2nd October 2015
Ada Lovelace Day Celebrations
Tuesday the 13th October is Ada Lovelace Day – an annual celebration of the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering and maths (STEM). Thanks to the generous support from ARM, one of Code Club’s Strategic Partners, we have created a brand new Ada-themed Code Club project and school assembly pack, which we hope will be …
1st October 2015
Thank You, BrowserStack!
We’d like to say a big “thank you” to BrowserStack who have donated free access to their service to us and, in doing so, have made our cross-browser testing a whole lot easier! We’ve been using BrowserStack for a few weeks now and it’s already proving to be pretty invaluable. BrowserStack provides browser-based access to …
28th September 2015
New Teacher Training Materials!
They say a change is as good as a rest. Here at Code Club HQ we have definitely taken the spirit of that phrase to heart. After refreshing our projects page and registration process for Code Club volunteers, we’re now excited to say that we’ve also implemented some changes to our Teacher Training materials – all …
24th September 2015
A new home for the Samsung Code Club Hub in Cardiff
Yesterday we were excited to be in Cardiff for the opening of the Samsung Code Club Regional Hub at its new home at the the city’s Central Library. The Hub will serve as a great new community space, giving children and adults in Cardiff access to a range of digital training opportunities. Deputy Minister of …
21st September 2015
It’s National Coding Week!
Today is the start of National Coding Week 2015 – encouraging adults to learn more about digital industries, to get opportunities to try out coding, and to help raise awareness of the digital skills gap in the UK. A recent survey conducted by National Coding Week revealed that 52% of adults in the UK said …
11th September 2015
Code Club and Strictly Come Dancing present… Robo-Dancers!
We’re very excited to see the launch of the BBC’s new mixital site – part of their Make It Digital Initiative. It’s an amazing new online platform full of great resources, which make digital creating simple and fun. The site offers users the chance to publish and share the things they create, as well as …
4th September 2015
Thank you to the EDGE Conference!
We wanted to say a big thank you to EDGE for donating their profits of £14,000 from their conference this year to Code Club! As a not-for-profit organisation, we rely on donations such as these to continue our work, providing support and resources for our community of volunteers who commit their free time to help …
3rd September 2015
Changes to the Code Club website
Here at Code Club HQ we’ve been busy making some improvements to our website over the summer. What’s new? We’ve made it easier and clearer to register and manage your clubs. We’ve also refreshed our projects website, adding loads of useful info about the specific skills that are covered in our projects and lots of …
23rd July 2015
Thank you Bytemark!
Code Club want to say a big thank you to the fine folks at Bytemark, a York-based hosting company who are generously providing a large portion of our server space requirements for free. Code Club UK has, for some time, been hosting our websites with Bytemark. This is a service that they give us free …
16th July 2015
The Young Rewired State Festival of Code 2015
Coming up at the end of July is a fantastic opportunity for enthusiastic young digital makers and tech fans to get stuck in with some summer holiday coding fun – the Young Rewired State Festival of Code! Open to children aged 18 and younger, we think the Festival of Code is an awesome event for …