What your child actually does.Real skills, real safety, and a real build.
This page is the plain version: the hours, the cost, the safeguarding, and what they leave with. Written for families, not funders.
- Target AgesAges 11–18Grade 6 to 12
- Cost to ApplyUSD 0Always Free to Apply
- Time Commitment~4 Hours / WkPaced for School
Family-First Safeguarding
“Never one-on-one. Always supervised, transparent, and consenting.”
Two routes
Which one fits your child?
If you are unsure, send the enquiry anyway and describe them. We will tell you which route is realistic, including if the answer is none of them yet.
- 01
Access Fellowship
For a young person who has the drive but not the door. Fully funded, twelve classes, a mentor, and a build that is theirs.
- 02
The Impact Challenge
A ten-week competition for students in Grades 8 to 12, entering alone or in a team. Best for a young person ready to build on a real challenge.
A week in the programme
Four hours. Three parts.
And what they leave with at the end of it.
- 1
One live class
Ninety minutes, taught, with other young builders in the room. Recorded if your child cannot attend live.
- 2
One mentor clinic
Small group, never one-to-one, with a practising builder who reviews the week's work.
- 3
Independent build time
Roughly two hours making the thing. This is where the learning actually happens.
- A build
Something real that exists after the programme ends: a tool, a product, a service with a first user.
- A record
A documented portfolio of the work, which is worth more to an employer or university than a certificate.
- A network
Mentors and peers in other countries who keep answering messages long after week twelve.
- An honest answer
Some young people finish and decide building is not for them. We count that as a good outcome, not a failure.
Safeguarding & consent
The rules we hold ourselves to.
- Mentors are vetted, and sessions are group sessions, never one adult with one child in private.
- Under-18s enrol with a parent, guardian or teacher named on the form.
- We never publish a young person's face, story or income without their explicit, revocable consent.
- You can withdraw your child at any point, with no cost and no argument.
- We hold your contact details to talk to you, and for nothing else.
Questions families ask
Straight answers.
Will this get in the way of school exams?
About four hours a week, and cohorts pause around major exam windows. If the timing is wrong, we will tell you to apply to the next cohort instead.
Is there any cost?
Applying is free and always will be. Access Fellowship seats are fully funded. Where a paid route exists, the price is stated in writing before anyone commits.
We do not have a good laptop or reliable internet.
Say so in the enquiry. Device and connectivity support is part of what funded seats are for, it is not a reason to disqualify yourself.
My child is shy and has never built anything.
Good. We select for curiosity and follow-through, not for confidence or a portfolio. Most fellows arrive having never shipped anything.
What if they are not selected?
We tell you why, in writing, and point you at the next cohort or another route. Nobody is left guessing.
Families
Ask us anything before you commit.
You can send this as a parent or as the student. If your child is under 18, a parent, guardian or teacher should be the one to send it.
We use what you send here to reply to you and nothing else. Under-18s should have a parent, guardian or teacher send the enquiry with them.