Award-winning AI education
Global Excellence Award in AI Education 2026
Become a founding sponsor or partner of the UK’s first expert-led national AI education series — preparing children, young adults and graduates for the future of work, creativity, responsible AI and opportunity.
Led by Dr. Callistus Ikpunuekhai — recipient of the Global Excellence Award in AI Education 2026 (The Global Business & Authors’ Awards UK), an internationally recognised authority in AI education.
Global Excellence Award in AI Education 2026
In well-resourced schools and homes, children are already learning with AI. Thousands of others have no safe, structured access at all — and the gap is widening every month.
This programme exists to close that gap — and to invite serious organisations to lead, not to give charity.
Our youth AI training already produces builders, not just learners.
“Since the training, Emmanuel hasn’t stopped creating. He went from playing games to making his own videos with his sister — and he’s now confident enough to teach other children about AI.”
of new UK jobs will require AI literacy within three years.
UK Government TechFirst programme, reaching one million students from 2026.
people AWS aims to make AI-skilled by 2030 — and the pipeline starts younger.
Safe, playful, hands-on first steps in AI, creativity and digital safety.
Practical AI for study, work and creativity — prompts, productivity, automations and portfolio projects.
AI capability for the modern workplace — building AI-enabled work and standing out to employers.
We are transparent about how the target is built and when it lands. We operate the campaign on a two-clock model.
In-kind support (cloud credits, software, devices, venues, mentors), council discretionary funds, rolling foundation grants and warm sponsors.
Major corporate sponsorships from large technology companies, banks and telecoms — longer budget cycles, confirmed September to December.
We report transparently as £ committed / in-pipeline against the £500,000 campaign vision.
Behind the vision is a simple, transparent model. Every place has a real cost. You fund the learners you choose — one, ten, a hundred, or a whole nation — and the programme scales with the support we secure. No single sponsor is ever asked to fund a whole cohort.
| Programme | Full cost / place | Family pays | Sponsor covers |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Foundations Children, 7–15 | £150 | £75 | £75 (or full £150) |
| AI Futures Young Adults & NEET, 16–24 | £198 | Free | £198 (100%) |
| AI Career Launchpad Final-Year Students & Graduates | £294 | Free | £294 (100%) |
Young adults and graduates are free to the learner — the people least able to pay and with the most to gain. For children, a sponsor can cover the standard half-place (£75) or fund whole places (£150), opening up new free places for children whose families could not otherwise take part.
| You sponsor | Children half (£75) | Young Adults (£198) | Students/Grads (£294) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | £750 | £1,980 | £2,940 |
| 25 | £1,875 | £4,950 | £7,350 |
| 50 | £3,750 | £9,900 | £14,700 |
| 100 | £7,500 | £19,800 | £29,400 |
| 250 | £18,750 | £49,500 | £73,500 |
| 500 | £37,500 | £99,000 | £147,000 |
| 1,000 | £75,000 | £198,000 | £294,000 |
Every pound is one young person closer to a fair start in the age of AI. Choose the number that is right for you.
Every participant leaves with more than an experience. They leave with proof: a certificate, a real AI project they built, practical current skills, and measured growth you can report.
Up to 6,000 young people across the UK. Your sponsorship funds a share of that goal — and you report the share you make possible.
Depending on what you fund, here is the kind of impact you’ll be able to report:
A first AI project built, a certificate earned, real confidence and digital-safety awareness — for many, their first proud credential.
Employer-relevant AI skills, a portfolio piece and a certificate — offered free, with renewed purpose and belonging for young people not in work or education.
Job-ready AI capability, a portfolio project and a certificate that differentiates them to employers — offered free, when they can least afford it.
Sources: House of Commons Library, 2026; Government “Young People and Work” review, 2026.
You don’t fund an event. You fund a future — a certificate, a real skill, a portfolio, a path forward — for a child discovering AI, a young person finding a way back in, and a graduate getting hired. And your name is on it.
AIM — the AI Movement is a year-round platform (launching January 2027) giving learners of every age continued access to practical AI education, long after the summer ends. It turns a one-week experience into a lifelong advantage — and a national event into national infrastructure.
The national AI Summer School — the proof and the moment.
Continued, year-round AI-literacy access for learners of every age, across all four nations.
The Summer School becomes the flagship intake that feeds a permanent national platform.
The AIM Platform is a longer-horizon opportunity that sits above the £500k Series — on the Clock 2 timeline, closing across Q3–Q4 ahead of the January launch.
For partners who fund infrastructure, not one summer. Two AIM Platform tiers: Foundation Platform Partner & Content & Knowledge Partner.
Every tier includes everything below it, and adds more. As your support grows, so does your visibility, access and share of the story.
Two ways to sponsor at £10,000: back the children’s strand or the graduate strand — choose the cause that fits you. Plus strategic partners (reach & access) and in-kind partners (cloud, software, devices, venues, mentors, media) recognised alongside these tiers.
A flagship, nameable community programme reaching young people across all four nations.
Reportable metrics: reach, demographics, skills and confidence gains.
Deliberate priority for underserved communities that lack AI access.
Measurable gains for the 16–24 and graduate strands.
Building the AI-capable talent pipeline employers will depend on.
Ethics-first education positioning you as a champion of safe AI.
“We get to decide whether AI widens the gap in Britain — or closes it. We are inviting you to be part of closing it.”
Book a 20-minute conversation.
Choose your role — sponsor, partner or in-kind.
We tailor a package to your priorities.
Begin — as a founding supporter of a national first.
Dr. Callistus Ikpunuekhai · Founder & CEO, Clap Academy
sponsorship@clapacademy.co.uk · +447722936139 · Book a call · www.theclapacademy.com
Our founder is a recipient of the Global Excellence Award in AI Education 2026 — recognising world-class leadership in teaching AI to the next generation.