Drax Group Provides Chromebooks to Young People Across Dumfries and Galloway

That the Parliament congratulates Drax Group, a Scottish and international energy company that focuses on delivering a zero carbon, lower cost energy future for its consumers and clients, on donating £250,000 worth of Chromebooks to school-aged young people across Dumfries and Galloway and Scotland during the COVID-19 pandemic; notes that these Chromebooks, along with pre-paid internet dongles, have better enabled learning from home for young people who did not have access to the equipment; understands that, across Dumfries and Galloway, Drax delivered 182 Chromebooks with dongles to Gelston, Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbright, Dalry and Kells, Crossmichael and Heathhall primary schools, as well as to Dumfries and Galloway College; notes that the Chromebooks and dongles have enabled young people to learn in a home setting and that the laptops have also relieved stress for parents and carers who were struggling with the cost of purchasing the equipment; thanks Drax Group for this important community work, and wishes the company well for the future.