The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has backed a call from charity Barnardo’s urging construction firms to donate their unused digital devices to children home-schooling during the latest coronavirus lockdown.
Barnardo’s has reopened its Coronavirus Crisis Appeal aimed at helping vulnerable families.
In 2020, the first wave of its appeal funded the purchase of over 950 new tablets and laptops and 183 mobile phones for children and young people. Through its ‘Great British Tech Appeal’ in partnership with Vodafone, it also distributed refurbished devices and data provision for an additional 1,500 service users.
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