Laptops for Bristol

Covid-19 has thrown the digital divide into stark relief, with many vulnerable families and young people excluded from education, and social support due to a lack of suitable equipment at home. 

We’re delighted to announce that six churches across the city have recently become laptop donation points for Bristol-based charity, DigiLocal, who are working with a number of trusted partners across the region to provide re-conditioned laptops for vulnerable families. 

With schools closed, families are finding it increasingly difficult to access education without access to a laptop and only being able to access their work via a phone. Others are sharing with siblings – sometimes up to six to one laptop. Under these circumstances, children fall behind educationally. There is a huge digital divide in our city.

If you have a working laptop that you no longer need, you can donate it to DigiLocal where it will be carefully wiped and refurbished ready for use by a family to use for school, accessing social support, etc. 

For more information about what and where to donate, visit: www.digilocal.org.uk/laptop-donations

IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO OFFER YOUR CHURCH BUILDING AS A LAPTOP DONATION POINT FOR DIGILOCAL, IN A NEIGHBOURHOOD THAT DOES NOT HAVE ONE, PLEASE CONTACT US

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