Two families with multiple children accessing lessons on a single smartphone are set to be the first recipients of two Chromebooks after an appeal in our last edition.

Reader Greer Tilbrook appealed for help updating laptops donated by villagers in Milton on Stour to help kids get online for school. Retired Lib Dem councillor Ian Stewart spotted it and put Greer in touch with Simon Barfoot of Blackmore IT, who runs the Donate IT programme to get laptops to learners.

Simon collected the equipment from Greer on Friday and got to work updating it. DonateIT (donateit@ r3cycle.co.uk) is a new initiative launched by Blackmore Ricotech to help raise awareness of the importance of recycling IT technology properly, whilst turning tech to cash to help benefit the south west (mainly in Somerset, Dorset, Wiltshire) community.

Donate IT is a new project to encourage both businesses and individuals to recycle a much wider range of their IT tech from laptops, PC’s, routers, smartphones, tablets, games and more. If you have unused IT tech lying around that has potential value, donate it.

Steve Edmunds, chairman of Blackmore Ricotech, said, “There are many great schemes popping up to help schools and community groups gain access to laptops.”

Businesses and organisations with redundant IT equipment can simply email DonateIT@r3cycle.co.uk and they will contact you to arrange a pickup or advise of a secure local drop off location. They currently have secure drop off locations in Warminster, Wincanton and Bruton.

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