Reflecting back, looking forward

Well, we've made it to the end of 2025, and what a year it's been!!

Thank you to everyone who has played a part, while we have:

🔸 reached over 9,000 children aged 5-8 with our UK Civil Aviation Authority and Department for Transport Reach for the Sky grant (with more to come up to March 2026, and beyond!)

🔸 delivered another 3 of our fabulous Bupa Coding Days Series to thousands of children around the UK;

🔸 launched our first secondary school coding adventure, all about how to use data to get to Net Zero;

🔸 exhibited at, attended (and in some cases spoke at) various expos and conferences including Space-Comm - where we were the official Social Value Partner - Farnborough International Space Show, Sustainable Skies, RIAT, Bett, Get Inspired events by EBP and Sattucino by the Satellite Applications Catapult

🔸 taken part in numerous podcast, including the fabulous LIFT OFF, from TECHNIA;

🔸 worked with the amazing team at the STEM Hub, a STEM Learning Partner ...

🔸 ... with them we have delivered 3 online Live Watch-along Assemblies to coming up to 10,000 students, including our Three Bears Panto Coding Adventure - just in time for Christmas

🔸 ran our remotely delivered coding adventures to thousands of schools around the UK, through our fun and engaging coding, careers and skills content (including the 8 essential skills of Skills Builder, with whom we are proud to be an impact partner)

🔸 took part in inclusion workshops and discussions, including the Gender Pathways collective initiated by Engineering UK

🔸 had the wonderful support of new and existing wonderful collaborators and sponsors;

🔸 won another amazing Reach for the Sky grant for next year, to get us up to the 11 year-old age range for our Moon Landing Coding Adventure;

🔸 and of course inclusively inspired the tech innovators of the future!

Here’s a list, but undoubtedly we’ll have missed one or two wonderful people or organisations off - heartfelt thanks to you all!

These include thanks to our fabulous core team (you know who you are!)

Jeni Trice, Margaret Almey, Natasha Miah, Helen Shepherd, Kathryn Becher, Tariene Emmitt, Melanie Budge, Jessica Duffy, Jessica Dix, Amber Hunter, Danielle Marlow and Serena Selby.

Our supporting team of advisers, suppliers and cheerleaders (without whom any of this would be possible)

Our supporting team of advisers, suppliers and cheerleaders (without whom any of this would be possible):

Lisa Kim MacLaren, Kate Bohn, Sharika Chauhan, Sarah Knights, Evie Marlow, Bob D'Mellow, Melanie D'Mellow, Kris Trice, Suzanne Renshaw, Rachel Harrison Smith, Louise Walker, Reszo / Beth Alwis, myAko / Kevin Ashley / Joe Plank, Uncouth Training / Steph Wright, Creative Seed / Lara Gee, VEX Robotics / Tim Friez, VEX Robotics UK / Paul McKnight, The STEM Hub / James Bennet / Jo Cockerton, Tiger Optics / Lee Hilse, Traverse Media / Lucy Williams, On The Spot Tax / Mike Creak, The Luna Make Up Company / Naomi Barker, The Kindness Crew / Unseen Aware / Simon Houghton, RSMU / Imperial College / Alice Choudhury / Wendy Wang, Anderson Acoustics / Nicole Porter.

Our more recent and also longer-term sponsors:

Bupa, the UK Civil Aviation Authority, the Department for Transport, Vitality, Freshleaf, 8x8, Blue Box Storage, The Hazels, Hart District Council … our private sponsors, and many more.

Our wonderful supporters as potential sponsors, on social media, and behind the scenes:

The Hazels / Jan Morgan, Katie Theisinger, STEM Learning / Ajay Sharman / Jasmin , Dan McNamara, Roddy Barnes, Claire Chapman, Rajnita Ilyer, Amajit Bhurji, Eleanor Sim, Duncan West, Ben Turner, Liz and Tim Dodwell, Darren Almey, Make the Future Yours! / David Hewlett / Michele Hewlett, Nadia Edwards-Dashti, Roopa Master-Coles, Vanessa Valleley, Gill Cooke, Kasia Hayward, Catherine Wright, Sheryl Miles, Cheryl Razzell, LSEG / Akua Opong, Sam Shallcross, Diana Kennedy, Jon Coleman, Neil Roach, Nick Stringer, David Trice, Kim Tottem, Nadia Edwards-Dashti, Nick Dennes, everywoman, Samtaler, LetsLocalise, Automate UK, Automate BEST, Victoria Christmas/ Orange Tree Partnership, UK Space / Colin Baldwin / Gemma Wilson, Vicky Jewell, Kathie Bowden, Zoë Bowden, Space South Central / Dan Smith / Louse Butt, Schools Mailing / Rob Rodgerson, Kim Vivian, Fran Hoyle, Bruce Poston, Rikki-Louise Davies, Hugh Sharman-Patch, Juliet Morris, EJ Quinn, Cheryl Shirley,

… and everyone else who has supported us this year and beyond.

And finally thank you to all all the children, who are our focus - the tech innovators of the future - and the amazing schools they attend, including:

Guildford County School, Cantell School, Court Moor Secondary School, Winston Churchill Secondary School, Mulberrry Academy, Shoreham Beach Primary School, Tweseldown Infant School, Evendons Primary School, LEO Academy and many more …

… and of course everyone else who has encouraged and supported us!

Bring on 2026, when we will be developing more Space-based content, and perhaps aviation and financial literacy based content too ... watch this space!