August 5th → 11th 2019

BASH Festival is a free week-long coding festival for 13-17 year olds who have had some exposure to development or digital design.

Why are we running BASH? 👀

There are lots of programmes to teach young people how to code, but once the basics are taught, there’s very little support as most events cannot facilitate minors.

Our Mission 🎯

To create and foster regional and national communities of technical young people, and support them in building upon their existing skills through a series of events.

Summary ✨

• 250-300 young people aged 13-17
• These young people have some degree of prior technical skill
• 40-50 mentors who are all DBS checked
• During the week they're in one of about 15 simultaneous regional events ('hubs') across the UK run by volunteers
• During the weekend they're at the finale in Birmingham
• Aiming for 25% low-income backgrounds, 25% people of colour, 25% female or non-binary participation

How it works

Monday → Friday 🏫

• Young People build projects together in one of roughly 15 regional hubs across the UK.
• Each hub has 10-15 young people and adults mentors to support them
• Each day we'll release video content for hubs to help their participants keep on track
• Every hub will work on the same challenges, and open from 10am - 5pm

Saturday → Sunday 🏟

• Every hub attends the finale in Birmingham
• They show off their projects with some winners selected
• Free to attendees, food is provided, and the event runs overnight
• Throughout there will be over 20 sessions including talks, workshops and music