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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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

On Tuesday we attended the launch of the BBC’s exciting new micro:bit project in London. As a partner organisation of the BBC’s flagship Make It Digital initiative, which aims to get more young people across the UK involved in digital making and computer science, Code Club couldn’t be more excited to see the new micro:bit …

Last month Code Club attended the glitzy Digital Leaders 100 awards in London to celebrate the work of digital pioneers across the UK from the public, private and non-profit sectors. We’re really thrilled that Code Club picked up the award for ‘Best Digital Skills Product or Service’ for the second year in a row! We …

We have a very special guest blog post this week from Harry James. He is 15 years old and attends school at Whitley Bay High School. A keen coder, last week Harry completed his work experience with Ignite at Campus North. Read what Harry has to say about the importance of having Code Clubs in schools and how programming can …

We’re excited to welcome four new coordinators to our team who will be working to support our clubs and grow our community in the UK. Dan Powell will be stationed in the South East, Dan Elwick in London, Tim Wilson in the West Midlands and Phil Sharratt will be joining the South West. I’m Dan, …

“Hey Code Club”, we hear you say, “I need some advice. I really want to volunteer, there’s a great school close by, I just need to convince my boss.” Don’t worry, Future Volunteer — pull up a chair! We know it can be tricky working out the best way to find the flexibility to volunteer …