CYP Now - Multi-million pound technology boost for disadvantaged children

Care leavers, disadvantaged pupils and children arriving from Afghanistan, will benefit from £126m funding that will provide technology to help them access education and support, the government has said.

The scheme aims to provide laptops and tablets to disadvantaged children and young people. Picture: Adobe Stock

Announcing the multi-million pound boost to its Get Help with Technology programme to coincide with the start of Care Leavers Week (25 - 31 October), the Department for Education said the investment would pay for around 10,000 new devices for children with a social worker and those leaving care.

The expansion of the programme could mean up to half a million more disadvantaged children and young people in England would be given devices enabling them to connect to their peers and professionals, the department said.

Providing new laptops and tablets to these vulnerable young people would make it easier for them to keep in touch with their social workers, personal advisors and wider support networks, it added.

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