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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Glasgow Gaelic School
Glasgow Gaelic School will develop a new High Flyers after school coding club based on drone technology.
Game Doctor
Game Doctor is a Scottish-based games studio that develops educational games on science and healthcare.
Flummix
Flummix is looking to increase awareness and inspire a new generation of entrepreneurs with a specially designed course aimed at developing digital technology skills in the eCommerce sector
Edinburgh Science
In addition, Edinburgh Science will also deliver a touring workshop in Aberdeenshire and Perth & Kinross focussing on coding as part of their Generation Science programme.
Edinburgh Science
Edinburgh Science will be developing a new activity designed to make programming fun and engaging for young people attending Careers Hive
Eastmuir Primary School
Eastmuir Primary School in Glasgow will develop a Digital Coding Club during lunchtimes targeting separate age/ability groups.
Cromar Future Group
Cromar Future Group is a community lead charity giving young people in rural Aberdeenshire the opportunity to develop their digital skills. The club focuses on coding but also incorporates other digital skills such as robotics, electronics, graphic design, filming and stop motion. This multifaceted approach helps engage a wider variety of young people and ensures participants are learning important skills whilst also having fun.
Civic Digits CIC
The Big Data Show by Civic Digits CIC will engage around 1,000 11-13 year olds while exploring cyber security and associated data skills.
Bun Sgoil Bhreascleit
Bun Sgoil Bhreascleit in the Western Isles will run after school and lunch time clubs teaching coding and robotics using Spheros, Code-a-pillars, LEGO WeDo and LEGO Mindstorm.
Bowmore Primary School
Bowmore Primary School will be providing high quality and exciting tech experiences for the lower school and nursery audiences of the school.
Balmalloch Primary School
Balmalloch Primary School, a rural school in North Lanarkshire, will be creating an after school club looking at new technology and ways the world is changing because of this technology.
Western Isles Libraries
The Stornoway Library MakerSpace will be developed as a STEAM centre for the area, delivering a series of digital learning activities.
West College Scotland
West College Scotland will build on their previous experience of successfully establishing coding clubs in six Renfrewshire secondary schools and bring an adapted model to Inverclyde.
University of the Highlands and Islands
University of the Highlands and Islands aims to inspire and engage young people using coding and encourage an interest in digital careers.
Taigh Chearsabhagh Trust
Taigh Chearsabhagh Trust is based on the island of North Uist and works closely with the primary and secondary schools from North and South Uist. Through this work they have identified a need for digital skills workshops and extracurricular classes.
Scottish Council for Development & Industry
Little Lighthouse is a first level interdisciplinary project for P2-P4 pupils which uses the context of lighthouses to introduce little engineers to various STEM concepts including electricity, light, sounds and coding.
