Grant News
Schools and community organisations in Scotland can apply for grants of up to £5,000 for innovative, adaptable, and sustainable projects, that teach digital skills to young people (16 or under) who are currently underrepresented in the digital sector. This can include girls and young women and/or minority groups.
The grants are available to extracurricular activity providers that teach children and young people skills and concepts such as coding, computational thinking, games design, data science and cyber security and help inspire Scotland’s next generation of digital makers, leaders and technologists.
The ultimate aim of the programme is to increase the number of young people from all backgrounds entering highly skilled digital careers.
Activities supported will be extracurricular and delivered in a safe, fun and sociable environment. Partnership working between different organisations is encouraged.
The funding is delivered by the Digital Xtra Fund and the closing date for applications is 3pm on the 27th March 2025.
The Digital Xtra Fund will be hosting information webinars (via Microsoft Teams) as well as in person sessions in Aberdeen, Dundee, Glasgow, Stirling and Edinburgh giving prospective applicants an opportunity to ask questions to the Digital Xtra Fund team about the grant application. Further information is available on the Digital Xtra Fund website.
Previous projects include:
Alva Primary School and Bridge of Allan Primary School will partner to give pupils opportunities to develop digital skills for their future. Alva Primary School will focus on engaging girls while Bridge of Allan will focus on pupils who are not currently engaged in STEM. The aim is to inspire pupils to aspire to careers in the technologies sector, with a focus on programming, by developing coding skills in a way that is supportive, inspirational and creative.
Knightsridge Primary School in West Lothian will develop a series of new after-school clubs to teach the basics of coding and computational thinking to children of primary school age using the curriculum and robots developed by Root Robotics. The clubs will allow pupils to experience coding by learning about the individual functions of the Root Robot and using the coding software to complete set tasks and projects.
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