More Than Volunteers

Every Volunteers' Week, we try to find the words to say thank you. But words never quite feel like enough. What our volunteers do isn't a side hustle, a box tick, or a line on a CV. It's FIRST UK. Without our volunteers, there would be no events, no mentoring, no technical expertise on the [...]

The community behind the robots: our UK Key Volunteers

Running a robotics team is about more than building a robot. At FIRST UK, our ethos is the same. It’s about giving young people the space to problem-solve, collaborate and discover what they’re capable of. STEM is the tool, curiosity is the fuel, and confidence and creativity are just some of the outcomes.  Community is […]

Volunteering with FIRST Tech Challenge UK is More Than Robots

Our volunteers, who we like to call Game Changers, drive our programme. Without them, our events wouldn’t be possible and our impact wouldn’t be as powerful. They play a huge role in helping us go even further in achieving our mission: to make STEM less intimidating, more diverse and inclusive. We spoke to Joss Benyon, […]