Generation AI

Aim

Generation AI gives UK youth climate-focused AI skills to close the digital divide and build a climate-focused, diverse future workforce.

• About DigitALL

DigitALL is a UK-registered charity and the recipient of both the UK Small Charity of the Year 2026 and the Best Sustainability Initiative 2026 in the Third Sector Awards.

Our mission is to advance digital literacy, computer science, physical computing, and AI education for young people and educators, closing the digital divide and driving social mobility. Serving as the UK lead for EU Code Week and EU Robotics Week, Digit has already reached over 1 million young people and trained more than 23,000 educators across 59 countries through hands-on, sustainability-contextualised digital learning experiences.

The Team

DigitALL operates through a 46-strong UK-wide network of ambassadors, volunteers, and trustees, supported by a structured leadership team and industry steering board.  This forms hubs of support for communities, youth groups and schools across the UK.

Executive Leadership: Operational logistics, risk management, and delivery deployment are managed by our CEO, Peter Marshman; with our COO, Matthew Hewlett providing education quality assurance, teacher coaching, and school and community support.   

Governance is overseen by our Chair of the Board of Trustees, Derek Peaple.

Volunteer & Ambassador Network: Managed by our Volunteer Coordinator, Donna Robertson to handle DBS processing, hub logistics, and community engagement.

Steering & Industry Partners: Co-designed with young tech leaders from organisations such as Lloyds Banking Group and IBM, alongside strategic collaborators including UKRI, STFC, Micro:bit Educational Foundation, Amazon, and Civica.  The charity also has a young steering group comprising of young people aged between 11 and 15.

The Vision

Generation AI will equip 3 million young people in the UK with exceptional AI skills, which is a fundamental right.  This programme is for your community, for our planet and for their futures.  

It is designed to provide practical, climate-focused AI literacy. Rather than teaching abstract theory, we contextualise AI through active, physical computing and real-world applications—such as monitoring biodiversity, tracking data centre energy consumption, building early warning systems, and prototype sustainable solutions for Space, sport and construction.

To ensure every young person in the UK, regardless of socio-economic background, gains essential, ethical AI skills to thrive in the modern workforce. We explicitly target underrepresented groups: girls, students receiving Free School Meals, and communities in high deprivation areas (Deciles 1–4).

Generation AI aims to reach 3 million young people by through delivery of in-community workshops, community leader training, hackathons, enrichment activities and camps.

Examples of AI powered activities with young people include:

EcoCode https://www.digitall.charity/ecocode

Coding for Climate Action https://www.digitall.charity/codingforclimateaction

SparkAI https://www.digitall.charity/sparkai

What we've already achieved

We've already:

• Raised £62,000
• Provided Generation AI activities impacting 75,240 young people across the UK

Use of funds

Funds raised for Generation AI will directly support program delivery in communities, regional hub activation, learning material co-creation, and community training:

Your donations will make a difference to the lives, skills, knowledge, climate and STEM education, and work prospects young people:

• £1 Enables one young person to take part in an AI literacy hackathon online
• £5 Enables one young person to receive two hours of AI education through a 2hr face-to-face workshop
• £18 Enables one young person to receive AI education at a two-day camp or festival and be provided free food
• £60 Enables 8 leaders to be trained to deliver AI education activities in their community
• £180 Enables 180 young people to take part in a cross-community AI hackathon
• £240 Enables a young person to receive mentoring and coaching from young female AI leaders
• £400 Enables 90 young people to receive two hours of AI education through a 2hr face-to-face workshop
• £780 Enables 210 young people to receive an AI and careers assembly face-to-face
• £1100 Enables a full-day employer-led face-to-face hackathon and workshop for 24 young people
• £2500 Enables a two-day bootcamp and careers tour supported by industry volunteers involving 16 young people
• £5000 Enables 15 community leaders to receive AI coaching and leadership training (8hrs) to provide confidence to deliver AI activities in their community

Funding method

Keep what you raise – this project will receive all pledges made by 26th January 2027 at 12:47pm