To host a Code Club you need to have a member of staff available to help run the club and be present in the club
sessions. A volunteer shouldn’t be left alone with children participating in the club. This member of staff does not need to know anything
about coding, but it's a great chance for them to learn.
The member of staff who hosts the club will need to:
- Ensure the volunteer gets a police check, in line with your venue’s safeguarding policy
- Ensure that all the children who come to the club have appropriate permission from a parent/guardian to attend
- Check that your venue has appropriate insurance to cover the volunteer and the club
- Ensure that there is appropriate equipment, wifi and software
- For easy access to the projects, provide a projector for the volunteer or print the projects for each child
Please note: Code Club does not interview volunteers - it is the job of the club host to find out more about
the volunteer and check you are happy for them to run a club at your venue.
How Code Club supports you
- We provide a platform to help you find a local, trained volunteer
- We provide free projects for the children, which are step by step
guides for creating games, animations and websites
- Free online or face to face training sessions to get you started
- Events - come and meet other club hosts, connect with the community,
learn from each other and network
- We're on hand to help whenever you need us, get in touch at info@codeclub.ca
Top Tips
- Contact a few different volunteers to find the perfect person to help with your club, as volunteers may have
different availability
- If you’ve set up your club as a library, community centre, museum or ‘other venue’ on our site, potential attendees
can contact you through the Code Club website too (you can update this at any time)
- Don’t forget to get parental permission for every child who will be attending the club
Why register?
- Access to all of our projects, resources and materials
- Connect with clubs and local partners in your country, to receive support
- Help us track the great work being done around the world
- Tell us how Code Club can improve
