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Annual General Meeting (AGM): The future of the Dojo is in your hands!

Annual General Meeting (AGM) 

The future of the Dojo is in your hands!

7th January 2023 at 14:30, Presentation College Bray

Due to Covid-19, CoderDojo Bray has been unable to convene its sessions since March 2020. In the intervening two and a half years, the Board of the dojo has maintained its charity status, funding efforts and insurance, and our links with the Raspberry Pi foundation, with the intention of resuming our free weekly Saturday sessions in Presentation College Bray during the school year. All Board members and mentors are volunteers, and have given their time for a number of years.

The dojo has been in operation since 2014 and has provided a range of opportunities for young people in the Bray area to learn a variety of coding approaches and systems, from beginners to robotics, in a fun and friendly environment. Before we closed in early 2020, our numbers of young people attending on a weekly basis were in the high 30's.

Unfortunately, it has taken longer than we had hoped for schools to readmit out-of-hours and weekend activities; however, it appears that the opportunity is open again now. Many people's circumstances have changed since our sessions last took place, and some of our mentors and Board members are no longer in a position to continue as volunteers. At present we do not have enough mentors and Board members to restart our sessions, or continue CoderDojo Bray as before, as a charity and free community service.

We now have two options: 
(1) to agree that the dojo has reached the end of its operations and dissolve the charity and service entirely, or 
(2) to urgently recruit Board members and mentors in order to continue, and to restart in-person sessions in the coming school year.

To decide on the best way forward for the Bray community and the Dojo, the current Board members and mentors, we will hold an AGM at 14:30 on Saturday 7th January 2023 at Presentation College, Bray.  

If you or your child would like the Dojo to continue, we urgently require 2-3 board members and 4-5 volunteer mentors in order to continue our valuable, and free, community service. We would encourage you to consider giving some of your time to continue the great work of the dojo for young people in our community. You do not necessarily require any technical skills, as some of our mentors and volunteers help with supervision, teas and coffees, or can act as board members including chair and treasurer.

We hope to see you there.


The Board of CoderDojo Bray
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