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There have been a few changes in the Code Club team of late, so we wanted to update you and let you know who is out and about in your local area, running events and ready to help with your clubs! A few of our lovely Regional Coordinators have left our team and we have …

Today we are launching two weeks of space-themed celebrations! Yay Space! Code Club are counting down to the launch of the rockets which will be taking some fantastic Astro-Pi experiments, and British Astronaut Tim Peake, into the stratosphere and beyond to join the International Space Station. The countdown begins… Last year, the Raspberry Pi Foundation …

Lots of our volunteers asked us if they could visit and see a Code Club in action before they started volunteering. So, about a year ago, we created a network of Star Clubs – totally awesome Code Clubs who were open to welcoming visitors who wanted an insight into what a Code Club session was …

Code Club’s CEO, Clare Sutcliffe, has an awesome update to share… I have very exciting news! Today we are announcing that Code Club is joining forces with the Raspberry Pi Foundation in a merger that will enable us to help many more young people learn how to build their ideas with code. The Raspberry Pi Foundation …

We’re on the search for enthusiastic volunteers who could help us run teacher training for the computing curriculum! Why we need your help… It’s just over one year since the introduction of the new computing curriculum in English schools. Back in September 2014, the new curriculum was hailed with cheers from the UK’s technology industry who …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …