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At Code Club it’s our mission to get as many young people interested in coding as possible. Here Dan Powell, Programme Manager at Code Club, talks about his experience with inspiring girls (including his daughters) to get coding. When I was 12, my parents bought me a Sinclair ZX81, and ever since then I’ve been …

When starting your own Code Club, it is useful to remember that there are literally thousands of people who have gone through the process before you. Here, Code Club volunteer Darren explains how he went from Raspberry Pi tinkerer to Code Club leader. Darren started by supporting a modest club of eight kids, and now …

Back in 2015, a school email about Code Club led to Mart becoming a volunteer. With three volunteers and a classroom of kids who wanted to get coding, Mart tells us how their Code Club was born. Our Code Club runs in the eastern suburbs of Victoria, Australia, with numbers that have varied from 30 …

This week we speak to Jenny Riley, who shares her experience of setting up and getting started with Code Club. Read on to learn how Jenny has structured her first few sessions, and about the impact Code Club is having on the children involved. Starting a new Code Club In December last year, I approached …

Rachel Ivory, an inspiring student from Durham Johnston School, has been using Code Club projects and resources to introduce her younger peers to the wonders of computer science.

Last month we set a challenge for our active UK Code Clubs: Create a digital collage of your favourite things using Scratch or HTML.

Castlewood Code Club were not messing around when they decided to enter the latest Astro Pi competition. To prepare for their aviation-themed experiment they set out to Gatwick airport where they were given a private tour of a Boeing 777

In February of 2018, a new Code Club was set up at Bosomtwe International School in Ghana. Code Club volunteer Clement Cheah tells us how he came to travel from his home in Switzerland to West Africa to help them get started. In 2009 I learned about a school in the heart of rural Ghana. …

Across the UK, Code Club Regional Coordinators work closely with colleges, universities and other higher education institutions to get students started as Code Club volunteers. Our East Midlands Regional Coordinator, Katharine Childs, tells us about working with De Montfort University (DMU) in Leicester to get local Code Clubs up and running. I’ve been cooperating with …

At the end of February, the Code Club at Abbey Community Primary in Leicester had some visitors: a camera crew from the BBC that filmed them as part of a piece for BBC East Midlands. Here, Steve Gale, the volunteer at the club and one of our Code Club Champions, talks about the experience. So …