Virgin Media have today announced the launch of the Europe-wide initiative “Future Makers Awards” to mark Europe Code Week (15 - 23 October 2016).
The competition is calling on young Irish people aged between 10 and 17 to submit their innovative ideas that can bring about positive social change in their communities using technology and coding.
The “Future Makers Awards” were created together with the worldwide CoderDojo movement, which organizes free coding clubs around the world. From today, participants have six weeks to develop their projects.
Virgin Media CEO, Tony Hanway today commented, "Coding is the language of the future as it is at the core of digitisation. The earlier youngsters take an interest in coding, the easier it will be for them to find their way in the digital world."
He added, "With the Europe-wide Future Makers Awards Virgin Media want to inspire Irish children and young people to get involved with the language of the future – after all coding is great fun and an essential skill for future development.”
Source: www.businessworld.ie
