PRIMARY schools in the Bolton area have benefitted from laptops donated by a sales giant.

The company, which operates sites including Very.co.uk and Littlewoods.com, donated 300 laptops to 30 primary schools across Liverpool, Bolton and the East Midlands.

Each school – including 20 in Liverpool and two in the Bolton area – received 10 new laptops as part of a bundle that also includes two printers, books, Crayola bundles, data wifi spots and headphones.

St George’s CE Primary School in Atherton and St Mary’s CE Primary School in Deane were the local schools which received the helpful packages.

The educational bundles are designed to help pupils and schools with the ongoing challenges created by Covid-19, as well as support children’s long-term development through reading.

The schools are located in areas where The Very Group has operational sites and are partner schools of Coram Beanstalk and Coram Life Education, the leading provider of health and wellbeing education.

The donation is part of The Very Group’s ongoing partnership with Coram Beanstalk, for which the group has committed to raising £600,000 through colleague activities and events to help the national literacy charity support 40,000 children through one-to-one reading support.

The partnership, which will also see The Very Group provide industry-leading tech knowledge, is already helping Coram Beanstalk to expand its network of reading helpers in the North West and launch a network in the East Midlands, where Very’s new fulfilment centre became operational in March 2020.

Ben Fletcher, CFO at The Very Group, said: “Covid-19 has created unprecedented challenges for schools, teachers and pupils. We hope these resources can go some way to support children’s learning during this hugely difficult time, and, in the long-term, help their development through reading."