The Leicestershire Local Enterprise Partnership (LLEP) has awarded £300,000 in grant funding to seven local projects addressing digital poverty. The LLEP grant funding supports a range of innovative projects across the city and county, including recycling devices, laptop lending, skills support and digital buddies who can provide one-to-one help.
Homefield College are delighted to announce we’ve been awarded a digital poverty grant to establish a Student Assisted Technology Coaching at our college enterprise Breward’s Coffee Shop in Mountsorrel, Leicestershire. Our students will provide the elderly, jobseekers and disadvantaged people within the Mountsorrel area access to the internet, devices and technological support on a weekly basis.
The Breward’s Hub will help break down technological barriers in the local community, and students acting as technology coaches will develop their social, communication and employability skills in the process.
This is an exciting opportunity for our students to make a difference to the local community, and we will keep you updated as the project progresses.
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