Fund the learning, Never write it.
The Infrastructure Literacy Fund enables operators, technology companies, councils, trusts and foundations to support access to infrastructure literacy across schools, libraries and communities. Partners can fund workshops, resources and place-based programmes, while all learning content remains independently developed by ThreadPoint. That independence protects the integrity of the work and the people it is designed to serve.
Imagination is Infrastructure
Data centre and technology operators
Explore Behind the Cloud, our delivery programme for sites, employees and the communities around them.
Trusts, foundations and councils
Fund infrastructure literacy through project grants, commissions and place-based programmes, with delivery, safeguarding and reporting built in.
See the routes below
Funded and subsidised places may be available each term through the Infrastructure Literacy Fund. Schools can enquire directly about current availability.
Schools looking for funded delivery
18%
of children could explain the physical infrastructure behind the cloud before a ThreadPoint session
89%
could after one session, in their own words
Eight ways to fund infrastructure literacy.
Choose from individual schools and library programmes to borough-wide access, public resources and research. Indicative funding levels are a starting point, with reporting available to show reach, learning and outcomes.
Sponsor a School
A full delivery day of story-led workshops in one named primary school, a class library of Where the Internet Goes to Sleep, teacher resources and a school-level impact summary. Multi-school programmes are priced on volume.
From £5,000 per school, per year
Sponsor a Community Programme
A named strand of delivery: a library series, an estate-based programme or an intergenerational block where families learn together
From £3,000 per programme
Sponsor Curriculum Development
Restricted grants for new curriculum-aligned resources, under published independence terms.
From £10,000 per project
Sponsor Books
Place our published children's book in school libraries, public libraries and community settings, each with a named bookplate showing your support.
£15 per copy, from 50 copies
Sponsor Access
A pooled fund that subsidises sessions, books and resources where schools and communities cannot pay.
Units of £500
Sponsor a Borough
A cluster of schools plus library and community sessions across one borough, with a borough-level impact report.
From £20,000 per year
Sponsor Public Explainers
Fund a public understanding series that makes one infrastructure concept at a time simple and accessible.
From £2,500 per series
Sponsor Research and Impact
Support the ThreadPoint Institute's measurement work: the longitudinal study, learning outcomes and annual reporting.
From £8,000 per year
In-kind support is welcome too: site visits for schools, venue space, print runs, materials and volunteer time.
In early ThreadPoint delivery, 18% of children could say where the cloud actually lives before a session. 89% could after one session, in their own words.
Partners fund the learning. They never write it.
What partners receive
Recognition on the programmes they fund
Photography and a delivery summary to share
Reporting on reach, learning and outcomes
Recognition on our partner wall and an invitation to our annual impact briefing
What is never for sale
Curriculum control: every learning resource is written independently by ThreadPoint
Governance: board and advisory roles are never attached to funding
Editorial influence over our stories, research or public explainers
Access to children or their data
This indépendance protects the integrity of the work and the people it is designed to serve.
Clear delivery. Meaningful evidence. Useful reporting.
Planning and community commitments
Place-based education programmes with clear delivery, reach and learning outcomes that can support relevant community benefit commitments.
Social value in procurement
Evidence of local delivery, participation and learning outcomes that can support social value reporting and procurement commitments.
ESG and community benefit
Community education measured through learning and participation, not attendance alone.
Trusts, foundations and councils
Restricted project grants and commissions with clear delivery, safeguarding and reporting built in.
Delivered with and supported by organisations including
Microsoft Mace Group The Portal Trust Origin Housing London Borough of Hackney London Borough of Camden
The children grasped complex concepts incredibly quickly. Hosting the session onsite made everything real. I would highly recommend ThreadPoint to other sites and operators.
SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER, MICROSOFT
Start with one place. Or fund something bigger.
Fund a school or library session, support access across a local area, or talk to us about a larger place-based programme. We’ll help you identify an approach that fits your funding priorities while keeping ThreadPoint’s learning and research independent.
Talk to us about funding
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