Young Rewired State A Community project from Birmingham, West Midlands by hubmum

Our primary focus is to find and foster the young children and teenagers who are driven to teaching themselves how to code, how to program the world around them. This is a mighty challenge though well-supported with free tutorials online, but inevitably an isolating and solitary activity. It is free for every child to enter, so long as they are aged 18 or under and have a rudimentary understanding of programming — although we do send out free resources in advance of the week for those who are unsure of their skills.


PROJECT UPATE

We were so happy with how our project went down on Peoplefund.it. We managed to get Tech Crunch to talk about us and Stephen Fry even tweeted about the project. A huge thanks to Peoplefund.it for making this happen.

You can read all about our project in Tech Crunch     http://techcrunch.com/2012/03/12/why-you-need-to-back-young-rewired-state-right-now/

The event in 2012 runs from the 6th to the 11th August. During that week businesses, small and large, around the country act as hosts to local young people, YRS alumni, Rewired State mentors and other volunteers. A challenge is set to build digital products: mobile and web, using at least one piece of open data.

It is free for every child to enter so long as they are aged 18 or under and have a rudimentary understanding of programming - although we do send out free resources in advance of the week for those who are unsure of their skills.

Festival of code

At the end of the week everyone piles on coaches, trains and cars to The Custard Factory in Birmingham, where they will have a night of camp and code, pizza and camaraderie. On the Saturday afternoon they will show what they have made to an audience of their peers, Press, government and industry. Prizes are awarded and lives are changed.

After this they are automatically a part of the growing network of young developers across the UK. Lifetime friendships are born as well as businesses. Mentor relationships are forged and that child is no longer coding alone.

Alumni

One of the bi-products of YRS is the strong alumni network. Once the YRSers get to 19, they volunteer to return year on year to mentor the younger ones, helping them understand what the week is all about and welcoming them into the broader network of developers — helping them make life-changing decisions.

Sponsors and volunteers

It is all run through sponsorship and volunteers and will always be so. We always find it very hard to get corporate sponsorship, and whilst we will continue to pursue traditional sponsorship routes, we wanted to open the opportunity up to the community of people who, as individuals, would like to contribute to making this week happen.

Money raised is spent on hardship funds for travel, food and subsistence. Other sponsorship will cover the greater costs of the festival and camping.

*Update*

We received an offline pledge to YRS2012 from SendGrid and have manually added this to the PeopleFund.it amount - bringing us very close to the final amount! So this money will come from the Rewired State account but is being sent to us by SendGrid outside of the GoCardless system. We are not cheating!

£21,331 RAISED OF £20,000 TARGET
107%
Backers146
Project funded
PLEDGE £5.00 OR MORE 15 backers so far We will tweet our thanks from @youngrewired and from rewiredstate and @hubmum will thank you publicly
PLEDGE £10.00 OR MORE 73 backers so far We will publicly thank you on a page on the Young Rewired State 2012 website naming and thanking you individually, grouped according to your sponsorship amount - unless you choose to opt out + You will be invited to the show and tell on the Saturday.
PLEDGE £50.00 OR MORE 28 backers so far A You Tube video will be made at the show and tell thanking every single person who pledges over £50 through the People Fund site. We will also carry a thank you page on the Young Rewired State 2012 website naming and thanking you individually, grouped according to your sponsorship amount - unless you choose to opt out + You will be invited to the show and tell on the Saturday.
PLEDGE £100.00 OR MORE 20 backers so far A You Tube video will be made at the show and tell thanking every single person who pledges over £50 through the People Fund site. We will also carry a thank you page on the Young Rewired State 2012 website naming and thanking you individually, grouped according to your sponsorship amount - unless you choose to opt out + You will be invited to the show and tell on the Saturday.
PLEDGE £200.00 OR MORE 3 backers so far A You Tube video will be made at the show and tell thanking every single person who pledges over £50 through the People Fund site. We will also carry a thank you page on the Young Rewired State 2012 website naming and thanking you individually alongside your sponsorship amount - unless you choose to opt out + You will be given two tickets to the sponsors area of the show and tell on the Saturday.
PLEDGE £500.00 OR MORE 5 backers so far A You Tube video will be made at the show and tell thanking every single person who pledges over £50 through the People Fund site. We will also carry a thank you page on the Young Rewired State 2012 website naming and thanking you individually alongside your sponsorship amount - unless you choose to opt out + You will be given four tickets to the sponsors area of the show and tell on the Saturday + invited to post event drinks.
PLEDGE £1000.00 OR MORE 6 backers so far A You Tube video will be made at the show and tell thanking every single person who pledges over £50 through the People Fund site. We will also carry a thank you page on the Young Rewired State 2012 website naming and thanking you individually alongside your sponsorship amount - unless you choose to opt out + You will be given four tickets to the sponsors area of the show and tell on the Saturday + invited to post event drinks. Your logo will go on the photo logo wall, on the website and in all PR comms
PLEDGE £2500.00 OR MORE 0 backers so far Show & tell reserved seats + after- hack party. Thanks included in email to all attendees. Your logo on the logo wall behind official photos. Stage Thanks. Your logo on YRS 2012 sponsor page. Opportunity to distribute promotional material.
PLEDGE £5000.00 OR MORE 1 backer so far Tweets acknowledging your sponsorship during the week, and during Show and Tell. Opportunity to include messaging in pre/during/post communiques to YRSers. Show & tell reserved seats + after- hack party for you plus 4 guests. Thanks included in email to all attendees. Your logo on the logo wall behind official photos. Stage Thanks. Your logo on YRS 2012 sponsor page. Opportunity to distribute promotional material.
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