Main goals
Code First: Girls https://www.codefirstgirls.org.uk/ is an international organization that works with companies and women to increase the numbers of women in technology.
OpenDreamKit implication
OpenDreamKit Sheffield team member, Tania Allard, worked with Code First:Girls chapters in Sheffield and Manchester over a 12 months period.
Event summary
Several events were run over a 12 month period which eventually provided training to over 130 women. Tania developed materials on ‘Advanced Python’ using Jupyter Notebook which are now freely available at https://github.com/trallard/CodeFirst-Python_material
Results and impact
130 women received training and new materials were developed for use in future Code First: Girls events.