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It can be a challenge to fit volunteering in when working full time. However, we know that many volunteers who run Code Clubs – either on their own or as part of a group – not only feel able to balance it with their work but also see benefits from it too. We spoke to …

In March this year AlphaGo (an Artificial Intelligence computer designed by Google DeepMind) started a 5 match test against one of the world’s best Go players, Lee Se Dal, to win a prize of $1million. Go is a very complex game to play  – there are more possible position combinations than there are atoms in …

Today is the start of Volunteers’ Week, a time to celebrate the amazing achievements and contributions of volunteers across the UK who are working to help their local communities. So of course we also want to take this opportunity to celebrate the work of Code Club’s volunteers – the teachers, students, parents, librarians, community workers, …

We think all our Code Club volunteers are amazing for giving their time to help children learn to code. We noticed that some volunteers in our community have been doing lots of things to support us, in addition to volunteering at a club. For example, they had been spreading the word about Code Club at …

Code Club’s amazing Regional Coordinators are our eyes and ears on the ground across the country, attending events and supporting our volunteers and partners on a local level. We’re really pleased to welcome three new members to the team – Victoria who will be covering the North East, Yorkshire and Humber; Mark who will be …

Happy birthday to us, Happy birthday to us, Happy birthday dear Code Club! It’s Code Club’s fourth birthday – hooray! We’re very excited to have reached the big four and we are so grateful to all the fabulous people who have helped us get there, but most of all our amazing volunteers. Code Club’s CEO, …

In January we sent out a survey to all Code Club volunteers past and present, and we were really grateful that 688 of you took the time to fill it in. Thanks! The purpose of the survey was to find out how we could improve and make our valued volunteers as happy as they could …

Keen to help Code Club provide free opportunities for children in the UK and around the world to develop their coding and digital skills? In November last year we joined forces with the Raspberry Pi Foundation, which means there are now new ways to fundraise and support our work. You can fundraise or make donations …

Last week we were invited along to HP’s offices in central London to meet the Code Club from Wapping High, who were showcasing the coding projects they have been creating over the course of this school term. Back in January the students were set the challenge of creating a program in Scratch, HTML & CSS, …

We were very sad to hear about the passing of Wendy Lynch last week. Wendy was an amazing lady who was a huge supporter of Code Club, running the very first Code Club in Soho Parish alongside Simon Wharton and Laura Kirsop. She was very patient  with children and journalists alike as they came to …