at home.
While, according to Alton Lions club president, Atul Patel, the response from local residents has been “amazingly generous” in terms of releasing laptops for reconditioning, the appeal now is to the business community.
“With both senior and primary schools still needing a considerable number of laptops to ensure that every pupil has a device to use at home, we are asking businesses, who may be replacing laptops at the end of the financial year, to consider donating them to the scheme,” said Mr Patel.
The unwanted laptops need to be in good condition, with associated cabling and so on, and modern enough to contain at least Windows 7, in order to be updated to Windows 10.
They will be taken to Computer Solutions in Winchester where they will be cleared, reconditioned and fitted with the relevant software.
The aim is for as much of the cost as possible to be met by ADCRF, using funds secured from a generous public to support those suffering hardship during the pandemic.
Donations to support this scheme will be gratefully received and can be made to ADCRF via the Alton Lions website at www.altonlions.org.uk
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