Generation AI
Equipping young people in the UK with ethical AI skills to thrive in the modern workforce.
Generation AI
Equipping young people in the UK with ethical AI skills to thrive in the modern workforce.
Generation AI
Equipping young people in the UK with ethical AI skills to thrive in the modern workforce.
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Generation AI
Equipping young people in the UK with ethical AI skills to thrive in the modern workforce.
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What is Generation AI?
…for your people
…for our planet
…for their future
Generation AI brings everything Digit<all> does in AI together under one banner, so more young people can benefit from it.We want to give 8 million young people across the UK active, accessible AI skills by 2040, starting with those most likely to be left out.
It builds on four years of delivery and more than a million young people reached. Now we're looking for a headline partner to help it grow.
8m
young people with AI skills by 2040
1m+
young people reached in four years
46
strong team, delivering from hubs across the UK
4
national awards in 2025–26
Supporters
Our aim is to reach
3 million
young people by 2030
5 million
young people by 2035
8 million
young people by 2040
through the context of
Biodiversity
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Physical activity
Space
Climate Action
Infrastruction
Why Generation AI, and why now?
AI is reshaping work. But access to AI skills is deeply unequal.
Young people are left behind, while industry faces an unprecedented digital skills shortage. And the young people already under-represented in tech, including girls and those from low-income families are furthest from the opportunities.
97%
of UK businesses report a critical AI skills gap, and 28% say technical AI shortages directly hold back their business goals
Half+
of young people aged 18 and under who took NCFE's assessment lacked the essential digital skills for modern life
20%
Women hold just 20% of AI roles in the UK, down from 24% in 2020.
2x
Global electricity demand from data centres is set to more than double by 2030. The UK needs people who can build AI and run it sustainably
We start with the young people most likely to be left behind
Young people who have left education without a route into work need practical, in-demand skills. AI skills help make them employable in a fast-changing job market.
We support young people to upskill, and support work experience with the voluntary sector so they can use their AI skills to support charities while gaining experience
The 40% most deprived neighbourhoods (IMD deciles 1 to 4), with higher unemployment, lower wages and fewer local opportunities.
We focus our work here, building on our experience through the Digital Inclusion Innovation Fund
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Young people on free school meals
Many have no device of their own beyond a smartphone and no reliable broadband at home.
We bring the kit into schools and community spaces, so no one is held back by what they have at home.
Girls
Women hold just 20% of AI roles in the UK, and the drop-off starts early as girls move from everyday tech use to AI and data skills.
Our resources are built on an award-winning self-efficacy framework that engages girls, and they're open to every young person.
Without early, community-led action, AI will widen the UK's existing socio-economic divide. Funding early AI literacy for girls and young people on Free School Meals isn't only good for society. It builds the talent pipeline UK employers need.
Coding for Climate Action and EcoCode. Children design and build climate early warning systems, and log and critically analyse environmental data through data science.
Children collect and analyse performance data through physical activity and programming wearable devices
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AI and space
Children design and develop their own 3D model in the form of an ExoPlanet and explore their planet using AI and Augmented Reality. They program and simulate autonomous ExoMars Rovers to traverse alien terrain.
AI and infrastructure
Children work collaboratively in teams, taking on key roles to develop a future science laboratory or data centre. They use programmable devices to create hot and cold aisles, deploy sensors and trigger actuators and motors. They build AI dashboards to visualise the internal and external environmental conditions.
AI and biodiversity
Children monitor nature populations and habitats by coding programmable devices to capture data and transmit to central systems using radio transmission. This includes monitoring bird populations, hedgehogs and identifying bat species through capturing transmission frequencies. They use AI for species recognition and to build visualisations and dashboards to help analyse wildlife in their community.
What Generation AI gives young people
Five real-world themes, built on programmes that already work
The people at the heart of what we do
A 46-strong team and expert steering group ready to deliver
Generation AI will be delivered by the 46-strong Digit<all> team from our hubs across the UK. It’s guided by a Steering Group of industry and education experts. Former students such as Grace and Kiera support Digit<all>'s steering group today, helping guide Generation AI and mentor the young people coming up behind them.
Grace Blake was one of the first young people to learn with us, she now works in AI at Lloyds Banking group.
Kiera Jones started as a Digit<all> students and now is a software developer at IBM
A 46-strong team and an expert steering group, ready to deliver
Generation AI will be delivered by the 46-strong Digit<all> team from our hubs across the UK.
It's guided by a Steering Group of industry and education experts: Grace Blake, Kiara Jones, Lea Button, Sophie Lange, Ahmer Adnan, Nana Yawaamoageng, Yota Dimitriadi and Ravi Chagger. All are women working in tech and education, and two of them, Grace and Kiara, started out in Digit<all> classrooms.
Young Steering Group
Grace and Kiara also lead our Young Steering Group of secondary school students: Evelyn, Emily, Trinity, Amy, Katelyn-Mae and Emily.
Together they're shaping Generation AI and growing into the next generation of young leaders.
What Generation AI gives young people
Five real-world themes, built on programmes that already work
AI and biodiversity.
Children monitor nature populations and habitats by coding devices to capture data and send it by radio, from bird and hedgehog populations to identifying bat species by their frequencies. They use AI for species recognition and build dashboards to analyse wildlife in their community
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Children collect and analyse performance data through physical activity and programming wearable devices
Children design and develop their own 3D model in the form of an ExoPlanet and explore their planet using AI and Augmented Reality. They program and simulate autonomous ExoMars Rovers to traverse alien terrain.
Coding for Climate Action and EcoCode. Children design and build climate early warning systems, and log and critically analyse environmental data through data science.
Lego Labs: children work in teams to develop a future science lab or data centre. They program devices to create hot and cold aisles, deploy sensors and trigger motors, then build AI dashboards to visualise conditions inside and out.
Hands-on learning in classrooms, communities and online
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Face-to-face workshops, festivals, holiday camps and bootcamps
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Online hackathons
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Peer mentoring and coaching
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Online and face-to-face training for community leaders, so they can run AI activities themselves
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Engaging, fun learning materials, free for any teacher or youth leader to use
A pathway from first session to first job
Generation AI follows young people from their first hands-on AI activities through to their first steps into work. Older students move on to experiences that build employable skills:
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Bootcamps and careers tours, supported by industry volunteers
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Employer-led hackathons
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Coaching and mentoring from young women working in AI
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Work experience, degree apprenticeships and community volunteering
The value of partnering with us
Talent, engagement and measurable social value
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Early access to a diverse, AI-ready talent pipeline
Talent spotted at bootcamps and industry-facing activations.
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Workforce engagement and purpose
Give your people a meaningful way to get involved.
03
Measurable ESG and social value
Impact reports delivered quarterly.
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Headline branding
Across all Generation AI materials, events and the website.
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A lead role
On the steering and working groups, shaping what young people learn.
We'll show you the difference your support makes
We'll use pre- and post-activity surveys to track young people's confidence, sense of belonging and career intent.
We'll report reach by gender, Free School Meals eligibility and IMD decile, and track how many teachers and community leaders go on to deliver independently.
Become a leading partner
Join the Generation AI collective. Help us invest in the UK's future AI leaders and workforce. Steer the work as a partner, or share it with your networks as a supporter.
£10,000
Skills partner
Co-create learning materials delivered through Generation AI, matched to your skills and talent pipeline.
£50,000
Regional hub partner
Fund regional events, including hackathons and branded regional camps.
£100,000
National theme lead
Sponsor a curriculum strand, with your branding across all school and community materials.
£200,000
Headline strategic partner
Scale across multiple regions with custom co-created learning modules, and leave a lasting legacy by training young leaders. Includes a place on the Generation AI Steering Group.
Work with us in other ways
Pro-bono
Help your staff spark change by volunteering at workshops, festivals and camps, supporting advertising campaigns and supporting behind-the-scenes operations and strategy.
Role models
Inspire young people by sharing journeys of your staff and support the next generation through coaching and mentoring.
Partner
Join our steering group activities, share your sector expert knowledge, research or passion and help us to continue to shape AI experiences for young people. Help us to iterate and evolve with you
Fundraise
Engage your staff in fundraising activities to help change young minds
Venues
Provide venues to support workshops and industry events