A campaign to raise money for computers for children has raised over £60K and a school in Hereford has already benefited from the appeal.
The appeal was launched last January by Stephen Brown. He set up a
Go Fund Me page, called Computers for Schools, in order to raise funds.
Sadly his wife, who was called Sam, passed away recently. This made him even more determined to get laptops into schools.
"As of today 486, laptops and tablets and 12 dongles have been delivered and or in dispatch to various schools in England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland thanks to the generous donations from the property industry," said Brown.
Some of these computers have been presented to Brookfield School, which is in Grandstand Road, Hereford.
The assistant head teacher at the school was very pleased to receive the computers.
'Your wonderfully kind donation of 5 tablets which the children can use in school but also borrow to use at home has been incredible and will most definitely make a difference for our pupils. Receiving a surprise call from Jonathan from Hereford Football Club at the beginning of this week to tell me that we had been allocated the 5 tablets was a fantastic surprise and I would like to say a huge thank you from myself, staff and pupils.
'I understand from Jonathan that your wife was an avid Hereford United supporter and that you have raised money to be made available in the area in memory of her. I extend my condolences to you at this most difficult time and hope that the pleasure the boys got from the visit by the team manager and assistant manager the other day and their excitement over the tablets is of some comfort to you.'
Read more at: https://propertyindustryeye.com/home-learning-computers-fundraising-appeal-raises-more-than-61k/