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A host of A-list stars have thrown their weight behind a crusade to get lockdown schoolchildren online. David Beckham, David Walliams, Sir Ian McKellen and Dame Joan Collins are among the 30 big names backing the Mail Force charity. They star in a unique fundraising video for the charity which is helping pupils without internet … Read more
Mail Force has shattered the £10million barrier with a stunning pledge of 6,500 laptops. The mammoth total has been reached only 16 days after the launch of the Computers for Kids crusade to help locked-down pupils study from home. The huge haul of laptops comes from the Crown Prosecution Service. Previously used in court by … Read more
Mail Force praised as head teacher begs business ‘to do your bit’ and back laptops for lockdown children drive Head teacher Jon Barr asked firms to help pupils beat hurdles to online learning Co-head of St Barnabas CE Primary in Bristol presided response to the pandemic His school was named Covid-19 Response Champions at the BETT 2021 … Read more
Don’t let social distancing rules stand in the way of you and a palm reading – you can now discover your destiny at the tap of a screen. But, asks Hanna Woodside, can an app really see into the future? When life feels unpredictable, it’s hard to resist anything that claims to peek into the … Read more
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Mail Force yesterday struck a mammoth £1million deal for new computers for lockdown pupils. The laptops will go to 5,000 of Britain’s most needy schoolchildren and will arrive in several batches over two weeks – starting on Monday. The landmark moment has come thanks to Daily Mail readers who have donated so generously, along with … Read more
All five living former prime ministers last night joined Boris Johnson in backing Mail Force’s Computers for Kids campaign. In an unprecedented show of support, Sir John Major, Tony Blair, Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Theresa May lauded the drive to help pupils carry on learning during lockdown. Every inhabitant of No 10 from the … Read more
Mail Force’s drive to get schoolchildren online shifted up a gear yesterday with a sensational donation from Dixons Carphone. The retailer offered 1,000 ‘top spec’ laptops worth £380,000. Dixons Carphone said it was delighted to pledge the nearly new devices to help youngsters struggling to follow online classes during lockdown. All the machines, from well-known … Read more
A wonderful £500,000 was pledged yesterday by a charitable trust that said: ‘We cannot stand by and let a generation slip through the net.’ The registered charity, set up to serve the needs of society, preferred to remain anonymous. But its generous donation will start work straight away helping the Daily Mail’s crusade to get … Read more
The operation began before dawn – another precious consignment of Mail Force laptops that will transform the lives of yet more schoolchildren. The computers were ready just before 6am yesterday and were on their way up the motorway from the depot in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, within the hour. They were destined for a school in Manchester … Read more