Aghogho’s desire to give back to the best of her ability stems from her background as a Welsh-British immigrant from Nigeria. “I witnessed the financial and emotional struggle of my parents”, she says, recalling “their tenacity over the years to secure the necessary papers and jobs to give myself and my siblings a better future.”  She heard about CYF volunteering … Read More

CodeYourFuture (CYF) trains people from underprivileged backgrounds in coding and employability skills, and then helps them find good jobs in the tech industry. We’re passionate about developing people’s technical skills, but we’re also very aware that soft skills like leadership, decision making, and people management are just as important for employment.  Recently, we have created a new and unique program, … Read More

I’m an organiser volunteer in Rome – since 2018 when we started planning Rome.  I learned a lot about the tech world, and from fellow mentors and volunteers about how young dynamic companies work and change much quicker than the hierarchical old media world I’ve worked in.  I’ve gotten to practice public speaking, and do presentations in Italian, learned how … Read More

Class: Manchester Volunteering since: September 2019 What do you love about CodeYourFuture? I love how friendly and welcoming the community is. It is terrifying as a relatively new developer to put yourself in a room of experts, but nobody makes you feel less than and everybody is always willing to listen to you and help you out no matter what … Read More

Introducing Jane. I first heard about CodeYourFuture from a Manchester Girl Geeks newsletter, back in November 2019. After attending an evening for prospective volunteers I decided to join CYF. I feel that the project is very worthwhile, providing students with the skills required to get a job in IT, a field with a chronic shortage of skilled people. I have a … Read More

Introducing Brandon. Brandon is an Engineering Apprentice at Aston Martin. He first experienced coding in his GCSE Computing classes at school and has since grown his knowledge, learning languages such as SQL, C# and HTML/CSS. A mainly self-taught coder, he has completed several personal projects and joined CodeYourFuture in order to add to his existing coding skills, whilst also helping … Read More

This is Atanas. With his background in Computer Science and 11 years’ experience in the UK Higher Education sector, Atanas has had the opportunity to work in a variety of technology roles. During that time, he found that he really enjoys teaching coding and was convinced that everyone can learn to code as long as they have the right approach … Read More

Meet Lucy. A recent graduate from Manchester Met University, she lives in Manchester working as a graduate software engineer at the BBC in MediaCity, Salford. Lucy has worked on areas as diverse as the Voice+AI team to front end development on the Sport website. She first came across CodeYourFuture while in the middle of her industrial placement year. She wanted … Read More