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62 total events organised and joined since Love Tech started

Code Club – Girls Robot Coding Workshop

Location: St Matthews Church, Douglas, Isle of Man

🎉 FREE Robot Coding Workshop for Girls – Saturday, 22nd February, 2-4 PM🎉

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Date & Time: Saturday, 22nd February, 2-4 PM Location: St Matthews Church, Douglas Ages: 8-15 years old

In partnership with Code Club, we’re hosting an exciting hands-on robot coding event where girls will learn how to code and control Sphero robot balls! This fun and interactive session will provide an introduction to coding, perfect for beginners and young coders alike! 🤖✨

What to Expect:

  • Learn how to program robots 🖥️
  • Get a certificate of completion 🎓
  • Take home a laminated lesson plan 📄
  • Meet new friends & discover the world of STEM! 🌟

BONUS: After the workshop, stay for Code Club’s regular Saturday session at 4 PM for more coding fun!

Limited spots available.

This event is FREE – register here: https://ti.to/lovetech/code-club-girls-robot-coding-event

If you can no longer attend please void your ticket or email contact@lovetech.im

Young Nature Champion 2024

Love Tech are super proud to be supporting Unesco Biosphere Isle of Man’s fabulous Young Nature Champion 2024 initiative, partnering up with both Unesco IOM and a host of other organisations, including Media IOM, Manx Ornithological Society and Manx Wildlife Trust 🐦
 
This brand new competition has been designed to give our Island’s young people the opportunity to creatively express their love for the natural world.
 
With prizes including a unique nature experience tailored just for them, plus a fabulous trophy and many runner up prizes, it’s definitely one for all young nature lovers to get stuck into.
If you’re under 21, or know someone under 21 who would love to enter, all you need to do is get out and connect with nature over the next 6 months, then submit pieces of writing, short films or audio recordings from any favourite discoveries!
For full details 👇
And closing date is 👇

November 1st.

“Love Tech is hugely proud to yet again be involved in this latest nature competition for our Island’s young people. We can’t wait to see what creativity it inspires as it encourages them to connect and engage with nature. Love Tech would like to wish good luck to everyone who takes the opportunity to participate.” Claire Milne. Love Tech Co-founder & Director.

Grab your binoculars everyone – this is a comp not to be missed! 🕵️

Brought to you by #teamlovetech

Love Tech Ltd is an IOM registered charity no 1293.
www.lovetech.im for more info ✨

Women in Tech Week 2024 – Women’s Stories and the Power of Mentoring

Location: Santander Work Cafe

⚡Women’s Stories and the Power of Mentoring ⚡

Are you a woman or a male ‘ally’ working in the Manx tech industry?
Would you love the opportunity to…

⚡ Share your story of how you got into tech?

⚡ Meet other women who work in our local tech industry?

⚡ Make new connections and build empowering networks?

Then welcome to Love Tech’s Women In Tech 2024

FREE networking and panel event!

Our panel will be hosted by Love Tech’s Chair, Angela van den Berg, and will feature the following 6 amazing Love Tech Mentors:

Each of our panellists will share their tech stories, what challenges they’ve faced along the way and how they are inspiring and empowering younger tech stars through their involvement with Love Tech and work in general.

🚀Where: Santander Work Cafe

🚀When: Thursday 10th October at 5.30pm.

🚀 Cost: FREE

Grab your free ticket here!

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THIS EVENT IS KINDLY SPONSORED BY APPLEBY AND ZEDRA

Love Tech Ltd is an IOM registered charity no 1293. www.lovetech.im for more information.

Love Tech is a local charity whose mission is to inspire and empower girls and women in the Isle of Man to explore opportunities in STEM.

Space Unleashed – An evening with Astronomer, Howard Parkin, and River Advisers

Location: The Sound Cafe

Apply for your FREE ticket here!

🚀 Calling all Isle of Man based high school students aged 15 +

Are you considering a career in STEM? In particular, SPACE?🌌

Then why not ‘reach for the stars’ and start your journey right here with ‘Space Unleashed’ – a truly unique opportunity for you to meet directly with Astronomer, Howard Parkin, and space industry professionals, River Advisers?

Hosted at one of the most prominent stargazing locations in the Island – The Sound Cafe, here’s what you can expect from this exciting evening:

🛰️ 7pm:

Supper (please let us know in your application if any dietary requirements).

🛰️ 7.45pm:

A presentation / star gazing opportunity with Howard Parkin with a focus on Astronomy & Space.

🛰️ 9pm:

Q & A and networking opportunity for you to chat with industry experts with a core focus on education and fields of study that might ‘rocket’ you in the right direction to enter this industry.

If the weather is too poor for stargazing, Howard will keep everyone entertained with the talk indoors and the event will conclude around 10pm.

This really is a very special event and spaces are limited. For this reason:

Tickets are available by application only.

‼️Please therefore fill out the attached form if you’d love to apply‼️

Priority will be given to young women who demonstrate a keen interest in maths/ science fields. Young men are also welcome to apply and will be allocated a place depending on numbers.

Successful candidates will be contacted directly to have your place confirmed.

HERE’S THE FORM – please fill out without delay to secure your SPACE.

Love Tech Ltd is an IOM registered charity no 1293 that seeks to inspire and empower girls and young women in the Isle of Man to explore opportunities in STEM. www.lovetech.im for more info.

Love Tech Summer Open Day 2024

Location: Manx Museum

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🥁🥁🥁Get your drum roll on because…

We’re delighted to announce that Love Tech’s annual STEM Summer Open Day IS BACK – and tickets are LIVE so book your child’s right here! 💥

This year we’re super excited to say that the event will be hosted in partnership with Manx National Heritage at none other than our Island’s fabulously iconic Manx Museum 🇮🇲

So, if you’re ready to learn more, here’s what to expect…

💥TIMINGS

One single drop-in session, 11am -2pm.

This means you and your child can pop in when you’re able and stay for however long you’d like.

💥AGE RANGE

This event is aimed at all children aged 7-14. One ticket only is needed per child.

(Please only book tickets for children*).

💥ACTIVITIES:

☄️Code Club

☄️Young Engineers (IOM)

☄️VR Headsets

☄️Acclaim’s “resident AI geek,” Chris Kissack

☄️A science activity table

💥OTHER INFO:

💫 Food cannot be consumed on the premises, but please make sure your child has a bottle of water.

💫 *For this event we’re asking you to stay with your child and enjoy the fun!

💫 If you book a ticket and find it’s no longer needed, please return it via our booking system so it can be made available to someone else 😊

This exciting Summer event has been designed to provide opportunities for our Island’s children to participate in a range of hands on STEM activities free of charge – and we can’t wait to see you there!

Many thanks to Hansard Global PLC for their sponsorship of this event and to Manx National Heritage for kindly allowing us to use the space.

IOM Newspapers Award for Excellence in Education and Learning Initiatives, 2023 winner, Love Tech Ltd, is an IOM registered charity no 1293.

www.lovetech.im for more info!