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Next week brings another opportunity for educators to visit Code Club and the Raspberry Pi Foundation at Bett 2017, the huge annual EdTech event in London. We’ll be at ExCeL London from 25-28 January, and we’ll be running more than 50 workshops and talks over the four days. Whether you’re a school teacher or a community …

Last summer we gave away free BBC micro:bits to active Code Clubs across the UK. We’re really pleased that applications are now open for our second micro:bit giveaway! How to qualify for our micro:bit offer: How the application process works: The applications open on 11 January 2017 at 12pm, but you don’t need to rush. …

Partridges in pear trees are very nice, but we think that winning Code Club badges and stickers for your club is even better! Welcome to the Twelve Days of Code Club: from 13 December to 24 December, we’ll be giving you the chance to win some lovely prizes for your club. The prizes will be …

Over the summer we gave away free BBC micro:bits to active Code Clubs across the UK. We’re really pleased that we are now able to run another micro:bit giveaway to clubs that may have missed out the first time! The micro:bit, measuring just 4cm by 5cm, is a micro controller which children can use to …

The Raspberry Pi Foundation Education Team have been working on a new way for people to learn about digital making: two free online CPD training courses, available anywhere in the world. The courses will run alongside the current live educator training offerings (Picademy, Skycademy and Code Club Teacher Training) and are facilitated by FutureLearn, a …

We can’t say it enough – the Code Club community is made up of some amazing people – thousands of volunteers and educators who dedicate their free time to help inspire kids across the country to get excited about computing and digital making.   We recently asked some of the children and volunteers how they …

Code Club’s flexible model means that volunteers can run clubs in a variety of different venues. We have a growing number of Code Clubs being run in community centres, and so we wanted to profile one of these clubs. Andrew McKirdy works at CHESS community centre in Nuneaton, where he hosts a weekly Code Club …

Code Club are looking for student volunteers who would like to share their skills and spare time to help inspire the next generation of digital makers! If you haven’t already heard of us, Code Clubs are weekly coding sessions for children aged 9-11, which take place in schools, community centres and libraries across the UK …

The staff and students at Wolverhampton University started a Code Club in November 2015 to help children in the local community learn coding skills after-school.  They have created a fantastic and fun Code Club, inspiring the next generation of coders. Mark Bircumshaw, Education Advisor for the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University, told …

We are delighted to be welcoming a grand total of 23 new clubs to the Code Club Star Clubs network. Welcome to: Derby Central Library, Chuter Ede Primary School, Ipswich County Library, Enterprise and Innovation Hub, The Spinney Primary School, Stokenchurch Primary School, Shacklewell Primary School, Bishop Ian Ramsey CofE Primary School, Liverpool Central Library, …