“I have three children, but not enough computers to go around, and my children don’t always understand that they need to share. On top of this, my son is autistic. The local library does put some time aside for him to do his homework, but it’s not always great as the time allotted isn’t always on the same day as his homework and he’s not always in the mood when it is on the same day. Which makes him agitated and upset, and puts us all on edge.”  

“I was expressing my frustration about all this to the librarian, when they mentioned Community Computers and encouraged me to make contact, despite my doubts that they’d be able to help me.”

“When I went to the store, the staff member I was dealing  with immediately put me at ease, and seemed to treat everyone with the same respect.”

“It’s just a relief, honestly, that the computer’s affordable, that I can trust that it’s been looked after and that I don’t need to find £200-250 for a computer that I just can’t afford.”    

“The main difference now is the children can do their homework in their own time. But, to be honest, everyone having their own computer has really improved the family’s quality of life as my other children don’t get offended if their brother needs to use the computer, after they’ve been playing on it for fifteen minutes.”

“They’re all children, so the unfairness of that used to cause a lot of problems. Things just aren’t as tense at home anymore.”

“The children aren’t fighting as much and there’s less moaning about school. So things are a lot more relaxed. Now the problem’s the usual thing of how to limit the amount of time they spend on screens and getting them out of the house without causing mayhem!”