RCVision CIC

RCVision CIC RC Vision is a social venture working to tackle inequity in STEM through RC Remember, at RC Vision CIC, we don’t just race, we inspire futures.

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We are a unique social venture that merges the excitement of radio control (RC) car racing with informal, yet highly engaging, learning experiences. Our mission is to kindle the innate curiosity in young minds, inspiring them to explore the captivating world of science and engineering. At RC Vision CIC, we believe that education transcends the confin

es of a traditional classroom. Leveraging the adrenaline-fueled realm of RC car racing, we provide hands-on, innovative educational opportunities for the youth. Our dynamic learning platform fosters essential skills such as problem-solving, teamwork, and resilience, fueling a lifelong passion for learning. Our programs are designed to empower children, fostering an environment where they can channel their creativity and passion into building, modifying, and racing their very own RC cars. By doing so, they gain a practical understanding of basic to advanced concepts in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM). At the heart of RC Vision CIC are our people, a team of professionals passionate about both RC car racing and education. They are committed to providing guidance and support to our young learners, instilling in them confidence, knowledge, and a genuine love for STEM. Join us in our journey of igniting young imaginations through the exciting world of RC car racing. Here, you'll find updates about our events, photos of our races and workshops, and stories of the amazing progress our young engineers are making. Buckle up for the ride of a lifetime! 🏎️🚦🏆

One of the best parts of the MINI Plant Oxford Schools finale? Seeing the incredible RC MINI builds the young people cre...
24/05/2026

One of the best parts of the MINI Plant Oxford Schools finale? Seeing the incredible RC MINI builds the young people created together. These weren’t off-the-shelf race cars. The teams built, prepared, repaired and developed them over weeks of workshops and club sessions before bringing them together to race.

The pride, ownership and attention to detail was brilliant to see.

And honestly… they looked fantastic on track.

On Wednesday at BMW Group MINI Plant Oxford, 40 young people from across OX4 came together to race the 1/10 scale electr...
22/05/2026

On Wednesday at BMW Group MINI Plant Oxford, 40 young people from across OX4 came together to race the 1/10 scale electric RC MINI cars they’ve been building together over recent months through the RC Vision CIC community STEM programme.

900 laps of racing. Countless laughs. Brilliant teamwork. Amazing looking cars. And a huge amount learned together.

These projects are about far more than RC racing. They create opportunities for young people to problem solve, collaborate, adapt, communicate and build confidence through doing something real together.

Proud of every young person involved and hugely grateful to the teachers, youth workers and brilliant team at MINI Plant Oxford for helping make days like this possible.

Less than 24 hours after our schools finale event at MINI Plant Oxford, today we launched another new RC-based STEM club...
21/05/2026

Less than 24 hours after our schools finale event at MINI Plant Oxford, today we launched another new RC-based STEM club — this time at in North London, working together with the Brent Cross Town Community Fund.

Today marked the start of four new teams of young people building 1/10 electric touring cars to compete with and against other schools and youth groups in the Talent Cup class at our KOC race series.

A brilliant first session with a fantastic group of Year 9 and Year 11 students — starting their builds, preparing to learn together and (already) get competitive.

What’s exciting about these projects is that the learning happens naturally through doing. Engineering, teamwork, resilience, communication, adapting when things go wrong — all wrapped up in something genuinely fun and engaging.

We’re really looking forward to following the teams’ progress over the coming months and sharing the journey as the cars start taking shape and the racing begins.

Huge thanks to everyone involved in making it happen - including supporters who voted for this project in the community poll a while back.

Another step towards building more spaces where young people can belong, build confidence and discover what they’re capable of through RC motorsport and STEM.


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20/05/2026

What a day at BMW Group

Today, 40 young people from schools across Oxford and Oxfordshire Youth came together to race the 1/10 scale electric RC MINI cars they have been designing, building, repairing and preparing together over recent months through the RC Vision CIC x BMW community STEM programme.

The results? Nearly 900 laps of racing, brilliant teamwork, problem-solving, crashes, fixes, laughter, resilience and some genuinely stunning looking RC MINI builds.

But this project has never just been about racing.

It’s about giving young people hands-on opportunities to explore engineering, technology, teamwork and creative thinking in a way that feels real. Learning by doing. Learning through mistakes. Learning together.

Many of the young people involved come from communities underrepresented in STEM and engineering. Watching them take ownership of the cars, solve problems under pressure and proudly represent their schools today was something special.

Huge thanks to the brilliant team at MINI Plant Oxford for believing in the vision and helping create opportunities like this for local young people.

This is what STEM engagement can look like when it’s practical, collaborative and genuinely fun.

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20/05/2026

What a day at BMW Group MINI Plant Oxford.

Today, 40 young people from schools across Oxford and Oxfordshire Youth came together to race the 1/10 scale electric RC MINI cars they have been designing, building, repairing and preparing together over recent months through the RC Vision CIC x BMW community STEM programme.

The results? Nearly 900 laps of racing, brilliant teamwork, problem-solving, crashes, fixes, laughter, resilience and some genuinely stunning looking RC MINI builds.

But this project has never just been about racing.

It’s about giving young people hands-on opportunities to explore engineering, technology, teamwork and creative thinking in a way that feels real. Learning by doing. Learning through mistakes. Learning together.

Many of the young people involved come from communities underrepresented in STEM and engineering. Watching them take ownership of the cars, solve problems under pressure and proudly represent their schools today was something special.

Huge thanks to the brilliant team at MINI Plant Oxford for believing in the vision and helping create opportunities like this for local young people.

This is what STEM engagement can look like when it’s practical, collaborative and genuinely fun.



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We are very grateful to Danny Beales for Uxbridge & South Ruislip and team for their support for our work together with ...
15/05/2026

We are very grateful to Danny Beales for Uxbridge & South Ruislip and team for their support for our work together with West London Racing Centre. (WLRC) The home of touring car racing 🙏

14/05/2026

"I was amazed by what I saw!"

Last month RC Vision took the track to the 19th floor of City Hall, hosted by the Right Worshipful the Lord Mayor of Westminster. In the room: employers, academics, educators, youth organisations and young people — all there to see what our sport can do.

The Lord Mayor had a go on the track himself. He described himself as "absolutely useless." We thought he did alright.

But here's what actually made the evening: a group of young people from Westminster stood up in front of a room full of city leaders and explained — clearly, calmly and from their own experience — why hands-on, practical learning changes how you see yourself and what you think you're capable of.

That's what RC Vision is about. And that's what this film captures.

Watch it. And if you're proud of what RC racing can be, please share it.



Today we hosted MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip Danny Beales MP, the three current Hillingdon East ward Councillors, Cll...
03/05/2026

Today we hosted MP for Uxbridge & South Ruislip Danny Beales MP, the three current Hillingdon East ward Councillors, Cllr Kelly Martin, Cllr Colleen Sullivan and Cllr Wayne Bridges from Hillingdon Conservatives, Hillingdon Labour Group deputy leader Cllr Sita Punja, Cllr Barry Nelson-West, Eliza Castell, and Tom Cottew from the Liberal Democrats — all coming to see the track for themselves.

They met with young people who've been coming here for STEM sessions who talked confidently about what they've learnt. Parents attended too, telling politicians — directly, in their own words — what this place means to their family. And of course the WLRC Tamiya crew, touring car racers and club committee.

A community of racers and volunteers who've been building and maintaining the WLRC facility for over 30 years.

We talked honestly about the track situation, our ambitions, and what's at risk if the future of the site isn't secured, We felt heard, and we're grateful to everyone who came and made the case so well — especially the members, young people and parents who took the time to speak with the politicians.

This is a community and a facility that we hope has an amazing future. We'll keep you posted on where things go from here.

Soft skills in schools are going backwards.Thats according to a survey published as part of Alan Milburn's review into y...
30/04/2026

Soft skills in schools are going backwards.

Thats according to a survey published as part of Alan Milburn's review into youth unemployment on April 20th.

On the same day, three young people showed to the Lord Mayor at City Hall exactly what it looks like to go the other way.

I think the survey gets somethings exactly right — but the implied response will miss the mark.

Career readiness is deteriorating. Young people are arriving at employers and further education without the self-knowledge, communication and resilience that used to develop through less structured experience. We are seeing that alot.

But the response we keep reaching for — more careers talks, more work experience signposting, more PSHE lessons about the world of work — is more information. And information is not the problem.

The problem is that a young person who doesn't yet know who they are cannot make meaningful use of information about what they could become.

What builds that self-knowledge is sustained, hands-on experience where their specific strengths are at the centre. Where they fail and try again. Where the feedback is immediate and unambiguous.

That's what RC racing builds. Not because of the cars, or the racing. Because of what you find out about yourself when your critical thinking is stretched to design, test, compete and fix — repeatedly, under pressure, in front of other people.

Milburn's review will land in summer. I feel like I already know what it will recommend, and I already know why that won't be enough on its own.

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Delighted to confirm the first school team joining KOC26 with two cars entering the Talent Cup...ACS International Egham...
29/04/2026

Delighted to confirm the first school team joining KOC26 with two cars entering the Talent Cup...ACS International Egham in Surrey.

Followers of RC Vision will know ACS as the people running the Thorpe Park STEM activities day we've attended the last few years. The aim of ACS is to get a race team going and make it available to partner schools in their community - the first group of students have been building Yokomo RS2's ready to come and start racing with us ✊

The team have set up an instagram - give then a follow:

A 15-year-old stood up in front of the Lord Mayor of Westminster this week and said something every employer, commission...
26/04/2026

A 15-year-old stood up in front of the Lord Mayor of Westminster this week and said something every employer, commissioner and school in the country needs to hear.
“Not knowing and staying open to opportunities is more powerful than sticking to one path.”
That was Mehgun. Year 11. Standing in City Hall — on the same day Alan Milburn published his report on NEETism, which found that soft skills and career readiness in schools are going backwards.

She'd never thought of herself as a future engineer until a skills quiz at an RC car racing event showed her that her instincts, her creativity, her problem-solving — these were engineering skills. She's now aiming to be a design engineer. Possibly in F1.

This is exactly what RC Vision was built to do. Not to teach STEM. To help young people discover who they already are — and give them a language for it.
We're grateful to the Lord Mayor for hosting us at City Hall, to London Tigers for bringing Munty and Osama to the room, and to our three young people who spoke with more clarity and confidence than most adults I know.

The Westminster 500 is now live. Our goal: reach 500 young people across Westminster in the next 12 weeks. If you commission, fund, employ or teach in this city — I'd love a conversation.

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