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Digital Xtra, which supports extracurricular projects that teach digital technology skills to young people, is inviting applications from public and private sector organisations to help establish a national network of community coding hubs across Scotland.
Backed by the Scottish Government and industry partners, the Code Xtra initiative will create at least four coding hubs across different local areas during the 2025/26 and 2026/27 academic years. Each hub will support the development of grassroots computing clubs through a hub-and-spoke model.
These clubs will:
- deliver extracurricular computing activities for the local community
- support the start-up and scale-up of other clubs in the area (including offering instruction and guidance for local educators)
- act as a lending library with equipment and resources for other clubs/organisations
There is no direct financial support. Instead, partners receive equipment (LEGO SPIKE sets, micro:bits), training, branding, and resources.
Any UK registered company, UK registered charity, chartered body, local authority, school, college, or university actively involved in the provision of computing education and/or digital technologies related activities for young people can submit an Expression of Interest to become a Code Xtra community coding hub.
Expressions of interest must be submitted by the 26th February 2026.
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