# Tech Cornwall

> Tech Cornwall is a nonprofit membership organisation connecting Cornwall’s technology businesses, educators and future workers through training, youth programmes, placements, recruitment resources and events. Its members help fund free youth activities, while public grants and earned income support its wider work.

- **Founded:** 2014
- **Headquarters:** Redruth, United Kingdom
- **Founders:** Mike Barritt (Co-founder; identified as Executive Director in Falmouth University partnership announcement), Belinda Waldock (Co-founder; identified in Nesta’s Tech Nation 2016 material)
- **Products:** Business membership, Tech Academy, Bespoke training, Developer Skills Bootcamp, Cornwall Tech Jam
- **Notable:** Reported more than 30,000 students reached through youth activities., First Cornwall Festival of Tech brought together more than 3,000 people across two weeks in 2024., By March 2024, reported more than 30 Mission to Mars weeks and 100 Tech Jam events.

## Products & services

- **Business membership** — Size-based annual membership, listed at £128 to £2,048; includes community access, member profiles, recruitment and promotional resources.
- **Tech Academy** — Professional training, online masterclasses and courses including Agile, Scrum, AI and Power BI.
- **Bespoke training** — Custom programmes for organisations across sectors, with discovery, design, delivery and evaluation.
- **Developer Skills Bootcamp** — 16-week programme delivered with Code Institute and backed by Innovate UK; fully funded places subject to eligibility, with upcoming 2027 intakes advertised.
- **Cornwall Tech Jam** — Free monthly volunteer-supported coding and electronics sessions at venues around Cornwall.
- **Mission to Mars** — Team work experience coding autonomous rovers in a simulated Mars mission.
- **T-Level placements** — Tech Cornwall hosts and supervises students while businesses supply client projects and feedback.
- **Events programme** — Networking, startup conferences, developer meetups and the Cornwall Festival of Tech.
- **Jobs board and CV bank** — Recruitment resources linking member employers and people seeking work.

## Achievements

- Reported more than 30,000 students reached through youth activities.
- First Cornwall Festival of Tech brought together more than 3,000 people across two weeks in 2024.
- By March 2024, reported more than 30 Mission to Mars weeks and 100 Tech Jam events.
- Supported 21 T-Level students over the three years preceding September 2026.
- Its youth work is recognised in the Tech Frontier One Year On report, which cites a 2019 Tech South West educational activity award.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Announced involvement in TechFirst South West, a seven-organisation partnership led by techSPARK delivering technology engagement in schools and colleges over three years.
- **2026-09** — Requested client projects for 18 incoming T-Level students, requiring at least nine projects; reported 21 students supported over the prior three years.
- **2026-08** — Published a Cornwall digital and technology sector report and dashboard.

## Links

- Website: https://techcornwall.co.uk/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/techcornwall
- Twitter/X: https://x.com/TechCornwall_
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQuYTXIJ3r1GEHPLw--gx7Q
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tech.cornwall/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TechCornwall

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Last updated: 2026-10-07