Events will be held throughout the week in major cities including London, Manchester, Glasgow and Belfast, as well as more remote locations including Jersey and Guernsey. Organisers are calling on Government and the UK tech community to back the campaign once again and show their support via #NationalCodingWeek.
This year, organisers are encouraging businesses and individuals to mark Thursday 21st September in their diaries to take part in a national coding lesson, which people can log-on to and participate in wherever they are. Signing up to the free en masse lesson is easy to do. Those wanting to take part in the 45 minute session should visit codingweek.org just before noon on Thursday. Certificates will be sent out to all who take part.
About National Coding Week: National Coding Week has been supported since inception by platinum sponsors JT Group and this year Northcoders have become Gold Sponsor. It was founded by former Headteacher Richard Rolfe to offer people the opportunity to gain digital skills within their local community. Their aim is to prove that anyone, irrespective of age and background, can learn to write computer code.
Jonathan Channing, young autistic tech entrepreneur, is the head of UK events. He learnt to code and established his own business after attending a simple training course.
For more information go to codingweek.org or follow @CodingWeek #NationalCodingWeek