The Digital Poverty Alliance (DPA) has launched its expansion of their Tech4Youth programme to the Solway Coast in Cumbria, coinciding with End Digital Poverty Day. This expansion of the scheme will support 275 young people, aged 11-to-19, on the Solway coast and surrounding communities, Silloth, Wigton, Maryport and Aspatria, by providing laptops, free internet access, and digital literacy workshops, directly addressing the digital access challenges faced in this region. 86 per cent of parents of digitally excluded children cite cost as the primary barrier preventing their children from accessing laptops,…
Read MoreDigital Poverty Alliance launches Tech4Youth in Cumbria to address the looming digital divide among young people
