Code Club

For the Swedish video game developer, see Code Club AB.

Code Club
Founded2012 (2012)
Founder
Location
Area served
United Kingdom
Websitecodeclub.org.uk

Code Club is a voluntary initiative, founded in 2012. The initiative aims to provide opportunities for children aged 9 to 13 to develop coding skills through free after-school clubs. As of November 2015, over 3,800 schools and other public venues established a Code Club, regularly attended by an estimated 44,000 young people across the UK.[1] The organization also expanded internationally, and there are now over 13,000 Code Club operating worldwide.[2] Volunteer programmers and software developers give their time to run Code Club sessions, passing on their programming skills and mentoring the young students.[3][4] Children create their own computer games, animations and websites, learning how to use technology creatively.[5]

It has Scratch, HTML & CSS, Python and a variety of other coding languages. The initiative also provide free BBC Micro:bits to children above the age of 9.

  1. ^ "Raspberry Pi Foundation merges with Code Club (Wired UK)". Wired UK. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Code Club World – A worldwide network of coding clubs for children". www.codeclubworld.org. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
  3. ^ Robert Bisland (2013). "A day in the life of a Code Club volunteer". Sponsor's Blog. Postcode Anywhere. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  4. ^ Angela Davis (2013). "The region's techies help to influence a 'program' for change in the classroom". Sponsor's Blog. Postcode Anywhere. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.
  5. ^ Guy Mucklow (2013). "Kindergarten Code". Sponsor's Blog. Postcode Anywhere. Archived from the original on 12 November 2014. Retrieved 12 November 2014.