Meet the DigiTribe Team!

Rachel

Director, DSL, minemania

_{Founder of Creative Active Lives CIC and DigiTribe. Rachel has spent over a decade creating inclusive, creative programmes for families and young people. She leads MineMania session and is passionate about making sure no young person is left out. Rachel was awarded the Point of Light Award in 2021 for community work by The Prime Minister, has been a finalist in the Tech for Good Awards, Great British Entrepreneur of the Year Awards, and has been named one of the Top 100 female founders in the UK 2023.}

Dan

Minecraft education,volunteer board member

_{Dan is a Minecraft Education consultant and game developer, and founder of Outside The Blocks. He’s volunteered with us for over a year, leading our weekly Sunday Minecraft Education club and helping design worlds where young people can learn and play together. Dan has now joined our Board as a volunteer Director.}

Laura

DIGITAL YOUTH WORKER

_{Laura is a creative and enthusiastic Lego builder who loves working with bright colours. She enjoys getting involved in group activities and sharing ideas with others. Always chatty and positive, she brings energy and collaboration to every project.
Building with colour and imagination gets her creative juices flowing! Some of you might recognise her – she also work at our Creative Active Lives CIC holiday camps and is a teacher in her spare time.}

Shaun

VOLUNTEER, CODE CLUB TUTOR, MENTOR

Shaun Malone is a software engineer, creative technologist and business owner with over 20 years of industry experience, having worked across a range of companies from startups to large enterprises.

Shaun has been obsessed with computers since he got a ZX Spectrum as a kid in the late 80s. His primary and secondary school teachers are a source of huge inspiration. They nurtured his love of computing and gave him the extra challenge and support that he needed. As a result he was able to represent New Zealand twice in an international schools programming competition at the ages of 14-15.

He wants to make the same kind of impact by showing young people how to turn their incredibly creative ideas into something they can see, hear and interact with.

When he’s not coding in Python, Java or Javascript, you will find him playing Minecraft, performing live electronic music, tending his strawberries, or out on a walk with his dog Milo