20th November 2017
Free online course: prepare to run a Code Club
On 20 November, Code Club will be launching a brand-new free online course called Prepare to Run a Code Club on FutureLearn. Join it, and in just a few hours you will learn the skills and gain the confidence you need to start up a Code Club. Sarah Sheerman-Chase, Participation Manager for Code Club UK, tells …
17th November 2017
Time to get coding in Belfast
Back in August, the Code Club team went to visit a Code Club in Belfast run by some fabulous volunteers from PwC as part of their Hive Hackers project, which engages with 6- to 11-year-olds and teachers at primary schools across the region to teach coding and technology. PwC was also collaborating with the Time …
10th November 2017
Tinkering and sharing at Sheldon School Code Club
Computing and IT teacher Tom Shaw at Sheldon School in Chippenham shares his experience of running Code Club for Year 7 and 8 students.
27th October 2017
Working with Councils
Here at Code Club, we love to collaborate to create new clubs and opportunities so that even more young people have the chance to get involved in computing and digital making. In this blog post, Anna Pearson, Code Club Regional Coordinator for the North East, tell us how she has been working alongside Northumberland County …
18th October 2017
Getting with the programme: Code Clubs and the digital challenge in Brent Libraries
Sarah Smith, Libraries Development Manager at Brent Libraries, tells us what the organisation is doing to offer more Code Clubs for local young people, and how her Code Club Regional Coordinator has helped her organisation take steps forward. We launched our first Code Club in January 2016. It was a service we always wanted to …
5th October 2017
London ‘Back to school’ meetup
London’s Code Club Coordinator Mickey Day on the success of his first Code Club meetup, which brought inspiration for digital making education to almost 100 guests.
28th September 2017
Library success in Scotland
Recently we were able to support the Scottish Library Information Council (SLIC) in promoting Code Club to libraries across Scotland.
21st September 2017
New benefits for activated clubs
We’re excited to say that we are launching three new benefits for Code Clubs who register and activate on our site.
14th September 2017
Secondary school Code Clubs in Malvern
John Palmer from The Chase explains the positive impact Code Club has on students in secondary schools by getting them excited about coding and STEAM subjects.
5th September 2017
Expanding the Code Club age range
Code Club is expanding to secondary school ages up to 13.
