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  • Digital Xtra funding for extracurricular computing projects

    Created: 06/10/2016
    News/Events Category: Funding and Finance


    Scotland’s Digital Xtra Fund launched in May 2016 and awarded £250,000 to 12 projects, which expect to reach a combined total of 10,500 young people across the country by March 2017.

    An additional £150,000 has now been made available in response to the high number of applications received for the first round of funding.

    Applications are open via Public Contracts Scotland and eligible organisations can bid for grants from £1,500 to a maximum £25,000 per project to support computing science and digital skills focused extracurricular activities for 2016/17.

    Funding is intended to support enterprising organisations that give young people aged 16 and under opportunities to learn computer science related digital skills and contribute to widening the provision of extracurricular computing science related activities across Scotland.

    The deadline for submissions is 12 noon on Friday 04 November 2016.

    For more inforamtion or to apply to the fund click here (website link).




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