[LRUG] Helping disadvantaged kids learn to code

Mon Jul 30 08:18:54 PDT 2012

Hey Stevie,

While my development ability is very amateur at best, I've got some free
time to dedicate so let me know if I can help out in a
recruiter/sales/social media capacity. In a past life I used to be a drug &
alcohol counsellor for under 21s with substance misuse issues so I've got a
fair bit of experience engaging difficult young people if that's helpful.

Best, Louis

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From: chat-bounces at lists.lrug.org [mailto:chat-bounces at lists.lrug.org] On
Behalf Of Stevie Graham
Sent: 30 July 2012 15:24
To: London Ruby Users Group
Subject: Re: [LRUG] Helping disadvantaged kids learn to code

Hey Everyone,

Thanks for such an incredible response both on and off list. I will be
replying to each of you today.

S

On Sun, Jul 22, 2012 at 11:36 PM, Luis Correa d'Almeida <luis.ca at gmail.com>
wrote:

Count me in. 

On Fri, Jul 20, 2012 at 4:36 PM, Volker Pacher <volker.pacher at gmail.com>
wrote:

count me in :)

V

Volker Pacher

On 20 July 2012 15:58, Stevie Graham <stevie at twilio.com> wrote:

Hello LRUGers,

I had a meeting today with a chap from the charity RichMix, they're offering
free courses to 14-18 year olds in August on how to build web apps. I know
many of you are passionate about paying it forward to the next generation
from your participation in SideKick Studios DoJunior events. The kind of kid
this course is targeting is typically very underserved by any existing
initiative, and is completely oblivious to these kind of opportunities. A
lot of these kids feel disenfranchised and helpless by their perceived lack
of opportunities, imagine the difference it would make to their self-esteem
and to the paths they choose in life if they knew that their background
didn't matter? If they knew that the ability to cut code is all they need to
have a exciting and rewarding career. Without overstating it, it could
change lives.

These courses are free to kids, but they have a budget to pay instructors.
Please drop me a line if you are interested in helping.

Enjoy your weekend

Cheers

S

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