Budding Engineers

10/06/2026

Funded by the Fairer Futures Partnership Tackling Poverty & ASN Fund - North Lanarkshire

As part of our funded sessions, over the last four weeks we were over at the Newmains & St Brigid’s Community Hub. We delivered BlocksCAD workshops to 20 children 10 from Newmains Primary and 10 from St. Brigid’s Primary. The children were from a range of ages from Primary 3 through to Primary 7.

Even from the first session, we could see there was some really talented individuals, however each child was unique in their own way. We wanted to share some of the designs that the children created on the last session from the skills they had learnt during the four weeks.

On the last week, we took in our 3D printer and printed off their name tags for them.

27/05/2026

Back in March, Budding Engineers CIC delivered their first ever workshop in a Glasgow School. We delivered four sessions on the day at Wallacewell Primary School in Robroyston, with all the pupils using their iPads.

We have just received their report back from the school and we wanted to share it with you all.

Some of the teachers said they had several ASN pupils in the Class that they didn’t think would engage in the activity, and they were surprised they did, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

17/05/2026

You may have noticed that we have been quiet on our socials for a while. Well, a lot has been happening and Liz and I are being kept busy with our funded workshops at the moment. 👍😀👍

Over the last four weeks we have been taking regular trips over to Inverclyde. We have been running three workshops weekly for some amazing individuals over at the OOR CLUBR in Greenock.

Since we started on the 22nd of April we have now completed 12 workshops with 30 individuals, all unique and talented in their own way. All the groups created the same models and the enjoyment that Liz and I have had has been really rewarding. Seeing the smiles on their faces and listening to what they are being taught has all helped to make this a great experience. You only have to see for yourselves, some of the excitement on their faces.

Every single person has tried their hardest and all achieved some great results. A Massive Well Done to you all. 👏👏👏

Last June we met Michelle over at an event in Greenock organised by the ASN Parent and Carer Group Inverclyde. We popped along just after the event to the ORR Club to give a wee presentation about what we were about. Michelle then managed to get funding to bring us in and deliver our workshops. So, we would also like to say a big Thank you to Michelle for making this happen and engaging with us. 👏👏👏

25/04/2026

Over the last three days, we have met some amazing individuals, each with their own talents and skills. Liz Kerr and I are really enjoying engaging with these members of the OOR CLUB.

All of the three groups created our model cup with and without a handle.

We are both very much looking forward to next weeks sessions to create some more models with everyone. 😀😀😀😀

End of week 1 CAD workshop with the Budding Engineers. Across the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday groups we have managed to get 30 members involved with 3D design and printing.
The budding engineers are going to be with us for 4 weeks looking forward to the next few weeks of learning. 💜💛💜