RefugeesCode Melbourne
What are we about
We are a refugee-oriented inclusive group and our focus is on both coding as a career and the creative side of coding.
Our goal is to help refugees, asylum seekers and people from other marginalised groups progress their career in tech, as well as creating a community where we come together and write code as a creative activity.
Current Projects
Kids creative code workshops
We work with the kids at Friends of Refugees and help them create fun animations, funky games and cute websites with various coding programs like Scratch, p5.js and HTML/CSS.
ShitRentals
We collaborate with @Jordan van den Lamb on ShitRentals platform which gives back the power to the renters by allowing renters to review and check reviews of rental properties. We teach people coding while building ShitRentals so people learn how things are done in the real world.
SkillUp software dev program
SkillUp program aims to help people in various stages get started with or progress their career as a software developer. We run tailored workshops on the challenges people might be facing while pursuing career in tech, including coding skills and soft skills.
How can you get involved?
Volunteer at the kids workshops
Like what we do? Come volunteer with us at the kids workshops. You don’t need experience in writing code. As long as you are passionate about working with children and have a creative heart, we will train you up! The workshops happens every Saturday 10 am to 12 pm during school terms in Springvale and public transport friendly.
Be a mentor at SkillUp program
Are you a developer who is as passionate as us about helping marginalised people into tech? You don’t need to be super experienced but you do need to be consistently available on Saturday afternoons and a few hours during the week to help out!
Other operational roles
If you are a business dev or marketing wizard, we would love to hear from you. Or if you are good at coordinating volunteers, we love you too. We constantly need help with day-to-day organisational stuff. Send us a message to discuss more how you can help!
Contact us
Send us a message if
you are interested in joining our programs or you know someone who might be
you would like to volunteer with us
you have an idea that you would like to collaborate on (either refugee focused or coding focused)
any questions!
We will get back to you within 1 - 2 days, promise!