Sponsorship & Partnership Invitation

The National AI Summer School 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.

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Delivered across all four UK nations — England · Wales · Scotland · Northern Ireland
Why we are writing to you

AI has arrived. The only question is who it leaves behind.

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.

Proof it works

Our youth AI training already produces builders, not just learners.

  • ◆Emmanuel, 9 — co-runs the YouTube channel “Joyful Tales with Ella & Manny” (114+ videos since 2024).
  • ◆Favour, 16 — launched his own YouTube channel after training with us.
These aren’t promises of what the Summer School might do. They’re what our approach already does.
Emmanuel Ifidon Snr

“Since the training, Emmanuel hasn’t stopped creating. He used to spend his time playing games — now he spends it making things. He and his sister produce Bible-story videos for their channel, and the change in him goes far beyond the screen: he’s more knowledgeable, more confident speaking in public, and he’s even teaching other children about AI. That’s what this gave him.”

— Emmanuel Ifidon Snr, Emmanuel’s father
Why now

The skills gap is opening in real time

47%

of new UK jobs will require AI literacy within three years.

AWS / Strand Partners
£187M

UK Government TechFirst programme, reaching one million students from 2026.

UK Government
100k

people AWS aims to make AI-skilled by 2030 — and the pipeline starts younger.

AWS Skills to Jobs Alliance
Who it serves

Three strands, three audiences, three outcomes

AI Foundations

Ages 7–15

Safe, playful, hands-on first steps in AI, creativity and digital safety.

Outcome: confidence & curiosity

AI Futures

Ages 16–24

Practical AI for study, work and creativity — prompts, productivity, automations and portfolio projects.

Outcome: real, demonstrable skills

AI Career Launchpad

Graduates

AI capability for the modern workplace — building AI-enabled work and standing out to employers.

Outcome: improved employability
The funding model

A £500,000 vision — built on realistic, nameable parts

We are transparent about how the target is built and when it lands. We operate the campaign on a two-clock model.

Clock 1 · Mobilisation

Now – end of July 2026

In-kind support (cloud credits, software, devices, venues, mentors), council discretionary funds, rolling foundation grants and warm sponsors.

£200k–£400k blended landing zone

Clock 2 · Headline Pipeline

Seeded now · closes Q3–Q4 2026

Major corporate sponsorships from large technology companies, banks and telecoms — longer budget cycles, confirmed September to December.

£100k–£250k target

We report transparently as £ committed / in-pipeline against the £500,000 campaign vision.

What happens in September?

The learning doesn’t stop. It becomes a movement.

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.

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The Series

Summer 2026

The national AI Summer School — the proof and the moment.

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The AIM Platform

Launches January 2027

Continued, year-round AI-literacy access for learners of every age, across all four nations.

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The Movement

Annual & ongoing

The Summer School becomes the flagship intake that feeds a permanent national platform.

What the platform provides

  • Continued AI-literacy pathways that build on the summer’s foundations.
  • A safe, age-appropriate, responsible-AI environment all year round.
  • A home for AI-knowledge content contributed by partner organisations.
  • A community and progression layer between annual Summer Schools.

A distinct platform fund

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.

£250k–£400k
illustrative Year-1 vision — scalable to partner appetite, not a fixed target

For partners who fund infrastructure, not one summer. Two AIM Platform tiers: Foundation Platform Partner & Content & Knowledge Partner.

Sponsorship packages

Eight ways to take a leadership role

Headline National Sponsor£100,000
National Impact Partner£50,000
Regional AI Access Sponsor£25,000
Youth Futures Sponsor£15,000
AI for Children Sponsor£10,000
Graduate Employability Sponsor£10,000
Community Access Sponsor£5,000
Supporter Sponsor£1k–2.5k

Plus strategic partners (reach & access) and in-kind partners (cloud, software, devices, venues, mentors, media).

Why this fits your priorities

Mapped to the frameworks you already report against

CSR

A flagship, nameable community programme reaching young people across all four nations.

ESG / Social Value

Reportable metrics: reach, demographics, skills and confidence gains.

Digital Inclusion

Deliberate priority for underserved communities that lack AI access.

Youth Employability

Measurable gains for the 16–24 and graduate strands.

Future Workforce

Building the AI-capable talent pipeline employers will depend on.

Responsible AI

Ethics-first education positioning you as a champion of safe AI.

Fund with confidence

Safeguarding is our headline strength, not a footnote

  • Safeguarding-first delivery, with policies, checks and supervision for all under-18 work.
  • Age-appropriate content and environments across every strand.
  • Responsible-AI principles embedded throughout — safe, ethical, critical use.
  • Clear data-protection practice for participant information, in line with UK GDPR.
  • Full safeguarding documentation available to funders on request.
“For any funder of work with children, safeguarding is the first question. We treat it that way too.”
Take a leadership role

Be on the right side of the most important skills story of the decade.

“We get to decide whether AI widens the gap in Britain — or closes it. We are inviting you to be part of closing it.”

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Book a 20-minute conversation.

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Choose your role — sponsor, partner or in-kind.

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We tailor a package to your priorities.

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Begin — as a founding supporter of a national first.

Book your sponsorship conversation

Dr. Callistus Ikpunuekhai · Founder & CEO, Clap Academy

[sponsorship email] · [phone] · [meeting booking link] · clapacademy.co.uk