COVID-19 Information Hub

As the world responds to the outbreak of COVID-19, our thoughts are with the people affected and the essential workers helping those most in need. At Levett Consultancy, we’re working to do our part by ensuring the safety of our employees, customers and the local communities we operate in. Our temporary COVID-19 hub page has been set up to provide tips and resources to all of our customers to help them in these difficult times. Please also ensure you keep safe and up to date with the UK government advice here.

Levett Consultancy will be using our cloud services and systems to continually deliver our services Monday to Friday 8am to 5pm to all of our customers throughout the Coronavirus pandemic. Customers can also keep track of the availability of our services by visiting our operations status dashboard here.

Providing Free Google Workspace & Office 365 Training

To help the UK public sector maintain its services during the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, as a Crown Commercial Services supplier we are also offering FREE training for Schools, NHS and essential business staff wanting to use Google Workspace or Microsoft Office 365 effectively via our secure video conferencing system, powered by Google Meets Hardware. Training can be delivered as 1:1 sessions or with groups of staff in different remote locations. To book a FREE training session just complete our contact form here or call us on 01279 799256.

Supporting the Government by deploying Digital Education Platforms

We are part of the UK Government national effort to ensure all English Schools, Academies and Multi-Academy Trusts have a digital learning platform in place to support remote learning. This is a key requirement to ensure all England schools comply with The Coronavirus Act 2020 Provision of Remote Education and meets a Government objective of moving schools to the cloud.

As of 24th April 2020, the Department for Education (DfE) announced that schools in England and responsible bodies can apply for a grant to have either Google Workspace for Education or Microsoft 365 for free. More details on how to access the digital learning platform funding grant can be found here.

Department for Education (DfE)

• Get help with technology during coronavirus - Guidance for local authorities, academy trusts and schools on support available from the UK Government.

Google Education

• Staff Training - Educators first steps using Google tools in the classroom.
• Teach from Home - a new hub of information and tools for teachers during this crisis.
• Google for Education COVID-19 resource hub - a source of distance learning resources.
• Chromebook accessibility tools for distance learning Blog Post
• Google Distance Learning tips - hours of training lessons and resources.
• Google Distance Learning one-sheeter - a PDF summary of top distance learning tips.

Microsoft Education

• Making the transition to remote learning - a hub of information and tools for teachers

To meet point 5 of the Technology Code of Practice and the government’s cloud first policy, your plans must show you’ve considered using cloud computing before other options.

Cloud computing is a way of storing and retrieving data and software over the internet without buying your own hardware. The 3 main types of cloud computing service you can use are:

• software-as-a-service (SaaS), which provides applications over the internet
• platform-as-a-service (PaaS), which provides platforms for developing, testing and deploying your applications over the internet
• infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS), which provides the virtual infrastructure or network you need to host services over the internet

See more information on First Cloud here on the Gov website.

Google Business

• Helping manage your business through uncertainty
• Updating business info and temporary closures
• Running your business from anywhere

Microsoft

• Helping small- and medium-sized businesses work remotely with Teams