England Lacrosse is delighted to announce that the lacrosse community has raised almost £9,000 for The Raspberry Pi Foundation as part of our ‘Bouncing Off the Walls’ fundraising campaign.

Over the Easter period, we brought an end to almost three months of fundraising to help buy computer kits for vulnerable young people who have struggled, and continue to struggle, to complete school work at home due to a lack of computer equipment.

We’re delighted to reveal that the final total raised was a massive £8,700.32, meaning that a total of 43 computer kits will soon be making their way to young people who desperately need them.

An estimated 9% of families in the UK do not have access to a laptop, desktop, or tablet at home, according to data published by the Children’s Commissioner in August 2020 and the ‘Bouncing Off the Walls’ campaign has helped The Raspberry Pi Foundation to make a real difference to people’s lives.

For every £200 raised by the ‘Bouncing Off the Walls’ campaign, The Raspberry Pi Foundation are able to provide a vulnerable young person with everything they need to learn from home, including:

A Raspberry Pi desktop computer;

A monitor;
A webcam;
Educational software;
Ongoing support from a youth worker and the Raspberry Pi Foundation team.

The fundraising campaign was all part of The Raspberry Pi Foundation’s existing ‘Learn at Home’ campaign which began in March 2020 in response to the first national lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic and has so far raised an incredible £900,000 with 5,000 computer kits being sent to homes all over the country who really need them.

England Lacrosse would like to say a huge thank-you to everyone who took part in, and donated to, the ‘Bouncing Off the Walls’ campaign and for helping to make a difference to people’s lives during this difficult time.