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Farset Labs 2.0: Nearly ready to go!

Our expansion and revovation – the biggest project in the history of the charity – is nearing the end of build schedule. Find out about the fantastic progress that has been made and the exciting new space for the community!

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Farset Labs 2.0: Expanding, renovating, improving

At the ripe old age of seven, we’re moving. But only for a while…

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A packed week ahead: ELI5, Christmas Party and Workshop Clearing

December is nearly upon us and with it comes a raft of Farset events! What better way to christen our new and improved Event Space? – Kicking off the month, we have our regular casual talk series, Explain it Like I’m 5, where some great speakers break down a concept they have experience with and present […]

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Creating Comics All Day Long: 24Hour Comics Day – 1st October

This year’s 24 Hour Comics Day comes around on Saturday 1st October, and we mean to be ready! We have registered to run a 12 hour challenge to get you started, as you won’t be forced to finish within the weekend 😉  If you’re up for the full 24 hour/24 page challenge (on the 24 […]

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CoderDojo Back for Autumn 2015 Term

This Friday (2nd) at 17:30, the Dojo is back. Info for Kids/Parents CoderDojo is a movement orientated around running not-for-profit coding clubs and regular sessions for young people. At CoderDojo, young people learn how to code, develop websites, apps, programs, games and more.  In addition to learning to code, members meet like minded people, show off […]

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Guest Post: CULTURETECH BBC MAKE IT DIGITAL DOTS BOARDS ACTIVITY

Foreword Andrew Mulholland has been an active member of the Farset community since he was dragged down from native Coleraine to attend the first Raspberry Jam in Northern Ireland, hosted by Farset Labs in the Event space in November 2012. Since then he’s gone from strength to strength and has since taken over the running […]

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Getting kids excited about Computer Science in Northern Ireland

The following is a combined position paper and call-to-action for a project that many of us have been working on behind the scenes for a long time now, especially Andrew Mulholland who’s taken over the operation of the Raspberry Jam programme. Andrew and I collaborated on this document to put forward our plans for a […]