OUR PROGRAMMES
Digital Xtra is a registered charity whose goal is for every young person in Scotland to have access to innovative, meaningful, and creative extracurricular computing and AI activities. Since 2016, the charity has supported a wide variety of initiatives and activities for young people across Scotland.
Learn more about every initiative and activity ever supported by Digital Xtra
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Port Ellen Primary School
Port Ellen Primary School on Islay will develop an afterschool robotics club where overcoming challenges and developing children’s’ resilience is a key aim.
Paisley YMCA
As a digital youth work organisation, Paisley YMCA have found that young people least likely to participate in STEM and computer science activities are also often those facing multiple forms of chronic and acute disadvantage.
New College Lanarkshire
Building on their previous grant award, New College Lanarkshire will continue to grow the VEX Robotics EDR extracurricular programme in Lanarkshire to inspire young people aged 11-16 in coding and robotics.
Moorfoot Primary
Moorfoot Primary, in partnership with Inverclyde Council, will be creating a Mobile Coding Initiative with one simple message: Anyone can code!
McLaren High School
The Stirling school is now planning to coordinate and assist in the creation of extracurricular robotics clubs in its 11 associated primary schools
Knightsridge Primary School
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.
Glasgow Life
Wear-a:bits will introduce coding through wearable technology to groups within Glasgow Life’s network of Youth Clubs based in areas of high deprivation.
Firpark Secondary School
Firpark Secondary School will be developing a SheBot After School Club for S1-S4 girls using the new VEX Robotics EDR V5 platform and VEX Coding Studio.
Edinburgh Science
App Inventor is an interactive activity which teaches secondary school pupils to build fully functional apps promoting creativity, computational thinking and basic programming skills using blocks-based coding.
dressCode
The philosophy of dressCode is showing girls how to do, not what to do, and empowering them to design the game or website that they want
Crookston Castle Primary School
Crookston Castle Primary School in Glasgow will develop a new after-school ‘Digi-Club’ to teach children about computing (particularly coding) using resources such as micro:bits, Spheros and iPads.
Carlibar Primary School
The primary school will develop a Digital Learning Hub for learners to develop a range of creative digital skills including coding.
Banchory Primary School
Banchory Primary School will be delivering Robot Dance Off, a 7-week challenge to code a Dash robot to dance in a choreographed way.
Apps for Good
Apps for Good is a tech education charity with a mission to prepare young people for the real-world and help grow the problem-solvers and digital makers of tomorrow.
Anderston Primary School
“Tech Heroes” is a programme of activities focused on the application of technology and computational thinking across subjects at Anderston Primary School in Glasgow.
Alva Primary School and Bridge of Allan Primary School
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.
