2 Annual Review 2019 CONTENTS
Mission 4
Introduction 6
Programmes 12
Computers 34
Partnerships 43
Governance 44
Financial information 46
Annual Review 2019 3 MISSION
ur mission is to put the power n We enable any school to offer through providing low-cost, challenging, but it should of computing and digital students the opportunity to high-performance single-board also be fun. Our approach is Omaking into the hands of study computing and computer computers and free software. deliberately playful, but we take people all over the world. We do science through providing our mission and learning goals this so that more people are able the best possible curriculum, We believe that the best way to very seriously. We think that to harness the power of computing resources, and training learn computing is through making the opportunity to develop the and digital technologies for work, to for teachers. something that you care about and skills and confidence to make solve problems that matter to them, sharing it with others. Learning things with computers should and to express themselves creatively. n We work to deepen our computing can sometimes be be accessible to all. understanding of how young people learn about computing Our strategy: and digital making, and to use n We engage millions of young that knowledge to increase people in learning computing the impact of our own work and digital making skills and to advance the field of through a thriving network computing education. of clubs and events, and through partnerships with n We make computing and youth organisations. digital making accessible to all
Putting the power of computing and digital making into the hands of people all over the world
4 Annual Review 2019 Annual Review 2019 5 INTRODUCTION FROM FOUNDATION CHAIR DAVID CLEEVELY
elcome to the 2019 Annual courses to develop their own skills Review for the Raspberry and confidence. WPi Foundation. It has been Perhaps our most significant another year of major progress for achievement this year has been the Foundation and our mission to the establishment of the National help more young people learn about Centre of Computing Education. computing, computer science, and Working with our partners, and digital making. supported by the UK Department Code Club and CoderDojo for Education, we are delivering continue to grow their reach a comprehensive programme and impact, supported by an of teacher training and support incredible community of volunteers for computing in every school in diversity and to being led by to imagine back then that, at this and educators, with hundreds England. This is one of the most research and evidence. point in our work to provide cost- of thousands of young people ambitious attempts to level up It was also another great year effective access to general-purpose attending free coding clubs every computing education anywhere in for our commercial subsidiary, programmable computers, we week in every corner of the globe. the world, and hopefully a model Raspberry Pi (Trading), which offer industrial, educational, and Through partnerships with that will soon be replicated in launched the latest iteration of business users a no-compromises the European Space Agency, other countries. its flagship product, Raspberry PC experience at our signature $35 the Scout Association, and the We also launched the world’s Pi 4, in June, alongside a range of price point. Eben and the team National Citizen Service, tens of largest-scale trials to test strategies supporting kits and accessories. have once again demonstrated thousands more young people have to improve gender balance in At the start of December, total engineering expertise that been introduced to the exciting computing, working with hundreds lifetime shipments of Raspberry delivers world-leading, cutting- possibilities of creating with of schools to rigorously evaluate Pi computers had passed the edge technology. digital technologies. Millions of innovative approaches to address 30 million-unit mark, a figure The work of the Raspberry people have used our free online the women in technology gap. This beyond our wildest dreams when Pi Foundation and our group resources, and tens of thousands of reflects both our commitment to I first became Chair. Equally, it companies is supported by an educators have used our free online tackling the challenges of gender would have seemed far-fetched exceptional team of Trustees,
6 Annual Review 2019 Another year of major progress for our mission to help young people learn about computing
Members, and independent his contribution and delighted that Directors. This year we welcomed he continues to support our mission two new Trustees to the Board of the as Founding Member. Foundation: Kim Shillinglaw and I also want to pay a special tribute Richard Clegg. We also welcomed to the generous donors and sponsors Martin Hellawell as the independent that provide the resources that Chair of Raspberry Pi Trading enable us to do such amazing work. Limited, and Niamh Bushnell We are looking forward to working as a Director of the CoderDojo with old and new friends over the Foundation. All four are already coming years. making significant contributions. None of our achievements would Pete Lomas stepped down from be possible without the support from the Board of the Foundation in the community of makers, educators, October 2019. During his time on young people, volunteers, parents, our Board, he played a pivotal role businesses, and policymakers we in both the development of the work with. Thank you all for the Raspberry Pi computer and in the support you have given us over the growth of our charitable activities. past year, and that you continue to I am extremely grateful to Pete for give as we move into 2020.
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Annual Review 2019 9 STORIES FROM YOUNG PEOPLE
Freddie, Wales
Freddie received one of the first might be letting people that she Raspberry Pi computers as a prize didn’t know into the house, so he in a poster competition. That led set up his Raspberry Pi computer to him joining the Code Club in his with a camera and sensors and school, which was run by James, trained a facial recognition program a computer science lecturer from to detect whether callers are known. a local university. Freddie started If they are, it lets them in and sends making games, animations, a text message to Freddie’s mum. and websites, but soon, started He has since added environmental to explore how he could use sensors so that his family knows Aoibheann, Ireland technology to solve problems. He whether his great-aunt’s house is was concerned that his great-aunt comfortably warm for her. Aoibheann’s journey with digital Henry’, a pair of interactive dolls making started when she was eight designed to support children who are and she decided that she wanted to nervous about visiting the hospital. build a website as part of a farm safety The dolls include electronic circuits project at school. Her mum, Iseult, that are connected to a computer. who was also one of Aoibheann’s When you touch different parts of teachers, got herself onto one of the the doll, the program that Aoibheann Raspberry Pi Foundation’s teacher wrote displays information about training programmes and started a medical procedures, such as blood CoderDojo for children in her local tests. In order to create the project, area. Aoibheann has gone on to build Aoibheann learned a lot more than increasingly sophisticated projects programming, developing skills using a wide range of technologies. including user research, prototyping, One example is ‘Hospital Holly and and problem-solving.
10 Annual Review 2019 Adarsh, USA
Adarsh got involved with digital making when he started attending a local makerspace with his big brother. He lives in an area that is affected by severe drought, and he noticed that people were running sprinklers despite water shortages, and even when it was raining. Using a Raspberry Pi, some low-cost moisture sensors, and weather data from an online service, Adarsh built an automated sprinkler system that waters his mum’s garden when the right conditions are met. He extended his project by connecting the system with the local authorities’ Laura, Romania website so that it detects when water is being rationed and doesn’t turn Laura first got involved in She created a prototype for a on the sprinklers, to save water and computing when her Maths teacher mind-controlled wheelchair avoid fines. To help his community, set up a computing club. She then using a Raspberry Pi computer the system also shares automated Supporting people started attending a local CoderDojo, and a wireless EEG headset. She messages telling his neighbours and communities where she developed an interest in then formed a team with friends when it is a good time to water their robotics. In just a few years, Laura in her CoderDojo, and together, gardens. His project helps not only with technology has gone from building websites they designed and built an his family, but the entire community to using advanced technologies autonomous robot that finds and to save water and avoid fines, whilst to help people and address social sorts rubbish for recycling, using looking after their gardens. problems that she cares about. machine learning.
Annual Review 2019 11 PROGRAMMES
12 Annual Review 2019 Annual Review 2019 13 CODE CLUB Code Club is a global network of free coding clubs for 9- to 13-year-olds run by volunteers and educators
oung people come to Code Activities Clubs to learn how to create We provide free training and guidance their own ideas, and build projects Y things with technology. to educators and volunteers, and relating to their interests. Making everything from animations match volunteers with schools. We We also work with other and websites to games and digital art, also offer hundreds of free step-by- organisations across the world to grow they grow their confidence with digital step projects, which give children and support Code Clubs. technologies, and develop wider skills, ideas and skills to create games, such as resilience and collaboration. quizzes, animations, and interactive Find out more at: Code Clubs typically take place in programs using Scratch, HTML/CSS, codeclub.org schools and offer a fun, informal space and Python. These project guides also for young people to learn new skills help adults to support club members, and get creative with technology. whatever their own experience of programming. We support club leaders to encourage children to get creative with technology, develop WHAT IS CODING? Children who go to Code Club explain what coding means in our video at rpf.io/whatiscoding
14 Annual Review 2019 Achievements: n Collaborated with 35 non- profit organisations working in low-resource settings in 30 countries to support them to introduce computing education through Code Club. Groups of people reached by these More than collaborations have included Code Clubs refugees in Syria and Turkey, 8000 across the world This term, we were determined to try students in rural schools in Mexico, and unemployed robots using the skills we had learned young people in Benin. 160 countries from Code Club projects. We have started n Collaborated with Pratham to create our own robot, Meriden Robot! Education Foundation to pilot volunteers a programme in 40 villages 12,000 Meriden Code Club, UK in rural India to start new of club members Code Clubs and train young 43% are girls adults to become these Code Clubs’ leaders. of volunteers agreed 92% that the young n Joined forces with Aardman people attending Code Clubs have Animations, the creators of improved their programming skills Wallace & Gromit and Shaun the Sheep, for the ‘Shaun the Sheep: Mission to Space’ competition, which was open to all registered Code Clubs. To enter the competition, children created a Scratch animation of Shaun and his alien friend Lu-La using our starter project, and remixed it to add their own story and code.
Annual Review 2019 15 CODERDOJO CoderDojo is a global community of free, open, and local programming clubs for young people
ojos are fun programming Activities clubs for young people aged CoderDojos run all over the world, D7 to 17. They are run by with volunteers in 111 countries volunteers, who give young people running Dojos in their communities. the opportunity to create with code, Dojos offer a range of activities, and learn new skills, and collaboratively always encourage and support young create solutions to problems that people to follow their interests, they care about in an informal, develop their own ideas, and create social environment. practical solutions to problems that they care about. Young people learn about computing and programming, but they also develop their skills young people in teamwork, communication, 90,000 engaged leadership, and critical thinking. across 2200 active Dojos Find out how to start a Dojo at: coderdojo.org 111 countries
10,000 volunteers
of participants 33% are girls
of volunteers agreed 92% that the young people attending CoderDojos have improved their programming skills
16 Annual Review 2019 Achievements: n Launched a global Growth Partner programme through which we support non-profit organisations to set up and run CoderDojos in their communities. We now have 10 Growth Partners.
n Our Champions’ Handbook was translated from English into a further five languages, to ensure that more adults leading Dojos have advice that is accessible to them in their language.
n Launched our CoderDojo Accessibility Guide, providing advice on making Dojos more accessible for participants CoderDojo provides a fun, informal, with disabilities and/or and social space. It simultaneously additional needs. advances programming and soft skills through a unique ethos that brings everyone along in all aspects.
Richard Beattie, CoderDojo champion
Annual Review 2019 17 COOLEST PROJECTS Coolest Projects brings together young people to showcase the amazing projects that they have created
oolest Projects is the world’s Activities leading technology fair for We ran three Coolest Projects events Cyoung people. Participants in 2019. In early March, Coolest share their projects with their fellow Projects UK took place at The Sharp It’s a really good way to see other creators and the public at our flagship Project, Manchester; in late March, people’s projects and I think it has events in the UK, the US, and Ireland. Coolest Projects USA was held at Sharing and learning from each other Discovery Cube Orange County in really helped me get a view of how is at the heart of Coolest Projects, California; and in May, Coolest much is involved with technology. with young people exhibiting year on Projects International returned to year, creating increasingly advanced the RDS in Dublin, Ireland. We also Participant, Coolest Projects International projects each time as they learn and supported community-led Coolest develop their skills. Young people Projects events in Belgium, Romania, win awards for their projects in and Malaysia. different categories. It is free to take part in the events and to attend the projects events, giving more young people the LINKS 902 showcased across opportunity to be inspired to create n Coolest Projects events: official events with technology. coolestprojects.org n ‘How to create a project’ Over workbook: rpf.io/ participants howtomakeaproject 1000 in total n Guide for volunteers who of participants want to run a regional Coolest said that they had Projects event: rpf.io/ 9 0 % improved their programming howtoruncoolestprojects skills as a result of taking part in Coolest Projects
18 Annual Review 2019 SCRATCH CONFERENCE EUROPE 2019 We hosted the Scratch Conference Europe for the first time in the UK
he Scratch Conference and workshops run by people from brings together hundreds across the Scratch community, as T of educators to explore the well as keynote presentations from creative ways in which young people MIT Media Lab’s Mitchel Resnick, are learning with Scratch. The 2019 co-inventor of Scratch, and closing conference followed the launch of shows from science presenters Neil Scratch 3.0, and we were proud to Monteiro and Fran Scott. host the conference and welcome members of the Scratch community and Scratch team to Cambridge for LINKS three days of workshops and talks. Videos of the conference keynotes: rpf.io/sce19-keynotes Activities The conference brought together 300 educators from around the world to share and discuss the potential of creative approaches to programming for young people. Participants were able to attend talks
300 attendees
More than talks and 80 workshops
Annual Review 2019 19 THE EUROPEAN ASTRO PI CHALLENGE Astro Pi gives young people the opportunity to conduct scientific investigations in space by writing programs that are run on the Raspberry Pi computers aboard the International Space Station (ISS)
stro Pi is an ESA Education experiment that can be run on the scientific reports of their findings. project run in collaboration Astro Pi hardware, making use of The ten teams that write the best Awith the Raspberry Pi its sensors. The most accomplished reports are selected as the Astro Pi Foundation. It offers two missions, projects are run on the Raspberry Mission Space Lab winners. in which young people write code Pi computers aboard the ISS, and Achievements: that is run in space. ESA astronaut the data is returned to Earth, where Find out more at n 4702 teams from 24 countries Alexander Gerst and CSA astronaut teams analyse it and produce www.astropi.org entered Mission Zero in David Saint-Jacques were the 2018/19 and had their code Challenge’s ambassadors for 2018/19. run on the International Space Firewatchers from Post CERN HSSIP Group, Station. Activities: Portugal, used a machine learning method n 135 Mission Space Lab teams Mission Zero is a non- on their images to identify areas that had from 21 countries had their competitive mission for young scientific experiments run on people up to the age of 14. recently been affected by wildfires. the ISS and received data sent The mission is designed for back to Earth. beginners, who have to write a simple Python program that n In some experiments, sensors measures the temperature on were used to measure the the ISS and displays a message conditions on the ISS and even on the Astro Pi computers. All map the magnetic field of eligible entries are guaranteed to Earth. In other experiments, be run aboard the ISS. an infrared camera was used Mission Space Lab is a to investigate life on Earth, scientific mission for young such as vegetation health and people up to the age of 19. the impact of human life on Entrants design and program an our planet.
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Annual Review 2019 21 SCOUTS We support the Digital Maker Staged Activity Badge, which gives Scouts in the UK the opportunity to develop their computing and digital making skills
e work with the Scout to solve real-life local or global Association in the UK problems. We provide fun learning Wto support their Digital resources and projects to support Maker Staged Activity Badge. The young people and Scout leaders to badge introduces digital making to work through the stages and meet young people and adult volunteers. the requirements to earn the badge. To earn the badge, young people take part in digital making activities that Find out more about the Digital relate to Scouting activities. Maker Staged Activity Badge at rpf.io/scouts-digital-maker Activities: In 2019, 25,000 young people earned a Digital Maker Staged Activity Badge. The first stages of the badge involve engaging with uses of digital technology in everyday life, giving instructions to computers, and creating simple programs. Later stages involve using programming and electronic components to create something that could be used in a Scouting activity, and to help others
young people 25,000 engaged with our Digital Maker Staged Activity Badge
22 Annual Review 2019 NATIONAL CITIZEN SERVICE We ran hackathons to bring digital making to 15- to 17-year-olds, empowering them to use technology to address local, real-life challenges
he National Citizen Service participants’ reported confidence with (NCS) works with 15- to computers, with 71% of participants T 17-year-olds across the UK saying that they felt confident with to challenge, change, engage, and technology after the hackathon, and empower them, and to give them 18% having changed their mind about confidence and skills for their futures. technology and become confident over Young people take part in experiences the two days. in adventure, skills, and social action. In 2019, we continued our work with the NCS Trust to deliver two-day social I had a great time. Thank you action hackathons in different parts so much. I’ve never liked of the UK. Young people collaborated in teams to identify a social issue that computers before, but this has they could address with technology, definitely changed my mind. and learnt the digital skills to make this a reality. Participant, NCS social action hackathon
Activities: We ran social action hackathons in Brighton, Leicestershire, Middlesbrough, and Stockport in collaboration with NCS local delivery partners and the NCS Trust. The hackathons took place in the summer, and 1200 young people took part. Our hackathons had a positive impact on
Annual Review 2019 23 DIGITAL LEARNING CONTENT Millions of people use our free educational resources to learn computing and digital making skills
ur projects site provides a Activities: wide range of resources and Our free online projects help people 6 million Oguides to help people learn with all levels of experience learn users learned with computing and digital making skills. computing and digital making skills our online projects Learning through making is at the through making things that link centre of our approach, and we with their varied interests. We have projects support people to learn by making designed our projects site around 256 in total projects that they care about. All pathways to encourage learners projects are linked to learning to challenge themselves and build new projects objectives in our Digital Making their knowledge and skills while 30 in 2019 Curriculum, ensuring that our completing projects about things that two languages learning experiences are both fun interest them. In 2019, we expanded and meaningful. the number of pathways available to Projects available in learners, and created new projects to different languages, cater for even more interests. 27 with 81 projects To make the projects accessible available in at least to as many people as possible, we two languages work with an amazing community of volunteers to translate them into 27 languages.
Find out more at: rpf.io/learn
24 Annual Review 2019 NEW PROJECT PATHWAYS IN 2019
SCRATCH MACHINE LEARNING Use machine learning to train a computer to detect whether you liked a book or movie from what you say about it, or to guess how your classmates get to school
BLOCKSCAD AND FREECAD Create 3D objects such as key rings and a travel chess set
WOLFRAM Use the Wolfram language to make projects such as a crossword solver, a ‘face swap’ application, and a weather dashboard
CRUMBLE Use Crumble hardware to create a motor buggy or a fantastic creature with glowing eyes
Annual Review 2019 25 SUPPORTING FORMAL EDUCATION NATIONAL CENTRE FOR TEACHING COMPUTING EDUCATION RESOURCES e are working as part of of computing in schools and We are producing a comprehensive, lesson-by- a consortium with STEM colleges, from Key Stage 1 through lesson computing curriculum for teachers with WLearning and BCS, The to A level. Our extensive range of complete supporting materials Chartered Institute for IT to deliver training, resources, and support the National Centre for Computing will cover the full curriculum Education (NCCE). The programme at every Key Stage, catering for s part of the National Centre Activities: is funded by the Department for all levels of subject knowledge for Computing Education, In September, we launched the Education and marks a significant and experience. A we are creating a collection first nine units, developed by investment in improving the At the Raspberry Pi Foundation, of more than 500 hours of classroom experienced primary and secondary provision of computing education we are creating online resources for resources to help teachers with the computing educators. By July 2020, in England. teachers and students, and carrying delivery of the entire computing we will have published 36 units for The NCCE provides high-quality out research into the gender curriculum from Key Stages 1 to primary computing, and 33 units for support for the teaching balance in computing lessons. 4 in England (ages 5 to 16). This secondary computing, including GCSE is designed to reduce teachers’ Computer Science. workload, whilst also supporting teachers to improve their subject You can find our growing collection knowledge and understanding of of classroom materials at effective teaching approaches. All teachcomputing.org/resources content is free, open, and editable (under an Open Government Licence) so that teachers can tailor it to their students and school setting. We’ve also made sure that the content is suitable for all students regardless of their academic performance, background, and additional needs.
Over 500 hours of teaching materials covering the entire computing curriculum
26 Annual Review 2019 ONLINE TRAINING Our online training courses teach computing and digital making skills to educators and adult learners
ur online training courses and confidence to deliver the GCSE help educators develop a Computer Science curriculum. Achievements: O wide range of skills, from Subject knowledge n We’ve created 15 new courses ‘Teaching Programming in Primary Our growing selection of online and teaching in 2019, on topics including Schools’ to an ‘Introduction to training courses is available for free computer networking and Cybersecurity for Teachers’. They at raspberrypi.org/training/online approaches for cybersecurity, pedagogy, cover subject knowledge and teaching Teachers in England can access supporting learners creating an inclusive approaches suitable for educating online courses and certification at at all levels classroom, and leading learners at all levels, from beginners teachcomputing.org classroom discussions about in primary schools through to the impact of technology. students taking advanced courses. Thanks to support from Google, all of these online training courses are available for free for everyone on the FutureLearn platform. Over people 30,000 participated Activities: in our online courses this year Our online courses are a core component of the Computer Science Participating educators estimated Accelerator Programme, which is they would reach on average supporting thousands of teachers young people with in England to develop the skills 70 what they had learnt
of participants 78% agreed that they had improved their computing skills
Annual Review 2019 27 ISAAC COMPUTER SCIENCE We launched a free online platform for A level Computer Science students and teachers in collaboration with the University of Cambridge
saac Computer Science provides is behind the successful Isaac Physics particular topic. Student Booster learning resources for young platform, and it is informed by their sessions offer targeted activities I people and educators working research into online learning. related to particular aspects of the on A level Computer Science. It is A level syllabus, and Masterclasses designed to be used in the classroom, give students an insight into the for homework, and for revision, and Activities: applications of computer science will cover every topic in the AQA In September 2019, we launched in an engaging context, such as and OCR A level Computer Science Isaac Computer Science. Alongside developing a heartbeat sensor. specifications. On Isaac Computer providing learning resources online, The involvement of businesses Science, students can learn about new we are running a programme of gives students exposure to the vast topics or revise previous learning, face-to-face events to support variety of career opportunities that with confidence that all the content teachers and students to explore A a background in computer science is of high quality and is relevant to level Computer Science. Our Teacher can offer. the A level exams. The platform was CPD events take place in partner built in collaboration with the team universities and provide teachers Try out Isaac Computer Science at at the University of Cambridge that with focused demonstrations on a isaaccomputerscience.org
More than registered 10,000 users on the platform
students and 126 429 teachers have taken part in Isaac Computer Science events
28 Annual Review 2019 GENDER BALANCE IN COMPUTING We are investigating approaches to improve the gender balance in computing education
any young women don’t the opportunity to work with schools Activities: choose to study computing- to investigate different approaches The first intervention that we are Mrelated subjects. A variety to engage girls in computing and testing launched in September 2019. of factors across primary and to help increase the number of In the intervention, Code Clubs and secondary education are likely to girls who select Computer Science schools running the Apps for Good influence this, including girls feeling at GCSE and A level. The project programme are trying new resources like they don’t belong in the subject is funded by the Department for to link these non-formal learning or its community, a lack of sustained Education, and we are collaborating experiences with young people’s encouragement, and a lack of role with the Behavioural Insights Team, aspirations for formal learning. We models in computing when making Apps for Good, and Women in worked with schools to develop and career choices. This project gives us Science and Engineering. test new teaching approaches for computing classrooms, and recruited hundreds of schools to take part in the other approaches that we are trialling in 2020 and beyond.
Find out more about this research programme at rpf.io/gbicsignup
Annual Review 2019 29 PICADEMY Training and supporting educators in creative approaches to computing and digital making
icademy is free, in-person Activities training for educators to build In 2019, we trained 360 new to become part of the community. P their skills and develop their Raspberry Pi Certified Educators In the UK, we ran Picademy Bytes ideas to support young people to (RCEs) at Picademy events in the events for school teachers across learn creatively with technology. UK and North America. We now the country, led by Community Teachers, educators, and volunteers have 2400 RCEs in our network, Trainers. These sessions were take part in a series of workshops including teachers working with 60- to 90-minute workshops that over two days. They then apply these learners of all ages, librarians, highlighted the value of physical skills as a team to create their own museum educators, university computing in the classroom. digital making projects. Workshops lecturers, youth workers, and are designed to be accessible to coding club volunteers. Find out more about Picademy PICADEMY beginners, but with potential to In North America, we supported and the Raspberry Pi Certified stretch more experienced educators established RCEs to run Picademy Educators network at through ambitious projects. The sessions for new people looking raspberrypi.org/training/picademy skills and ideas that they develop support them to bring creative computing and digital making experiences to the young people that they work with.
The friendly and welcoming atmosphere,
new Raspberry Pi combined with the support and teachings 360 Certified Educators in from presenters and others in your cohort, the UK and North America in 2019 make this a fantastic and comfortable way
Raspberry Pi of expanding your learning, no matter 2400 Certified Educators what your current skill set may be. in our community in total Raspberry Pi Certified Educator
30 Annual Review 2019 Picademy gave me the confidence to try new things in my classes and to incorporate more physical computing projects.
Raspberry Pi Certified Educator
Annual Review 2019 31 HELLO WORLD The magazine for computing and digital making educators
ello World is a free magazine for educators who provide Hcomputing and digital making experiences for young people. It includes inspirational projects, the latest news in computing education, lesson plans, and opinion pieces. Hello World is a community magazine, and every issue has contributions from educators and researchers, including practising teachers. The magazine is subscribers available for free online for everyone, 34,000 and UK-based educators can receive a printed copy to their home address printed free of charge. 10,000 copies of every issue sent to educators for free Activities: In 2019, we published issues with a focus on inclusion and diversity, the links between maths and computer science, the connections between computing and the arts, the launch of Scratch 3.0, and the work of the National Centre for Computing Education in England.
Learn more at helloworld.cc
32 Annual Review 2019 RESEARCH & IMPACT We are working to better understand how young people learn computing and digital making
e rigorously evaluate evaluating the impact we the learning that happens in Code our own programmes, are having. Clubs and CoderDojos, and to W undertake original In 2019, we focused on developing recognising what young people have research, and collaborate how we use data to understand how learnt. We trialled an approach with the computing education well our programmes are doing, using quizzes and badges in clubs, research community. and using academic studies of and published both a report and an approaches to teaching and learning academic paper on what we found. to shape our educational resources We also began to explore using Activities: and training. We published the showcasing to accredit learning. We use research and evidence results of several large surveys that Both of these trials will inform how to inform all aspects of the give insights into our communities we continue to develop our projects Foundation’s work. This of CoderDojos, Code Clubs, and and support for clubs. includes engaging with academic Raspberry Pi Certified Educators. literature, trialling and testing We also developed and trialled Download our research reports at new approaches, and carefully new approaches to understanding rpf.io/research
Annual Review 2019 33 COMPUTERS
34 Annual Review 2019 Annual Review 2019 35 THE RASPBERRY PI COMPUTER Raspberry Pi computers are powerful, affordable computers that give people around the world the opportunity to learn about computing and create their own software and physical computing projects.
he Raspberry Pi is a tiny, Activities: dual-display, desktop In June 2019, we launched the For the latest computer, we produced T computer that people use next-generation Raspberry Pi 4, a Desktop Kit that contained a in industry, to learn, and to make a comprehensive upgrade to our Raspberry Pi 4, our mouse and things that matter to them. It flagship credit card–sized computer keyboard, our new case and USB-C powers digital projects including available for $35. There are now power supply, and a copy of our robot brains, smart home hubs, more than 30 million Raspberry Pi Beginner’s Guide. The Desktop Kit media centres, factories, and more. computers used by people worldwide has everything that beginners need Raspberry Pi computers run an to address problems that they care to get started with a Raspberry Pi. open-source operating system about, or to create commercial In February, we opened the first that we build and maintain, and we products. Raspberry Pi 4 offers official Raspberry Pi Store, in the partner with other organisations roughly three times the performance Grand Arcade in Cambridge, UK. to provide free access to other of the previous generation, with The store is a place to experience powerful educational software a 1.5GHz quad-core 64-bit ARM and buy Raspberry Pi products. and tools. Cortex-A72 CPU and 1, 2, or 4GB of Visitors can explore what they can LPDDR4 SDRAM. It can also drive two do with a Raspberry Pi, discover our high-resolution monitors, making it accessories and books, and get a hold + a good replacement for a desktop PC. of exclusive merchandise. 30 MILLION Raspberry Pi computers sold by the end of 2019
1.7 MILLION of our most recent Raspberry Pi models sold in 2019 (4B and 3A+)
36 Annual Review 2019 Achievements: n Launched Raspberry Pi 4, our n Opened the Raspberry Pi next-generation computer Store in Cambridge, UK. with a 1.5GHz quad-core CPU, 1, 2 or 4GB of RAM, n Released Raspbian Buster, full-throughput Gigabit the latest version of Debian Ethernet, two USB 3.0 and Linux, for all Raspberry Pi two USB 2.0 ports, and dual- computers. We included monitor support. a new appearance for the desktop and graphical user n Launched the Compute interface, with simplified Module 3+, bringing the interface elements and power of the Raspberry Pi a cleaner, more modern 3 Model B+ to our small design. We also made Thonny form factor computer the default Python editor. designed for embedded applications and powering n Worked with the Scratch commercial products. team to create an offline version of Scratch 3.0 for Raspberry Pi. This enables users in educational settings without an internet connection to benefit from the latest features of Scratch, and includes extensions with Scratch blocks for the GPIO pins, simple electronics, and our Sense HAT add-on.
Annual Review 2019 37 RASPBERRY PI POWERED PROJECTS
Firefighter monitoring system
Teenager Parisa Khashayar has the surrounding conditions and been learning how to code since the firefighter’s health and relays the sixth grade. She found out that this to the command center. Parisa while firefighters regularly risk their showcased the system at Coolest lives for the public, they don’t have Projects USA and was awarded joint a system to monitor their health first place in the Hardware category. when they are working. She created a wearable device that monitors Read more at rpf.io/cp-fire
Snail habitats
Teacher Mrs Nation’s class created Photos were taken every hour habitats for snails as part of their and uploaded to a dedicated snail studies. Keeping an eye on the monitoring website so that the snails and making sure that they children could check on their snails were being looked after was an without bothering them. The code important part of the project, but for the project is shared on GitHub checking on the snails regularly so anyone can use it to create their disturbed their habitats. STEM own animal monitoring system. mentor Misty Lackey worked with the class to set up monitoring Read more at rpf.io/snails systems using Raspberry Pi See snail habitat photos at computers and Camera Modules. snailhabitat.com
38 Annual Review 2019 Driverless cars run by Raspberry Pi
Undergraduates at the University of Cambridge have built a scale-model simulation of a fleet of driverless cars powered by Raspberry Pi computers. They are using them to explore how Stonehenge Skyscape driverless technology can reduce accidents on the roads. They found Stonehenge currently attracts more taking images once every four minutes. that communication between cars can than 1.5 million visitors each year. This Raspberry Pi was also fitted with help to regulate the flow of traffic, Worries about potential damage have a Pimoroni Enviro pHAT, and captured and prevent build-ups when there forced preservationists to limit visitors’ light values from the sky image are are obstacles in the road, such as access to the stones themselves. used to alter the colour values of the a stalled car. This communication However, Eric Winbolt, Interim Head of image of the stones so that the light allowed cars to cooperate to keep Digital/Innovation at English Heritage on Stonehenge, as seen via the web, the traffic moving by changing and developers at The Bespoke Pixel reflects the ambient light of the sky. lanes early, and allowing each discovered that they could create a This gives a real-time view of the other to do so. The undergraduates near real-time view of the stones for stones as they look at any time, with wrote an academic paper on the visitors online, by taking a separate a mixture of live and pre-recorded subject, which was accepted to the hemispherical snapshot of the sky images. The results are live on the International Conference on Robotics from a nearby position and merging English Heritage website. and Automation (ICRA 2019) in it with a photograph of the stones. Montréal, Canada. They used an upwards-pointing Read more at rpf.io/stonehenge fish-eye lens camera connected to a View the skyscape at Read more at rpf.io/driverless Raspberry Pi 3 Model A+ computer, stonehengeskyscape.co.uk
Annual Review 2019 39 RASPBERRY PI PRESS Raspberry Pi Press produces publications that support the community by showcasing projects, sharing ideas, and helping people learn from each other.
ur magazines and books provide dedicated resources, Oprojects, and news catering for anyone who likes to make and create using digital technologies. We currently publish six magazines, covering topics such as education, making, game design, computer technology, and photography. In 2019, we also published a range of books for makers, photographers, and Raspberry Pi enthusiasts. Most of our magazines and books are all published under a Creative Commons licence (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0) and made available online as free PDFs so that they are accessible to everyone. This means that readers are welcome to share and adapt the content of our books and magazines, as long as they follow the terms of the licence.
Around people downloaded our 200,000 magazines every month
Almost subscribers to our magazines 10,000 by the end of 2019
40 Annual Review 2019 Our magazines
Wireframe Hello World HackSpace magazine Lifting the lid on video games Computing and digital making for educators Projects and technology for makers wfmag.cc helloworld.cc hsmag.cc
The MagPi Custom PC Digital SLR Photography Raspberry Pi and maker projects PC hardware, overclocking, gaming, Techniques, images, and reviews magpi.cc and modding - custompc.co.uk for photographers - digitalslrphoto.com
Annual Review 2019 41 GOVERNANCE & PARTNERSHIPS
BECOME A SUPPORTER The work of the Raspberry Pi Foundation is only possible because we are part of an amazing community of people and organisations who share our mission and who give their time, expertise, and resources to bring it to life.
How to become a supporter Examples
Donate In 2019, the Atlassian Foundation donated £200,000 to the Raspberry Pi Foundation Whether you are an individual or an organisation, every pound, dollar, and euro you to support our international growth and translation efforts so that we could reach trust us with makes a huge difference. If you or your organisation would like to make a more young people around the world. donation to support our mission, or if you are interested in learning about sponsorship opportunities for our flagship events, email us at [email protected] or visit rpf.io/donate.
Fundraise In 2019, Intercom donated the proceeds from ticket sales to their Building Intercom From holding auctions and Maker Days to running marathons, organisations and events to support CoderDojo. individuals fundraise for us in lots of creative ways. “All of us at Intercom would have loved the opportunity to attend CoderDojo as If you would like to fundraise for us, you could set up a JustGiving or GlobalGiving web kids. We are excited about the opportunities and adventures CoderDojo has and will page, and donate the proceeds of your fundraising activities. continue to open up for millions of kids, helping them find passion, build friendships, and grow skills that enable them to solve problems and create wonderful things with If you would like to talk to us about your fundraising plans, email us at technology. Intercom is proud to support this amazing work.” [email protected]. – Darragh Curran, VP Engineering, Intercom
Volunteer In 2019, Accenture grew its network of employee-led Dojos to over 30 clubs across Tens of thousands of volunteers support our programmes around the world. To find a Ireland, India, Mexico, Chile, Brazil, Colombia, South Africa, and the United States. volunteering opportunity near you, check out our website: www.raspberrypi.org/volunteer “Accenture has developed a fantastic relationship with CoderDojo over the past few years, aligning with our Corporate Citizenship aim to equip young people with digital skills.” – Julie Spillane, MD, Accenture
42 Annual Review 2019 OPENET FLAGSHIP EVENT PARTNERSHIP Funding period: 2013 – present Total funding: €100,000+ Impact: 1100 young people
penet was founded in 1999 coding and development of them. The “Through our support of Coolest by Joe Hogan. It is one of Openet Innovator stage gives young Projects, we wanted to celebrate OIreland’s largest indigenous digital makers the chance to pitch the process of innovation. We have software companies, at the forefront their ideas to the crowd, develop their proudly sponsored the innovation of telecoms software development. A skills, and win prizes in recognition of stage, which provides a platform for computer scientist by background, Joe their pitches. young people to get the experience understands the importance for young In 2020, the Openet Innovator Stage of presenting their ideas clearly to a people to move away from being will return to Coolest Projects for the potential audience of ‘investors’.” – passive consumers of software with fifth year. Joe Hogan, CTO and Founder, Openet only basic coding skills. He has been involved in CoderDojo since the early days, attending his local Dojo with his daughter Ciara. He was eager to get his company involved in Coolest Projects, the world’s leading technology showcase for young people. Openet became one of the first corporate sponsors of Coolest Projects in 2014, and has continued to be a central contributor to the event ever since. In 2015, Joe Hogan and Openet built on their support, creating what is now a yearly highlight of Coolest Projects International: the Openet Innovator stage. One of the key skills nurtured in Code Clubs and CoderDojos is the presentation of ideas, as much as the
Annual Review 2019 43 GOVERNANCE The Raspberry Pi Foundation is a UK-registered charity (1129409), formed as a company limited by guarantee
he Foundation is governed by Trustees n Annika Small Co-founder, n Limor Fried Founder and our Board of Trustees, who are CAST; Trustee, John Ellerman Engineer, Adafruit Industries n David Cleevely Co-founder, responsible for making sure Foundation and Access n T Cambridge Angels Martha Lane Fox Founder and that we use our resources well to Foundation Executive Chair, doteveryone; n Chri s Mairs Venture Partner, achieve our charitable goals. Trustees n Bill Liao Co-founder, CoderDojo; member of the House of Lords give their time freely as volunteers to Entrepreneur First General Partner, SOSV n Matthew Postgate Chief support our work. n Caroli ne Brown Independent n Clare Sutcliffe Co-founder, Code Technology and Product Officer, A wider group of Members supports Director and Chair Club; Co-founder, She Wins BBC the work of the Trustees. Members n Jon Drori, Author and former Chair, n Davi d Braben CEO, Frontier n Miles Berry Principal Lecturer for are individuals with expertise in Ravensbourne University areas related to our mission, and Developments (Founding Computing Education, University n Kim Shillinglaw Director of Factual, they volunteer their time as well. Member) of Roehampton Endemol Shine UK Members advocate for our mission, n Davi d Willetts President, n Pete Lomas Director of n contribute to our strategy, and hold Richard Clegg Managing Director, Advisory Council and Engineering, Norcott the Foundation to account. The Lloyd’s Register Foundation Intergenerational Centre, Technologies (Founding Member) n Membership also elects new Trustees. Sherry Coutu Serial Entrepreneur, Resolution Foundation; Visiting n Rosemary Francis Founder and Pete Lomas, one of our Founding Investor, Advisor Professor, King’s College London; CEO, Ellexus Members, stepped down as Trustee n member of the House of Lords Tilly Blyth Head of Collections and n Rosemary Leith Co-founder, at our Annual General Meeting n Principal Curator, Science Museum Eben Upton CEO, Raspberry Pi World Wide Web Foundation in October 2019. Pete has made Trading Ltd (Founding Member) n a significant contribution to the Scott McGregor former President n Ian Livingstone Non-executive work of the Foundation over many Members and CEO, Broadcom Corporation Chairman, Sumo Group plc; Co- years, and we would like to thank n n Simon Peyton Jones Principal Alan Mycroft Professor of founding Partner, Hiro Capital him for his work. Kim Shillinglaw Computing, University of Researcher, Microsoft Research; n James Whelton Co-founder, and Richard Clegg were elected by Cambridge (Founding Member) Chair, Computing At School CoderDojo Members to the Board of Trustees at n Andy Rice Senior Lecturer, n Ti m Peake British astronaut, n Jim Knight Chief Education and the same meeting. University of Cambridge Computer European Space Agency External Officer, Tes Global; Science Lab member of the House of Lords
44 Annual Review 2019 PARTNERS & SUPPORTERS
he work of the Raspberry Pi £1 million and above Foundation is made possible n Google T by the amazing and growing community that supports our £500,000 – £1 million mission. This community includes n Microsoft a wide range of individuals and n Riot Games organisations that provide funding, donate their time and expertise, offer £250,000 – £499,999 discounts, or lend in-kind support. n Atlassian Foundation We would like to thank the n Expo 2020 Dubai following individuals and n Kevin Abosch/GIFTO organisations for their support of the (Forever Rose) Raspberry Pi Foundation, Code Club, n The Shell Centenary and the CoderDojo Foundation. Scholarship Fund £100,000 – £249,999 In-kind support n BNY Mellon n Dogpatch Labs 3CX, Adobe, Amazon Web n Oracle Services, Bytemark, DocuSign, Dropbox, Freshworks, GitHub, Heroku, LearnUpon, Mailchimp, £50,000 – £99,999 n Blizzard Entertainment monday.com, phpList Ltd, n Proofpoint, RealVNC Ltd, Broadcom Foundation n salesforce.com, Sketch, Slack Mythic Beasts Ltd n Technologies, Spanning Cloud Workday Foundation Apps, Webroot, Wolfram Research, Zapier, Zendesk £30,000 – £49,999 Support our work today n Facebook If you or your organisation would like to make a donation towards our work, n Liberty Global you can do so on our website at raspberrypi.org/donate. If you would like to n LogMeIn discuss how you can become a partner and support our work, please email n Norcott Technologies [email protected] for more information. n Openet
Annual Review 2019 45 FINANCIAL INFORMATION
he work of the Raspberry Pi Foundation is funded through T a combination of the profits from the sales of Raspberry Pi computers, grants for educational services, and grants and donations from individuals and organisations who support our mission. As the Raspberry Pi Foundation is a charity, our annual Trustees’ Report and financial statements are publicly available on our website.
Find the most recent and historical reports at raspberrypi.org/about
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