Tech City on Sea Digital Futures

Wed 12th July 2017 6pm – 9pm
The Hive, Southend

Join us for another Southend Tech City on Sea at The Hive, Southend and find out about digital futures, including :

Southend Raspberry Jam
BBC Microbit workshops and loan scheme
Pioneers (11-16 year olds) competition to create and share their inventions.
Southend Makerspace
Monthly Code Club and Makerspace at The Old Waterworks

and more….

Future Events

Southend Coding Meetup
Monday 20th January 2020 - 7pm-9pm
The Old Waterworks
Book here.

Basildon Raspberry Jam
Saturday 25th January 2020 - 10.30am-3.30pm
Basildon Library
Book here.

Southend Coding Meetup
Monday 3rd February 2020 - 7pm-9pm
The Old Waterworks
Book here.

Southend Tech Meetup
Thursday 6th February 2020 - 6pm-10pm
The Old Waterworks
Book here.

Chelmsford Raspberry Jam
Saturday 15th February 2020 - 10am-4pm
Chelmsford Library
Book here.

Southend Raspberry Jam
Sunday 8th March 2020
Southend Venue tbc
Book here.

Latest News/ Events

Chelmsford Raspberry Jam
Saturday 7th December 2019 - 11am-3pm
Chelmsford Library
A small coding event for young people
Book here.

Space Chase coding - Basildon Library/CreatorSpace
Tuesday 6th August 3.30pm-7.30pm
Tuesday 13th August 3.30pm-7.30pm
Part of the Summer Reading Challenge
See more here.

Southend Smart City Raspberry Jam
Sunday 3rd March 2019
Over 200 people attended the Southend Tech Festival
See more here.

Hour of Code: Dance Party
Various dates and locations in local libraries
Coding a dance party
See here.

2 #ChallengeDementia winners
from the Southend Dementia hackathon and Southend Raspberry Jam who each won £5,000
See more here.

Tech Nation Report
Southend has been listed in the report as a "Silicon Suburb" Tech Town.
Details here

Southend #TechCityonSea DL100
Southend has been nominated for cross sector collaboration

Southend Hackathon #ChallengeDementia
Saturday 7th April 2018 5 entries to the Challenge competition
See more here.

Southend Raspberry Jam Tech Fest
150 people celebrated the 6th birthday of the Raspberry Pi with talks, workshops and projects on show.
See details

Essex 2020 Year of Science and Creativity

International Space Station computers
Code written by Southend school children was run on the Raspberry Pi computers in space on 1st feb 2018 sending messages to astronauts including use of temperature sensors.
See details

Microbit library loan scheme
You can now borrow Microbits from Southend and Essex Libraries. Southend Tech ran Microbit workshops.
See details

More Previous Events

Ignite Chelmsford
Thursday 12th September 2019 - 7pm
Talk: How creative technology can extend existing art activities, engage new audiences and offer new opportunities for creativity and cultural experiences.
Book here.

Air pollution monitoring
Monday 16th September - 7pm-9pm
Fortnightly coding at The Old Waterworks

Southend coding
Monday 30th September - 7pm-9pm
Fortnightly at The Old Waterworks

Southend 3D design, print, VR Meetup
Thursday 3rd October 2019 - 6pm-10pm
The Old Waterworks
Book here.

Basildon Code Create
Tuesday 8th October 2019 - 3.30pm-8.00pm
Basildon Library

Chelmsford Morning Coding
Sat 12th October 2019 - 10pm - 1pm
Chelmsford Library
Coding tba...

Coding 3D virtual reality worlds
Monday 14th October - 7pm-9pm
Fortnightly coding at The Old Waterworks

Chelmsford Day Coding
Sat 19th October 2019
Coding tba...

Southend workplace visit
Monday 28th October - daytime
Visit a coding company for 10yr-17yrs.