BURY'S Highbank Rehabilitation Centre has been given a boost in information technology (IT).

And it's all thanks to a donation from Tiny Computers and Carol Voderman through the charity Express Link-Up.

Tiny Computers, the UK's largest PC manufacturer and TV celebrity Carol Voderman are donating £250,000 worth of IT equipment to children's hospitals.

The computers were presented to Walmerlsey Road-based Highbank's specialist teacher Lynn Savage by Bury's mayor Councillor Bill Johnson and mayoress Joyce Johnson.

The money to fund the project was raised in May as part of ITV's "Year of Promise" when Carol took part in a celebrity version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire." The star of "Countdown" and "Better Homes" won £125,000 which was immediately doubled by Tiny's marketing director Neil Stevens.

Express Link-Up, the charity responsible for providing IT equipment to hospitals has allocated one system to Highbank Rehabilitation Centre.The computers will be placed in the school room and will be of particular benefit to children with acquired brain injury.

Pat Ryan of Express Link-Up, said: "IT equipment has been going into hospital schools for the past three years.

"However, the initiative from Carol Vorderman and Tiny is bringing up-to-the-minute technology to hospitals all over the country."

Carol said: "I am very pleased that both Tiny and I are able to help in such a small but incredibly important way.

"It's important that children in hospital are able to communicate through e-mail to friends and other children in the same situation as well as continuing their education."

Neil Stevens of Tiny added: "We have been supplying the education and health market for more than 20 years and we firmly believe in computer access for everyone, including children who have to spend long periods of time in hospital."