Make a place where young people can build with code.
A local host, volunteer mentors and young people with something they want to make: CoderDojo turned that combination into a club model that communities could repeat. Its Irish origin remains part of a wider learning network.
IE IrelandIn practice. The first CoderDojo met in Cork in July 2011. In 2024 the Raspberry Pi Foundation announced a unified Code Club programme.
What to keep in view
A club count is not evidence of sustained participation or learning outcomes. Local safeguarding, volunteer support, equipment and a welcoming culture determine the experience.
A local club with a shared support system
CoderDojo is a network of free, community-based coding clubs for young people. The first Dojo took place in Cork in July 2011. Local organisers provide a safe social place, volunteers mentor participants and young people learn by creating websites, games, code and physical computing projects. In 2024 the Raspberry Pi Foundation brought its Code Club and CoderDojo support into a unified Code Club programme; the Irish-origin story and its community-learning model remain the focus here.
Access to digital creation moved from a course delivered by a central institution to a supported local practice. The network carries values, resources and organiser support, while each club supplies mentors, context and continuity.
Help the learner become a maker
Our reading: formal computing education can arrive slowly, feel abstract or depend on specialist teachers. CoderDojo separates the repeatable club protocol from the local relationships that make learning possible, allowing a community to begin with available people, a host venue and shared project resources.
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