Since its inception in 2015, Acorn Aspirations has organised over 10 hackathons, 3 accelerator programmes, 2 bootcamps and a conference, which had over 1,500 young people aged 12-18 co-create with mentors from Universities and start-ups and explore innovative technologies in VR, AR, AI, mobile and work in teams to produce solutions to real life challenges.. Young people come from diverse backgrounds including London’s most underprivileged boroughs, such as Tower Hamlets, Haringey, Tottenham Hale, Barnet, Camden and Southwark. Over 50% of Acorn Aspirations community are girls.