Brightwave Supports the Digital Divide Campaign

Date posted: 9 March 2006

Working with the e-Learning Foundation to help disadvantaged children gain digital skills

Brightwave, the workplace learning specialist, has signed up to support the nationwide EQUITY campaign (Equal Opportunity in IT for Young People). The company has worked closely with the e-Learning Foundation - one of the founding members of the EQUITY campaign and Brightwave's selected charity - for over three years on a variety of projects.

At least one in four children in the UK today lacks home access to ICT (a computer and the Internet) for their schoolwork. The EQUITY campaign is developed to help eliminate the educational disadvantage this digital divide is creating for over 2million schoolchildren in the UK who do not have access to a computer and the internet at home for their schoolwork.

"We are delighted to have been elected Approved Campaigner for the EQUITY campaign," said Charles Gould, Managing Director for Brightwave. "There is such a wealth of information available on the Internet that all children should have access to it regardless of their background or status. And with information technology playing such an important part in today's workplace it's important that children have an equal opportunity to becoming proficient users early in their life."

The EQUITY campaign aims to ensure that every school is made aware of what steps it can take to address the digital divide as it affects local children and provides a range of opportunities for ICT suppliers, government agencies, charities and other organisations to make a contribution.

"I am delighted to welcome Brightwave on board as an Approved Campaigner for EQUITY," commented Valerie Thompson, CEO of the e-Learning Foundation. "Brightwave's contribution will be invaluable in raising the awareness of the digital divide in our schools and helping enhance educational opportunities for all young people in this country."

She added: "ICT plays a very important role today, it is vital children, regardless of their social and financial situation, can access technology at home to support their learning programme."

Notes to Editors – About Brightwave

Brightwave is a specialist in integrating communications, learning and performance in the workplace. Our approach is highly collaborative, innovative and all our projects leverage technology to deliver efficient and effective training and ongoing support. Whether your needs are induction, compliance/regulatory, IT systems, management/sales skills or product/process knowledge, Brightwave has the skills and experience to help you. We have developed over 300 solutions that are used by more than 500,000 people in the UK and internationally. We work with a broad range of clients from a wide variety of industries. Our clients include BT, BUPA, Cable&Wireless, IKEA, T-Mobile, AIB, Swiss Re, The Royal Bank of Scotland, British Red Cross, First Choice and Sky, as well as public sector organisations such as the Environment Agency, City of Edinburgh Council, and West Sussex County Council.

About EQUITY

The EQUITY campaign is the result of a collaboration between some of the UK's leading educational organisations, including the e-Learning Foundation, British Education Suppliers Association (BESA), National College for School Leadership (NCSL) and Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT). For more information contact Jan Howells at the e-Learning Foundation on 01372 824509 or email Jan Howells.

Media contact


Jade Moore
Marketing Coordinator, Brightwave

+44 (0) 1273 828421

Click here to send an email to Jade

Subscribe to news

via RSS

We now offer the possibility of receiving news and information from Brightwave via RSS channels (Really Simple Syndication).

Click here to go to our RSS page and subscribe.

via traditional email

If you would like to receive our press releases as an email as soon as they are issued please send an email by clicking the link below with ‘Subscribe to press releases’ in the subject line. The email address that you give us to this address will only be used to send you our press releases.

Subscribe to our press releases via email.