This email has been sent to the blog by Parwich Parish Council, the following appeared in a circular from Rural Action Derbyshire and provides information from a charity offering refurbished computers with some software and a warrenty for people in rural areas at a small cost.

Arthur Rank Centre – Computers for Rural People

Living in a rural area, whether on a farm miles from anywhere, or even in a country town, means spending time and money travelling about to get things done.

Email and Internet provide enormous opportunities when you can’t just pop round the corner to the shop or library etc, yet computers are usually expensive items, and few people want to buy one “just to see if one day it might be useful”. Once you have one and know how to use it, and appreciate what it can do, you don’t mind paying but that first step is often inhibited by the cost.

The Arthur Rank Centre is committed to supporting the rural community, and has set up the “Computers for Rural People” scheme to provide computers at very low cost to encourage people to take the first step. 

You are eligible

• If you are retired or approaching retirement, and have seen how your own computer could enrich your life
• If you are a really busy person, and find that organising things by telephone and letter are just too slow
• If you have children at school, and want them to be able to keep up with their work

At a really low price you can have a computer of your own, pre-loaded with Microsoft software, and delivered to your door, to get you started.

The Arthur Rank Centre has made an arrangement with the global charity Oasis, to supply re-furbished computers at charity prices.

You are asked to make a voluntary donation of £12 minimum to the Arthur Rank Centre to cover costs and help the charity’s charitable work.

More details from the website:

http://www.arthurrankcentre.org.uk/communities-and-farming/computers-for-rural-people