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Published: 5:57 PM March 5, 2021    Suffolk County Council is still encouraging donations of laptops to help youngsters without IT kit - Credit: Getty Images/Ingram Publishing A campaign for people to donate unwanted laptops and tablets for school children will continue despite the return of children to classrooms next week, as part of efforts to address digital poverty long-term. The IT Kit for Kids campaign was launched by Suffolk County Council and the Creative Computing Club in Ipswich ...

The IT Kit for Kids campaign has been launched today - Credit: Getty Images/Ingram Publishing Today this newspaper is helping launch the new IT Kit for Kids campaign, to secure laptops and tablets for students in Suffolk - and ensure no childs education is left behind in the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic has highlighted the importance of technology in our daily lives, particularly as many schoolchildren have been forced to learn from home for weeks and months at a time. But far too many go...

The IT Kit for Kids campaign has been launched today - Credit: Getty Images/Ingram Publishing Today this newspaper is helping launch the new IT Kit for Kids campaign, to secure laptops and tablets for students in Suffolk - and ensure no childs education is left behind in the coronavirus crisis. The pandemic has highlighted the importance of technology in our daily lives, particularly as many schoolchildren have been forced to learn from home for weeks and months at a time. But far too many go...

Published: 5:47 PM February 3, 2021    Donations of laptops have already started to come in after the launch of the IT Kit for Kids campaign. - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The first offers of laptops for schoolchildren as part of the IT Kit for Kids campaign have started to come through after its launch this week. We have teamed up with the Suffolk County Council and the Creative Computing Club to try to give people the chance to donate old computers which could give youngsters a real ch...

Published: 5:47 PM February 3, 2021    Donations of laptops have already started to come in after the launch of the IT Kit for Kids campaign. - Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The first offers of laptops for schoolchildren as part of the IT Kit for Kids campaign have started to come through after its launch this week. We have teamed up with the Suffolk County Council and the Creative Computing Club to try to give people the chance to donate old computers which could give youngsters a real ch...

Details of the laptop donation scheme are expected to be unveiled next week.  Schools have also been undertaking Herculean efforts to ensure their pupils have the necessary equipment, which has continued since the first lockdown in March 2020.  Chantry Academy principal Craig DCunha said a programme for all students to have laptops by Easter was underway - Credit: Archant Craig D’Cunha, Chantry Academy principal, said the school identified pupils who did not have access to computers duri...