12th January 2023
Impala Bridge: How Code Club is helping to bring digital making to Benin
Code Club started in 2012 in the U.K., with the aim to give local children a chance to learn to code. Fast forward ten years and there are Code Clubs in over 160 countries around the world, with partner organisations* working in many regions. In Benin, Impala Bridge is a partner organisation using Code Club …
15th December 2022
Best of 2022!
As we close the door on 2022, we have the perfect opportunity to pause, reflect, and appreciate the year gone by. How would you describe your Code Club’s year? Maybe it felt fun, inspiring, or even like a roller coaster? Why not share your accomplishments from 2022 with us on social media using the hashtag …
13th December 2022
Celebrating ‘World Hello Day’ through code!
To mark World Hello Day on Monday 21 November, we gave Code Clubs in the UK, Ireland, Croatia, Ghana and Portugal the exciting opportunity to connect through code and say “Hello” to each other. Using the Scratch project ‘From me to you’, young coders followed a design brief to code a digital card that says …
5th December 2022
Celebrating International Volunteer Day with the Code Club community
Code Club would not be the success it is today without the dedication and hard work of you, our brilliant volunteer community! To celebrate International Volunteer Day (5 December), we asked volunteers across the globe to share why they volunteer and what Code Club means to them. The UN declared International Volunteer Day an annual …
29th November 2022
Clwb Codio Treganna visits the Sony UK Technology Centre
Mae Clwb Codio yn golygu llawer mwy na dim ond dysgu sut i raglennu. Mae ein clybiau’n cynnig sgiliau gwerthfawr i godwyr ifanc, gan gynnwys sut i ddatrys problemau, cyfathrebu a meithrin gwydnwch personol a fydd yn fuddiol iddyn nhw drwy gydol eu bywydau. Gwelsom yr ysbrydoliaeth y gall y profiadau hyn gynnig pan aeth …
9th November 2022
Take part in our Clubs Conference
We are excited to announce that Code Club and CoderDojo will host the first-ever Clubs Conference from Friday 24 to Saturday 25 March 2023 at Churchill College, Cambridge and we’d like to invite you to join us! The Clubs Conference is a participatory event that gives volunteers and educators the chance to celebrate the achievements …
3rd November 2022
Rich Hind gets back to Code Club and shares his tips for running a dynamic club!
Long-term community member Rich Hind took a break from Code Club, but in 2021 he resumed his adventure with code and launched a new club at Congleton Library in Cheshire, England. Rich shares his experience and advice on getting back to running a Code Club. Starting a Code Club after a break, or even starting …
20th October 2022
Using HTML and CSS to boost self-expression in your Code Club
Empowering young people to see themselves as digital makers and not just consumers is a key ingredient of Code Club. Our brand-new ‘Introduction to web development: HTML, CSS and animation’ path provides the ideal foundation to support and encourage this exploration using webpages. But why learn about HTML and CSS in your Code Club? Creating …
15th September 2022
Five out-of-this-world Code Club activities for World Space Week!
World Space Week (3–10 October) is the largest annual space event celebrating science and technology. The UN declared it an annual celebration in 1999 and it provides the perfect opportunity for young Code Club members to have some space-worthy fun whilst developing their coding skills. You don’t need to go into orbit to take part …
1st September 2022
Top three resources for running a vibrant Code Club
Launching your new Code Club or resuming a club that has been paused for an extended time might make you feel a little apprehensive. That’s OK! Tamasin Greenough Graham, Head of Code Club, shares three resources that will help you run your Code Club with confidence. Picking my top three resources is quite a challenge …
