Budding Engineers

We are currently delivering workshops over in the The Fraser Centre and yesterday we met a lovely person who has learning disabilities. They had seen the post that was advertised for the sessions by the Fraser Centre and had a keen interest so wanted to come along.

The workshops are sorted out with the Fraser Centre directly as they were lucky to receive funding to bring us in, which was greatly appreciated.

We started off as usual and created our cup model with a handle. This workshop using 2D and 3D shapes and we explain the background of how we get to the different stages and the different processes that are taken from the start of the model to the end.
Quite often people with learning disabilities think that 3D Design it too hard for them, they also don’t get recognised enough in life, but once again they could be good at design, art etc.

The theme for 2026 is: “I am here…to be seen”

The Scottish Commission for People with Learning Disabilities website mentioned that they work with people with learning disabilities and partner organisations to create a meaningful week—one that celebrates people with learning disabilities and helps to break down barriers, and challenge how people think, making Scotland a better, fairer, more equal place for everyone.

However, we shouldn’t just need one week to raise awareness and celebrate we should celebrate all the time.

Budding Engineers Community Interest Company supports Scottish Learning Disability Week 2026.

We are here to help and include people with learning disabilities and to celebrate their voices, talents, and achievements.
Budding Engineers believes in inclusion, breaking down barriers, and building a Scotland where everyone belongs.

We all want Scotland to become a country which is fully inclusive. We love what we do and it shows that everyone deserves an opportunity.

🙌 Join us and share your support during
📅 7–13 September

If you are interested then contact the The Fraser Centre directly. 😊

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Spaces are still available in this short free course being delivered in the centre by Budding Engineers. This course is particularly suited to anyone that is neurodiverse or has other barriers to education. Ping me an email to find out more - [email protected]

Last Saturday we were over in West Barnes, East Lothian delivering our workshops for the Dunbar ASN Community Collective - SCIO.

We had another good session and we created our burger in a bun. Inspired by a burger seen before it was suggested we even added an onion ring and then someone suggested adding a wee flag. 🤔 😮

It is this type of project that shows how you can start with a model and change it by adding different things to it. 3D Design can open up many opportunities. You just need the patience and wiliness to learn some new skills to start with and who knows what you will be doing next.

In employment you could have a team all collaborating on the same project, but the project manager might not agree with the end design and it could be up to the designer to then change that design to what is required and come up with a slightly different design.

It was great to see the happy faces at the end, when they could see what they had achieved. 👍😀👍

Well Done to you all. 👏👏👏

We are delighted to receive these awards.

Budding Engineers CIC (2026 Winner: UK Enterprise Awards) - SME News Budding Engineers CIC is one of the 2026 winners of UK Enterprise Awards.

Over the last few months, we have been very busy out across North Lanarkshire and it seems we have been making a real difference. 👍😀👍

We delivered our workshops in New Stevenson, Newmains and St Bridgid’s Primary Schools, Cardinal Newman High School, Holy Cross Primary School in Croy. 😀😄😀

We were contacted by North Lanarkshire Carers Together to see if we could support one of their families who was not engaging in School. The young pupil had not been in school for the whole of S2 but had a keen interest in aeronautical engineering. We made a positive impact with this pupil as they are now back in school on a part-time table. 😮

As part of this funding, we were also asked to deliver our workshops at Woodlands Park High School in Wishaw. We met some more amazing individuals. We also have other ASN cluster schools in North Lanarkshire looking to engage with us in the future, especially if we can secure more funding. 🤞

In Cumbernauld we reached out to Cumbernauld & Carbrain Community Hub about venue hire. We had a young person whose mental health was impacted due to working from home after Covid. He is a brilliant person and we also hope to be able to employ him in the future, when we secure a suitable premises.

The Hub is a fantastic little organisation and doing amazing work in Cumbernauld. From our initial conversation with them, they too had families who needed our support. We engaged with a primary pupil who was not in school and once again, he seemed to be enjoying the activities he was taking part in. We would like to say a big Thank you to Frances, Suzie at the hub for their wonderful hospitality and we hope to be able to support their community in the future. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Now as we enter the Summer Holiday season Liz and I are taking the summer months off, other than a few workshops we have booked in Dunbar in East Lothian. The last 6 months have been an amazing experience and the funding we received has once again opened up more opportunities for us. 🤔

We have met some amazing and talented individuals, all unique in their own way, but have so much to offer in terms of creativity and unique skills.

Back in March, Budding Engineers CIC delivered their first ever workshop in a Glasgow School. We delivered four sessions on the day at Wallacewell Primary School in Robroyston, with all the pupils using their iPads.

We have just received their report back from the school and we wanted to share it with you all.

Some of the teachers said they had several ASN pupils in the Class that they didn’t think would engage in the activity, and they were surprised they did, and thoroughly enjoyed it.

Over the last three days, we have met some amazing individuals, each with their own talents and skills. Liz Kerr and I are really enjoying engaging with these members of the OOR CLUB.

All of the three groups created our model cup with and without a handle.

We are both very much looking forward to next weeks sessions to create some more models with everyone. 😀😀😀😀

End of week 1 CAD workshop with the Budding Engineers. Across the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday groups we have managed to get 30 members involved with 3D design and printing.
The budding engineers are going to be with us for 4 weeks looking forward to the next few weeks of learning. 💜💛💜