Creative Computing Club

06/10/2026

We are thrilled to have been awarded Pride In Place Impact Funding to enable us to improve our building. We have spent the last 8 years in our London Road centre growing our CIC, expanding our small after school club into an alternative provision supporting hundreds of young people, helping them gain technology skills, but also growing their confidence.

This funding means we can tackle some much needed improvements to the building, updating the electrics, replacing the windows and upgrading the heating system. This in turn means a more comfortable and energy efficient space, ensuring we can continue to provide a cost effective service to our local community.

We are grateful for the recognition of the work we do, and look forwards to welcoming many more young people through our doors.

05/10/2026

05/10/2026

We are delighted to announce that we have been awarded a grant from the Pride In Place Impact Fund. With this money we can upgrade our windows and heating system, making our building more energy and cost efficient, enabling us to better deliver our sessions, supporting young people across Suffolk.

11/09/2026

This is Zach. He first came to the club as a student and went on to become my Friday assistant. I’m so pleased to say that he is now a fully qualified First Aider, having successfully completed the full three-day First Aid at Work course over the summer.

We are incredibly proud of him and all the hard work, commitment and dedication he has put in to achieve this. Well done, Zach! 👏🎉

07/09/2026

I forgot to post these pictures of our first Retro Games Week, we had over 45 consoles Atari, Sega, Nintendo, Commodore, Amstrad, Intellivision, Binatone, Videopac, etc (the rule was it needed to be 20 years or older) and over 700 games available for the systems. It was really good fun and we can't wait to do it again next year.

31/08/2026

We are delighted to have our son Diarmait joining us as a tutor this year, some of the older members, or members with older siblings may remember him from when he was a member. He is back having completed a robotics degree, so is full of ideas and is excited to share them.

08/05/2026

14 years ago I had this crazy idea to help kids learn about technology in a fun, non-competitive environment which promoted socialising and the sharing of ideas. That idea seemed to work, we are still here, bigger and stronger than ever.

Over those 14 years we have worked with around 100 different schools and community groups and events.

We have helped over 1000 young people most of which who were written off by schools and helped them get their GCSE in Computer Science.

In total we have work with around 10,000 young people, taking over the IT & Computer Science departments in some schools.

Our Alumni is incredible.

During the pandemic we were one of the only organisations to provide online activities for young people every single day to help provide them with a distraction and to keep them in a regular schedule that was fun and entertaining. We built, refurbished and distributed over 1261 laptops and desktop computers to schools and community groups all across suffolk helping them keep connected long after covid.

We are now as of May, a UNESCO recognised school and Fully recognised Alternative Provision for Suffolk County Council.

And somehow, the little idea that started 14 years ago is still growing.

To every young person, parent, school, volunteer, staff member and supporter who has been part of this journey — thank you. Creative Computing Club has never just been about computers. It has always been about people, confidence, creativity and giving young people a place where they belong.

Here’s to the next chapter.

10/04/2026

Our sessions start back next week with an exciting electronics based course.

Learn Arduino by building sensor-based gadgets, exploring circuits, coding, and real-world projects with hands-on practical experience and creativity. We will also be learning some basic soldering skills in this course.

Suitable for 9-16 year olds, sessions run on Tuesday/Wednesday/Friday from our centre in Ipswich.

Alongside our computing sessions we have a brand new media session starting on a Wednesday. The first course will be exploring comic book creation and visual storytelling.

Get in touch if you would like to join us.

30/03/2026

Starting on the 15th April, our new Creative Media group kicks off with a 6 week comic book making course.

Wednesdays 5.30-6.30pm suitable for age 9+ join us to explore visual storytelling and create your own comic or graphic story.

Get in touch if you would like to join. Sessions run at The Creative Computing Centre in Ipswich.

24/02/2026

Our new course starts this week.

This six-week Game Maker course will take learners through a mobile-style vertical parkour game.
Its a race to the top of the tower, and in this course you will design the hero, power-ups and enemies for your very own platform adventure.

Sessions on Tuesdays/Wednesdays/Fridays. Get in touch for more information.

Current members should all have received emails with payment details.

Alongside our evening courses all Creative Computing Club members are welcome along to our Saturday Social sessions, along side trips and holiday courses throughout the year.