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BESA LendED – EdTech resource lending platform for schools

What is LendED? LendED is a free to use online portal produced by the British Educational Suppliers

8. Write a review on LendED, so other schools can benefit from your experience

What is BESA? BESA, the British Educational Suppliers Association, is the trade association covering the entirety of the UK

Association (BESA) in association with the Department for Education. www.LendED.org.uk provides extended free access to EdTech resources from suppliers that have been subject to BESA’s stringent safeguarding, data privacy and quality assurance controls. How does it work? LendED is designed to help you locate the EdTech products and services that meet your needs. It is free to use and provides details on hundreds of products backed by BESA and the DfE. 1. Use the search and filter functions to identify possible solutions for your school 2. Read the product entry including the case studies and testimonials 3. Identify the solution that most suits your school 4. Request a free trial using the button on the product page 5. Wait for the supplier to contact you to set up the free trial (usually within 2 working days) 6. Try the product out in your school, without any obligation to purchase 7. Decide whether to keep or return the product

educational suppliers’ sector. It operates on a not-for profit basis, and is accountable to an Executive Council. It has an 89-year heritage serving the UK education sector, and represents over 300 educational suppliers in the UK, including manufacturers and distributors of equipment, materials, books, consumables, furniture, technology, ICT hardware and EdTech to the education market. Combined, BESA’s members constitute around 80% of the market in terms of the amount spent by UK schools on products and services.

Dave Smith Head of Content – British Educational Suppliers Association (BESA) dave@besa.org.uk www.besa.org.uk LendED: www.LendED.org.uk Twitter: @besatweet @davesmithict 020 7537 4997

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