Community Learning and Development Device Fund 2023 (360G-SCVO-a13N2000002slwwIAA)

We already have iPads for three of our groups. They have been a great success and we would like to roll them out to more groups. Devices to be purchased: We will buy 4 iPads with cases. They will be used by:2 Kelso Groups (Children’s and Youth)3 Peebles Adult Groups (Motivators, Make That and Green Wanderers)1 Roxburgh Adult Group (Growing Interests Newsroom Group)2 Central Borders Adult Groups (Selkirk Evening Classes) They will be used in our befriending groups to support the learning and development of children, young people and adults with learning disabilities through:• Accessing the internet to help develop group activity ideas and implement them. E.g. for a climate awareness art project there would be online exploration of the subject to help decide the theme. When doing the project, online sources would stimulate development of individual artworks. Finished artwork would be uploaded to our website or vimeo directly from iPads.• The newsroom group will use a newspaper app to produce a publication.• Film and animation productions (see https://www.interestlink.org.uk/gallery/) e.g.: o Filming music and drama productions e.g. Central Borders and Roxburgh Pantoso Photography projects e.g. I See Meo Reports on trips e.g. Amsterdam and KeilderGroup sessions meet at our premises, in hired venues and in the community. Not all locations have wifi, and two of the iPads will be able to use data SIMs. Project staff and volunteers will always be present and will assist members with learning disabilities in the use of devices. We have several Connecting Scotland Digital Champions and are used to deploying devices both in our groups and (though not relevant for this project) to individuals at home.