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This is our regular reminder asking you to use Give as you Live 🙏

Every time you make an online purchase, order a food shop, or book a trip, you generate free donations that support us 🤯

It's so easy, and all donations raised do make a big difference, thank you ❤️ www.giveasyoulive.com/join/codebar

Workshop at Raspberry Pi Foundation - Thu, 26th February Attend our workshops to learn programming in a safe and supportive environment at your own pace, or to share your knowledge and coach our students.

Happy Tuesday all 🎉

Our Thursday workshop in Cambridge has some student spaces available. If you're in/near that area and would like to attend, please grab yourself a space here codebar.io/workshops/3658

Our workshops are perfect for people at the absolute beginning of their coding journey ❤️

Workshop at Bluetel Solutions - Thu, 26th February Attend our workshops to learn programming in a safe and supportive environment at your own pace, or to share your knowledge and coach our students.

Thursday
Birmingham (in-person at Bluetel) codebar.io/workshops/3655 18:00 GMT
Cambridge (in-person at Raspberry Pi Foundation) codebar.io/workshops/3658 18:30 GMT
Virtual UK codebar.io/workshops/3651 18:30 GMT

Workshop at Octopus Energy - Tue, 24th February Attend our workshops to learn programming in a safe and supportive environment at your own pace, or to share your knowledge and coach our students.

Workshops happening this week 💻 🗺️

Tuesday
Brighton (in-person at Octopus Energy) codebar.io/workshops/3657 18:30 GMT

Wednesday
Virtual East Asia codebar.io/workshops/3660 19:00 CST (GMT+8)
London (in-person at innocent drinks) codebar.io/workshops/3656 18:30 GMT

Our newly relaunched Solent chapter is looking for venues to host their workshops 🏢

If you have office space that could host 15 people, and provide some pizza and drinks too, please drop us an email solent@codebar.io ❤️

We'd really appreciate the support!

Workshop at Axel Springer National Media & Tech - Thu, 19th February Attend our workshops to learn programming in a safe and supportive environment at your own pace, or to share your knowledge and coach our students.

Thursday
Berlin (in-person at Axel Springer) codebar.io/workshops/3652 18:30 CET (GMT+1)
Amsterdam (in-person at Framer) codebar.io/workshops/3612 18:30 CET (GMT+1)
Norwich (in-person at Artlist) codebar.io/workshops/3605 18:00 GMT

Workshop at University of Derby - Tue, 17th February Attend our workshops to learn programming in a safe and supportive environment at your own pace, or to share your knowledge and coach our students.

Workshops happening this week 💻

Tuesday
Derby (in-person at University of Derby) codebar.io/workshops/3611 18:00 GMT
Brighton (in-person at The Skiff) codebar.io/workshops/3650 18:30 GMT

Our Southampton chapter is now Solent 🎉

Allowing us to cover more of the South Coast and support even more people starting their tech journey. We're so excited!!

Interested in attending? Please subscribe here ➡️ codebar.io/solent

S1 E10 - Amber Shand

As we gear up for recording season 2 of our podcast we need to find a company to sponsor 💙

£4,000 sponsorship will allow us to pay an editor, a designer and do some marketing.

Interested? Please drop us an email 📧 hello@codebar.io.

Listen to season 1 here open.spotify.com/show/1N2aqJd...

750 tickets have gone for codebar Festival already 🤯

We're absolutely blown away!!

But fear not, our virtual sessions have unlimited tickets, grab yours here ➡️ ti.to/codebar/code...

Workshop at University of Derby - Tue, 17th February Attend our workshops to learn programming in a safe and supportive environment at your own pace, or to share your knowledge and coach our students.

The first codebar Derby workshop is happening later this month.

Join them on Tuesday 17th at the University of Derby 💻

Coaches and students welcome. Grab your free spot here ➡️ codebar.io/workshops/3611

🚀 Our next codebar Nottingham workshop is happening on Tuesday, 10th February, and we’d ❤️ to see you there.

Date: Thursday, 19 February Time: 18:30 – 21:00 Location: Framer BV, Rozengracht 207, Amsterdam, 1016 LZ

We're hosting our 1st workshop of 2026 at Framer!

New and existing students and coaches are welcome, but space is limited to ~20 people. Food & drink generously provided by Framer.

RSVP codebar.io/workshops/3612
Thu, 19 Feb @ 18:30 – 21:00
Rozengracht 207, 1016 LZ

#DEI

codebar Festival Travel Expense Request Form We are thrilled to announce that due to sponsorship from Skyscanner we may be able to subsidise the cost of your travel to codebar Festival in London on Saturday 21st March at Monzo . Unfortunately,...

And, because of some wonderful sponsorship from Skyscanner we're able to offer travel bursaries for people who would like to attend the London day. Please complete this form ➡️ forms.gle/sBtayvQzZMyU...

RSVP for codebar Festival is now...OPEN 🚀

Join us between the 16th and 21st of March for 6 days of virtual deep-dive technical workshops and an in-person full day event at Monzo in London.

Interested in attending any of the sessions? Grab your tickets here ➡️ ti.to/codebar/code...

Workshop at DabApps - Tue, 3rd February Attend our workshops to learn programming in a safe and supportive environment at your own pace, or to share your knowledge and coach our students.

Workshops happening this week 💻

Tuesday
Brighton (in-person at DabApps) codebar.io/workshops/3613 18:30 GMT

Thursday
Berlin (in-person at ChainSafe Systems) codebar.io/workshops/3609 18:30 CET (GMT+1)

We are so thrilled to announce that a new chapter is joining the codebar family, please all welcome Derby 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

The second codebar chapter in the East Midlands of the UK! If you know someone in or near Derby who would like to attend, as a student or coach, then please let them know ➡️ codebar.io/derby

Without support from companies many of the things we do at codebar would not be possible.

So, we want to spend some time today giving Pleo the biggest thank you ever for being the sponsor of our 2025 Impact Report ❤️

Please take a look here ➡️ impact-report.codebar.io

✨ Our 2025 Impact Report is now live ✨

This past year has been shaped by you...our amazing community! Whether you're a student, coach, organiser, or a host you all make up codebar and it wouldn't happen without you.

Please take a look at the report here ➡️ impact-report.codebar.io

Workshop at Brighton MET - Tue, 20th January Attend our workshops to learn programming in a safe and supportive environment at your own pace, or to share your knowledge and coach our students.

Workshops happening this week 💻

Tuesday
Brighton (in-person at Brighton MET) codebar.io/workshops/3606 18:30 GMT

Wednesday
Virtual East Asia codebar.io/workshops/3604 19:00 CST (GMT+8)

Thursday
Edinburgh (in-person at Opus 2) codebar.io/workshops/3593 18:00 GMT

codebar Making tech more diverse and welcoming by bringing people together and helping teach programming skills.

Next Tuesday we are running a Virtual Open Day 👀

Do you have a question you'd like to ask us? Whether it's about attending codebar, becoming a developer, attending virtually!

If so, then please come along to our drop in session to have your question answered codebar.io/events/virtu...

Submit your session for codebar Festival 2026! codebar is looking for diverse speakers to share their knowledge at our upcoming hybrid 5 day event - codebar Festival. We are looking for virtual technical workshops (90/120 minutes), and in-person...

Just a quick reminder that our CFP for codebar Festival closes on Monday. So only a few more days to submit your session for our biggest event of the year 👀 forms.gle/XYTZfkJvGWqA...

Welcome back everyone, can someone remind us how we use a computer again please?

Coaching helps you develop some very important skills: communication, leadership, and the ability to guide others through technical challenges.

Would you consider coaching in 2026?

Submitting Your First Talk: A Call for Papers (CFP) Guide with Kimberley Cook YouTube video by codebar

New talk live on our youtube 🎉

In this talk we cover what a CFP is, what the process looks like, what to expect in a proposal, and simple tips for preparing your talk - even if you’ve never spoken publicly before.

Enjoy 🥰 youtu.be/IOWXVKrbEgE?...

🎄 Last Call for Coaches for Tomorrow’s codebar Nottingham Workshop! 🎄
We have lots of students joining, but we still need a few more coaches to give everyone the support they need.
Want to help someone take their next step into tech?
Sign up to coach 👉 codebar.io/workshops/3543

✨Ending the year with one last incredible workshop!
Thank you to @financialtimes.com for hosting our last @codebar.io workshop of the year, It was the perfect way to close out 2025 ! 🎉🎉

We very warmly welcome both first-time and experienced speakers to submit their proposals. If you’d like to chat through an idea before submitting, feel free to email us at hello@codebar.io - we’d love to hear from you!

Submit your session for codebar Festival 2026! codebar is looking for diverse speakers to share their knowledge at our upcoming hybrid 5 day event - codebar Festival. We are looking for virtual technical workshops (90/120 minutes), and in-person...

We’re thrilled to announce that the Call for Papers for codebar Festival is now open 🎉

We’re looking for virtual technical workshops and in-person talks in London. Talks can focus on technical topics, career development, or wellbeing.

Interested? Submit your proposal here forms.gle/RksiqujDrieZ...

We have a few charity spots still available for the Hackney Half Marathon next year - Sunday 17th May 🏃

If you're interested in running this iconic race and fundraising vital funds for codebar, please drop us an email ➡️ hello@codebar.io