Individual Stories
Digital Skills in a Connected Care Home
When Covid19 hit the country, Les Hoûmets Care Home in Jersey locked down fast. This had the effect of not only protecting staff and residents
8th September 2020
How Individuals can get involved
By 2020, it is expected that the UK will have more than 750,000 new ‘digital’ jobs and British businesses will need to train nearly 2.3 million people to meet the demand, therefore individuals can play their part by learning new skills or sharing their expertise.
Why not shout about what you are doing by writing a blog or sharing your story on social media. How did you get into digital? What tips do you have for others?
Don’t forget to share what you are doing with us on social media using the #NationalCodingWeek or tag us in a photo @codingweek
Why not offer your skills to libraries, codeclubs or schools? Simply offering a careers talk to help inspire the next generation or showing some basic digital skills to help get people started may be all that’s required.
1 Support your local hackathon.
2 create some resources to share with the wider world for National Coding Week.
3 offer to run a short course at a local venue (one hour / two hours will be fine).
Sector Story
Meet Jonathan Channing
Jonathan left school with no qualifications and was diagnosed with autism aged 19. His life changed when he attended a coding course which fired him up. He now runs his own successful web design business and is Head of Strategy at National Coding Week.
Individual Stories
Fitnessandcode
5th September 2020
Business Stories
Creating a Digital Personal Training Business
I made sure I invested time to build on what was working, build my digital skills and build my new business. My Background Up until
4th September 2020