Chelsea FC Foundation presenting Digital Blue at 12th EFDN Conference
We are very happy to announce Sam Gaskin-Kemp and Matt Mead from the Chelsea FC Foundation as speakers at the 12th EFDN ‘#Morethanfootball’ Conference. Together, they will present their STEM programme called ‘Digital Blue’.
The Education Department at the Chelsea FC Foundation has spent the last two and a half years building and delivering STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) programmes within the local community, highlighting the skills needed for tomorrow. The programme engages local schools and educators, to teach critical STEM-related skills for the 21st century. The presentation will showcase how young children can be engaged in STEM-related skills with a specific focus on coding through football and the recent ‘Digital Blue’ collaboration with the Feyenoord Foundation.
In short, the presentation will focus on:
- Highlighting how young minds must be equipped with critical STEM-related skills for the 21st century.
- Showcasing how Chelsea FC combines football and STEM education.
- Connecting STEM, learning and fun, so to encourage future education choices and expose young people to a variety of exciting STEM careers.
Sam Gaskin-Kemp – Chelsea FC
Sam Gaskin-Kemp is the Schools Education Manager at Chelsea FC Foundation and in this role is responsible for the design, creation and implementation of exciting and innovative schools education programmes for 5-16 year olds from across various London boroughs. Sam has an extensive teaching and education portfolio, having worked across a range of education provisions and settings as a teacher, advisor and mentor.
Over the last four years, she has developed a broad range of exciting and dynamic education programmes using the power of sport to help motivate and inspire both students and teachers. These have included curriculum-based activities including maths and English activities, equality and diversity programmes, female-specific activity, targeted teacher support and PE mentorship, as well as STEM programmes such as Chelsea Digital Camps and Digital Blue.
Sam is a passionate educator with a creative vision for teaching and learning and is driven to inspire young minds through football and education.
Matt Mead – Chelsea FC
Matt Mead is the Head of Education & Innovation for Chelsea FC Foundation, which offers a range of educational programmes in primary and secondary schools, further education colleges, employability support, business start-up and corporate CSR opportunities.
Matt has spent the past five years building a pioneering and innovative staff with dynamic educational programmes from FE sports development, to numeracy and literacy support, PE mentorship, through to sports tech hacks, a business start-up incubator and business club, accountancy qualifications, as well as STEM programmes such as Chelsea Digital Camps and Digital Blue.
In recent years, Matt has been able to combine his passion of sports and business, and love for technology to create pioneering STEM programmes in collaboration with global brands such as Apple, Autodesk, VEX Robotics, Wipro, Lynda.com and the San Francisco 49ers Foundation.
