Celebrating
years of
What is Meet & Code?
Meet & Code supports charities across Europe to bring digital skills to young people aged 8–24. Funded by Amazon Future Engineer and Base44, it’s been running for ten years across seven countries.
Digit is the UK delivery partner. We’re here to help you apply, plan your activities, and make the most of your funding – whether you’re running your first coding workshop or expanding an existing programme.
£400
per grant
3
per organisation
grants
Up to
70
for UK organisations
grants
2026 focus: AI and responsible technology
This year, we’re encouraging activities that introduce young people to artificial intelligence – from understanding how AI works to building AI-powered projects.
Choose your grant
Each £400 funds one event – a minimum of four hours of hands-on digital activities for at least 20 young people. You can submit multiple events to access higher funding.
What can the funding cover?
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Hardware – micro:bits, robotics kits, devices
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Workshop trainers and specialist support
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Learning materials and online tools
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Venue hire and equipment
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Travel and transport costs
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Communication and outreach to reach participants
How to apply
Applications are handled through the Meet & Code website. Here’s what to expect at each stage.
(Tip: keep this page open so you can refer back to it as a guide).
Not sure what to run?
We’ve got ready-to-go activity packages with lesson plans, slides, and guidance – designed so you can deliver a great event even if coding isn’t your usual area.
Not sure what to run?
We’ve got ready-to-go activity packages with lesson plans, slides, and guidance – designed so you can deliver a great event even if coding isn’t your usual area.
Ready-made resources from Digit<all>
You don’t need to be a computing expert. We’ve put together activity packages with everything you need – lesson plans, slides, guidance, and in some cases, the hardware too.
This year’s packages focus on AI, coding, and physical computing. Pick one, apply for your grant, and we’ll support you from there.
EcoCode:
Llama Antibodies
Ages 10-12
Build a solar-powered micro:bit llamagotchi and find out how llamas helped create vaccines.
Young people explore how llama antibodies and nanobodies have protected humans from viruses like COVID-19 – and learn about our relationship with the natural world along the way.
What you'll need: BBC micro:bits · mini solar cells · charge modules · crocodile clips
Includes: Slides, activity plan, and guidance – free to download.
EcoCode:
Cosmic Rays
Ages 8-11
Build a high-intensity light detector with the micro:bit and explore why detecting cosmic rays matters.
Young people discover how cosmic rays affect space, the human body, and the physical computing equipment that monitors environmental conditions.
What you'll need: BBC micro:bits · laser pens
Includes: Slides, activity plan, and guidance – free to download.
EcoCode:
Polar Bear Hair
Ages 8-11
Code RGB lights with the micro:bit and explore how colour works in the natural world – without any pigment.
Young people learn about structural colour, from butterfly wings to polar bear fur, and discover how nature creates colour using light and physical structures rather than chemicals.
What you'll need: BBC micro:bits · crocodile clips · RGB LEDs
Includes: Slides, activity plan, and guidance – free to download.
See what others have done
Hebocon: Toy Robots
SERAI Network · Leeds & Barnsley Libraries
In this 2023 workshop funded through Meet & Code, young people took apart old, broken toys and rebuilt them into robots – the weirder the better.
SERAI Network partnered with Leeds and Barnsley Libraries to run Hebocon workshops, where no technical skills were needed and inventiveness mattered more than whether the robot actually worked.
Local families and businesses donated toys that would otherwise have gone to landfill. Then participants got hands-on with real tools, learned how motors and sensors work, and discovered what happens when you're allowed to break things. The sessions were so popular they had to add more.
Woodland Coding
Autism Support Kilkeel · Mourne Park, Northern Ireland
Autistic young people and their families spent a day coding in the woods of Mourne Park, using BBC micro:bits to build communication devices and a solar-powered environmental sensor. Funded by Meet & Code through Digit<all>, the event was designed so that being outdoors – among trees, beside the river – was part of the experience, not just the backdrop. Children programmed their micro:bits to share how they were feeling as they walked through the woodland, then worked together to build a sensor that could detect light, temperature, and soil moisture. Every child took their micro:bit home to keep, along with the skills to keep exploring. The event ran for a second year after the first proved that the outdoor setting had a remarkable calming effect on the group's ability to focus and engage.
Halloween Bats
Cromar Future Group · Crathes Castle, National Trust for Scotland
Children designed and built remote-controlled Halloween bats for Crathes Castle, coding BBC micro:bits to make the eyes pulse and blink realistically using hue, saturation, and luminosity. The bats hung on strings to fly back and forth, complete with squeaky bat sound effects – all brainstormed, prototyped, and programmed by the young people themselves.
Key dates for 2026
20 May – 15 July
Call for projects – register on Meet & Code and submit your events
16 July - 15 August
Event review and approval
16 August - 31 October
Deliver your activities
1 - 15 November
Evaluation and reporting
December 2026 - January 2027
10th anniversary celebration
Frequently asked questions
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