Nearly one in four of the UK adult population – 12.6m adults – lacks key basic digital skills, according to GO ON UK. This gap has many causes and implications, but high on the list is jobs, because those who lack digital skills are more likely to be unemployed. This is more significant to young people, given that the youth unemployment rate is 14.4% and people aged 16 to 24 are three times more likely to be out of work than the rest of the working population. It is estimated that over 4.4 million IT jobs will be created around Big Data, but only a third of these new jobs will be filled. At Acorn Aspirations we strongly believe that if young people are inspired to create technology from an early age, they will be better equipped to face the constantly changing digital world we live in and contribute as creators of technology and change-makers to solve the most pressing local and global problems.