A campaign has been launched to help schoolchildren and vulnerable people access home education and online support in Somerset. Laptops4learners is appealing for people to donate their old laptops, computers and other electronic items to help others.

Councillor Sarah Dyke said: “For children in families that have no computer or just share a single laptop, or that have poor internet access, keeping up with schoolwork from home can be difficult or impossible. Some of our elders also need assistance to get online enabling them to socialise again especially as many have not been outside of their homes since March last year.”

“We know there are still many learners and elderly across the area without access to the IT devices they need to study or connect with others, so we are asking people to donate, which can then be renovated or broken down to be reinvested into the scheme and appropriate IT equipment donated back into the community where it’s needed.”

Blackmore IT’s Simon Barfoot is helping with the campaign. He has been a specialist in IT recycling since 1995, will collect your donated IT, wipe all data before upcycling and renovating the equipment ready to donate it back to the community group to make sure it gets to where it’s needed most. You too can have a say on who gets help, if you know someone in need where you live.

Email Simon at donateIT@r3cycle.co.uk.

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