Motorola chooses e-Learning Foundation as Charity of Choice in UK
Howard Lake | 21 January 2010 | News
Motorola and the Motorola Foundation have announced support of the e-Learning Foundation across the UK.
Tasked with helping deprived children bridge the digital divide, the e-Learning Foundation is the only national education charity that actively campaigns to help ensure that underprivileged children have home access to online learning technologies.
Graeme Hobbs, Chairman, Motorola Ltd, commented: “Motorola is very pleased to be supporting the e-Learning Foundation. This organisation works tirelessly to make sure that the 1.5m million UK schoolchildren who do not currently have access to a computer at home get the support they need in our increasingly digital world.”
Eileen Sweeney, Director of the Motorola Foundation, added: “Education, particularly in science, technology, engineering and math, is something Motorola employees are extremely passionate about and we feel that we can contribute not just by fundraising but also by giving our time and expertise.”
In addition to supporting e-Learning through grants from the global Motorola Foundation, there are many other ways that Motorola employees will be getting involved. These include fundraisers for schools in the local communities around Motorola’s Basingstoke, Swindon and Ashburton offices, providing professional advice on wireless/IT solutions for schools as well as advising on e-safety programmes and software for school IT departments and home learning.
Valerie Thompson, Chief Executive of the e-Learning Foundation, commented: “We are really excited to have the opportunity to work with Motorola over the next three years. There are many ways in which staff can get involved in helping us overcome the digital divide in the UK, and we look forward to developing a successful and enjoyable relationship.”
The e-Learning Foundation has a number of goals which Motorola will work to support:
* To reduce the effect of the “Digital Divide” by ensuring that all children have access to the learning resources that technology can make available, when and where they need them, both at home and at school.
* To provide a free advisory and support service to help schools develop the most appropriate strategy to achieve high levels of home ICT access.
* To act as a fundraiser and grant provider to help schools develop their own sustainable sources of income.
* To actively campaign at the government level to keep the Digital Divide at the forefront of public consciousness.
About Motorola
Motorola is known around the world for innovation in communications and is focused on advancing the way the world connects. From broadband communications infrastructure, enterprise mobility and public safety solutions to high-definition video and mobile devices, Motorola is leading the next wave of innovations that enable people, enterprises and governments to be more connected and more mobile. Motorola (NYSE: MOT) had sales of US $30.1 billion in 2008. For more information, please visit www.motorola.com.
About the Motorola Foundation
The Motorola Foundation is the charitable and philanthropic arm of Motorola. With employees located around the globe, Motorola seeks to benefit the communities where it operates. The company achieves this by making strategic grants, forging strong community partnerships, fostering innovation and engaging stakeholders. The Motorola Foundation focuses its funding on education, especially science, technology, engineering and math programming. For more information on Motorola Corporate and Foundation giving, visit www.motorola.com/giving.
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About the e-Learning Foundation:
The e-Learning Foundation was launched in 2001, to ensure that every schoolchild in the UK should have access to learning technologies when and where they want to learn, and especially at home.
The Foundation, a registered charity, aims to bridge the digital divide and ensure that all children, irrespective of their background, can have the same access to technology for learning as their better off peers.
The Foundation is funded through the public, private and third sector in the form of Government grants, commercial sponsorship, grants and donations.
www.e-learningfoundation.com
Media Contact::
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e-Learning Foundation
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About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.