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Sheffield techies do their bit for refugees

hackathon 2

Huge thanks to all the techies who gave up their weekend to get to grips with a list of challenges set by Sheffield refugee organisations. ย  The ‘Refugee Hackathon’ was initiated by Nicola and Andy Mayer of Youmee.com and produced a fantastic response from the local technical community. ย Assisted by a group of advisers from asylum and refugee groups, the team set about creating a mobile friendly map to help new arrivals find their way around the city, and an interactive website showing the services and support available during an asylum seeker’s ‘journey’ in Sheffield. ย You can read Andy’s reflections on the event here.