The Old Waterworks, North Road, Southend
Saturday 27th April 2019 10.30am-2pm
Sunday 19th May 2019 10.30am – 2pm
Southend Library, The Forum
Saturday 11th May 2019 10.30am-2pm
We’re running some Raspberry Jam / Makerspace events at The Old Waterworks, North Road, Southend, SS0 7AB and Southend Library following the Southend “Smart City” Raspberry Jam .
The Old Waterworks is located on the junction of North Road and Chelmsford Avenue and free parking is available. Please note that there is a new entrance to use just North of the junction towards the BP garage. Please check directions here before coming.
BBC Microbit, Raspberry Pi, AI, IoT, Smart Cities, Scratch, robots, electronics, Python coding.
The Old Waterworks Sun 19th May :
Parents must accompany children and we are looking for volunteers to help mentor.
Previous Events
Here are some of the events we have ran at The Old Waterworks :
#ChallengeDementia hackathon with Essex County Council.
Taking part in @EssexCC #ChallengeDementia at @SouthendTech Hackathon @Old_Waterworks to transform the lives of dementia suffers using technology.#DAW2018 #TechCityonSea #DigitalSouthend #rjam #WeAreTechNation
#DementiaActionWeek@SouthendNHS @SouthendCCG @SouthendBC @EPUTNHS pic.twitter.com/6SEa793wFh— SouthendRaspberryJam (@SouthendRPiJams) May 27, 2018
Southend Digital Professionals Tech Meetup is a monthly meetup on the first Thursday of the month :
A fantastic Southend Tech Meetup with @SouthendBC on co-designing a "Connected and Smart" #Southend2050
Smart Cities, open data, intelligence hub, data warehouse, hackathons and planning for the Southend Smart City Jam, Sun 3rd March.Book now: https://t.co/O6n5GTkmBQ #PiParty pic.twitter.com/XJk1W1wo8A
— SouthendRaspberryJam (@SouthendRPiJams) February 14, 2019
Fun night at @SouthendTech, playing micro:bit guitar with @whaleygeek and @edmundjeevan! #bitbusker pic.twitter.com/HoE4jzORfP
— Ria 0_o (@RiaLolwut) November 1, 2018
Good fun tonight trying out virtual / augmented reality headsets and flying drones! Thanks @SouthendTech! pic.twitter.com/4pGMghJdwk
— Primary Image (@primaryimage) July 5, 2018
Coding Southend Council’s Pepper robot :
Learning to program @SouthendBC new robot @PepperSouthend using drag and drop interface at the Southend Makerspace day at @Old_Waterworks #DigitalSouthend #TechCityonSea #TechNation #RJam pic.twitter.com/YT2fFCtHvz
— SouthendRaspberryJam (@SouthendRPiJams) December 16, 2017
Great to see @PepperSouthend loves computing too!! #fun @Old_Waterworks with @SouthendRPiJams @StowAeroDrone @SouthendTech @Southend0nSea @SouthendBC pic.twitter.com/CPDbqz7LA4
— Penny Cater (@PennyCater) December 16, 2017
🤖 Meet @SouthendBC's newest employee @PepperSouthend pic.twitter.com/EvNyb9lTN6
— BBC Essex (@BBCEssex) October 27, 2017
Raspberry Pi Pioneers competition with Highly Commended entry PioneerHat :
Girls only creative tech group – Essex Steamettes
On Monday I had a great time with @Essexsteamettes! I enjoyed learning about a robot called Cozmo and Microbit. pic.twitter.com/muh5QfuHJO
— AC_Coder (@ac_coder) February 19, 2020