Lloyd’s helps address the ‘digital divide’

4 December 2008

Teacher and child
Lloyd’s Charities Trust has donated £50,000 to the e-Learning Foundation.
Lloyd’s Charities Trust has donated £50,000 to the e-Learning Foundation, to provide access to computing at home for children in low-income families.

The e-Learning Foundation is this year’s recipient of Lloyd’s Special Award 2008, a donation which goes to a charity working to address issues of relevance to the Lloyd’s market.

The Special Award donation from Lloyd’s Charities Trust will be directed towards supporting e-learning projects in schools in East London where Lloyd’s has long-standing links through Lloyd’s Community Programme.

The project will provide children in each selected school with laptop computers to use at school and home, enabling over 500 pupils across the project schools to have the e-learning tools they require for their education.

Graham White, Chairman of Lloyd’s Charities Trust, said:

“I am delighted that we are able to contribute in helping the e-Learning Foundation expand its positive work in East London.

"Investing in future talent—including unlocking the talent in our neighbouring communities—is something that the Lloyd’s market has a long-standing commitment to.

“Harnessing the potential of technology is important to every part of society and we hope that our Special Award will particularly help young people who might otherwise have found themselves excluded from the opportunities that technology can open up.”

The project will be rolled out to local schools in 2009, which will coincide with the 20th anniversary of Lloyd’s support for East London through Lloyd’s Community Programme.


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Last updated on 04 Dec 2008