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Community Grants – British Science Week

Complete the process by Monday 7th November 2022!

If you are a school click here

British Science Week are giving out grants of up to £300 (Kick Start Grant) to get your school to engage with science at a special event you put on during British Science Week 10-29 March 2023.

We’re here to help Bradford/Halifax/Leeds/Wakefield primary schools book some exciting coding or science of games related sessions with our BAFTA award winning team.

What you need to apply:

  • Permission from your Manager
  • Know the date you’d like to run the event (Between 10-29 March 2023)
  • Email us info@impactgamers.net to let us know what date to reserve for you or for any help.
  • Choose what you want to do from the options below (or use another provider).
  • Have your organisations bank account name, account number and sort code.
  • Take 5 minutes to fill in the online form
  • Complete the process by Monday 7th November 2022!

Groups the grant especially wants to support

  • People from ethnic minority backgrounds
  • Girls and women
  • People living in communities which face deprivation, including people disadvantaged in terms of education and income
  • People with a disability or long-term health condition
  • People living in a remote and rural location, defined as settlements of less than 10,000 people

Here’s how you do it:

  • Choose your activity from ours below (or another provider)
  • Fill in the form at https://www.tfaforms.com/4831643
  • Relax and await to hear if you are successful in the coming month

Options

All these options you choose will need to fit between 9-5pm on your chosen date. All these sessions can be used as starter sessions for courses of coding, contact us for bespoke pricing. info@impactgamers.net


Let’s Make a Game Session – In Person

event description

  • A block of 4×1 hour sessions to engage up to 10 family groups/clients per sessions. So a maximum of 40 when working with individuals around 90 if done with family groups.
  • Staff will support the attendees to create their own basic computer game they can then play at home or even add to.
  • Looking at what programming/coding is, and how a computer runs code
  • A legacy website of all the games made at the centre will be available to play online (with original file available to download to add to) 

(Requirements: Tables and chairs for participants, Large TV or projector screen can be useful.)

objectives

  • AUDIENCE: *FILL IN THE AUDIENCE YOU PARTICULARLY WANT TO TARGET*
  • HOW IT WILL ENGAGE: The “pull” of being able to make your own game and have it published online will engage with a gaming interest.  In the session a high tutor to student ratio will mean tutors will help keep student’s engagement high throughout the session.
  • HOW IT WILL IMPACT: The achievement of producing their own video game and ability to play it later will have lasting impact on the attendees.
  • CHALLENGING SCIENCE ATTITUDES/STEREOTYPES: Makes coding more accessible and helps bring down the barriers of individuals in thinking they could be a programmer.

Cost options (Choose one)-
4 hour let’s make game workshops £500