As a further move to bridge the digital divide, children from low income families are to be given portable computers and internet access to learning materials. Funding will come from a new 5 m pound allocation to the National e-Learning Foundation announced in the Chancellor’s pre-Budget Report.Local Foundations, based at a local school or group of schools, will be developed across the country. 

Public Sector organisations will share in the latest award of funding to improve life in the workplace. Innovation was the key factor for successful bids to the Department of Trade and Industry’s Partnership Fund.Awards to the health service include a project to counter harassment and bullying. An NHS Trust and the trade union UNISON want to engineer a cultural change and introduce a policy of zero tolerance.