18th September 2019
Help Shaun the Sheep and Lu-La in our global competition!
Exciting news: Code Club and Aardman Animations are collaborating to bring you our global ‘Shaun the Sheep: Mission to Space’ Competition for all registered Code Clubs worldwide! The mission Our friends Shaun the Sheep and Lu-La have been on an adventure in A Shaun the Sheep Movie: Farmageddon, and they now need your Code Club’s …
13th September 2019
Five ways to inspire your club members about code!
Whether your Code Club is just launching or has been running for a while, here are five ways for you to get your Code Club members excited about coding 1. Make Scratch Cat say hi! Just starting out with new Code Club members? Christina from Code Club USA encourages you to begin with the basics: …
28th August 2019
6 things you can do to support our translation community
We want you to be able to run Code Clubs without any language barrier, so we’re working to make our projects available in as many languages as possible. At the heart of our translation efforts are volunteer translators from around the world. How can you help us provide the translations you need? As you’re a …
22nd August 2019
It’s time to get #CodeClubReady!
In September, our team members around the world will be hosting webinars so that you can learn more about how you can join us on our mission to put a Code Club in every community in the world. We want to make sure that you have everything you need to start a Code Club in …
15th August 2019
From Adelaide to Worcestershire: How two Code Club volunteers 21 hours apart met up to share their experience of running a Code Club
Code Club has a global network of coding clubs in over 150 countries. Find out what happened when a Code Club volunteer from Australia visited the Code Club at The Hive in Worcester, UK! It took a plane trip for this Code Club visit! Angela Brown is a Code Club volunteer at Aldinga Library near …
30th July 2019
Five things we want to share about Scratch!
At Code Club, we love Scratch, and so we’ve put together a list for you with helpful tips, projects we like, and an exciting Scratch opportunity. 1.Choose your club’s next Scratch project today! Take a look at our specially designed Scratch projects, which include step-by-step instructions showing you how to create games, animations, and much …
25th July 2019
Meet the young designers who won the first Code Club T-shirt competition!
This spring we asked young people at Code Clubs across the UK to grab their pens and pencils, put on their creative hats, and design the next Code Club T-shirt! A new challenge Coding is about creativity and design as well as logical thinking. That’s why our latest competition for young people attending UK Code …
10th July 2019
Empowering women and young coders in Iraq
400 km southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, the Khutwa Centre is working to shift mindsets towards coding and to empower female volunteers. Their coordinator, Nadia, tells us more. Making code accessible Nadia’s Code Club journey started when she was living and studying in London. She became a Code Club volunteer at Oak Farm Library in Uxbridge, …
26th June 2019
How an employee volunteering scheme is inspiring the next generation to code
Since last autumn, ten volunteers from the Tesco Head Office in Hertfordshire have been supporting children aged 7–9 years at the Code Club running in Welwyn St Mary’s C of E Primary School. Find out the impact volunteering is having on them and the club members. What inspired Tesco volunteers to give their time So …
13th June 2019
Young innovators showcase their creations at Coolest Projects
Over the last three months, Code Clubs across the world have been attending Coolest Projects, the world-leading tech showcase for young people that is organised by Raspberry Pi. Coolest Projects across the world Coolest Projects provides the perfect opportunity for young innovators to share their digital projects with one another and the public. This year, …
