Davinder was an asylum seeker. He was an engineering student before coming to the UK, and he wanted to study once again. In his own words, “I was helpless and new in this country. I wanted an opportunity to continue my studies. Learning is my passion.” While asylum seekers can study in the UK, they cannot work and generate an … Read More
Student Story: Fatima
After completing a degree in Biology, Fatima struggled to find a decent job. She was unable to fund any further learning. Through her sister, she heard about CodeYourFuture in the North West. She decided to learn a programming language to get a good job in tech. Fatima was new to coding, so she decided the best attitude was to fully … Read More
Student Story: Deniz
Deniz wanted to change her career, so she started searching for ways to learn how to code. When she found CodeYourFuture, the course seemed to provide all of the programming and problem-solving skills she wanted. Before starting with CYF, Deniz had never written a line of code. She struggled at times but made use of all the support offered at … Read More
Student Story: Daniel
Daniel had been out of work for nearly ten years struggling with mental health when he saw an advert for CodeYourFuture (CYF) in a local council bulletin. Daniel says “I had only just started to turn my life around and felt able to commit to something that may help improve my future for the first time in a long time.” … Read More
Student Stories: Mona
Mona, from Iran, found herself in a small town in the north of the UK where she spent five years with her husband and their son as asylum seekers. As asylum seekers are not allowed to work, the combination of a long period of time spent outside of the labour market and differences in practices in her field of work … Read More
Student Stories: Mohammed
This is Mohammed Mohammed came to the UK as a refugee from Sudan in 2015. Like others in a similar position, he tried to integrate himself quickly in his new community in the hope of making up for the challenges and disruptions he had faced in the past. ‘First, I was doing ESOL in college, then working at a car … Read More
Student Stories: Abdoulrazack
Meet Abdoulrazack Somalia is a country destroyed by civil war and then by the occupation of Al-shabaab. I had been working as an Interpreter in Somalia and my life was threatened by this malleolus group. I fled the country to save my life and my journey ended in the UK. After applying for asylum and humanitarian protection, things were going … Read More
Student Stories: Madiha
Meet Madiha Madiha originally comes from Pakistan. She came to live in the UK about 15 years ago. After years of juggling various jobs to make ends meet, and not feeling content with the shift her career and life had taken, she decided to turn her life around. This is how she found CodeYourFuture. Not only was CodeYourFuture life-changing for … Read More
Fighting inequality, one line of code at a time
CodeYourFuture is not just any other coding school; we are a community with a mission to fight inequality. We support motivated individuals from the most disadvantaged groups – those who have limited access to training and opportunities and who are underrepresented in the tech sector. It has never been more apparent how important it is to build pathways to opportunity … Read More
The origins of CodeYourFuture told through a graduate
Imagine that you are the founder of a social enterprise. You spend time planning and working on setting the foundations of your project. You work hard and the day arrives when you start offering a service to a group of people, becoming a day of celebration in our collective memory. In the case of CodeYourFuture, it was on the 9th … Read More