Fibre ISP Hyperoptic Gifts Laptops and Broadband to Brummy Kids

Broadband ISP Hyperoptic UK claims to have provided a “significant donation” to support the Birmingham Education Partnership, which among other things provides laptops to disadvantaged children in Birmingham (c.5,000 children in the city have been unable to access remote learning opportunities during lockdown).

Apparently, the provider’s donation will help 60 of the most disadvantaged children and their families to access online home learning and wellbeing support. “The donation has already been used to provide devices and internet access for children and young people across Birmingham who would otherwise be digitally excluded,” said Hyperoptic.

The effort ties in with the provider’s recent work to help connect social housing stock (mostly largely apartment blocks) across over 50 UK councils in urban areas to their “hyperfast” FTTP/B broadband network.

Manjit Shellis, Leader of The Digital Education Project, said:

“Most of us take for granted having a computer and WiFi but not everyone is lucky enough to be in that position, so this scheme is vital in getting children from families that are struggling to get connected and help them stay on top of their schoolwork. We want to give all children a fair chance to flourish.

A massive thank you to Hyperoptic for their donation – it will make a huge difference in the lives of children and young people, especially in these difficult times when it is even more important to stay connected. We could not run this project without this sort of support.”

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