{"id":20508,"date":"2025-11-12T09:06:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T09:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/?post_type=workshops&#038;p=20508"},"modified":"2025-11-12T09:06:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T09:06:22","slug":"coding-club-my-first-vexcode-10jan26","status":"publish","type":"workshops","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfund.org.uk\/support\/discover-digital\/workshops\/coding-club-my-first-vexcode-10jan26\/","title":{"rendered":"Coding club: My First VEXCode\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<html><body><p>New to VEXCode VR? <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Come along to this workshop and discover how we can use block coding to make a robot move. 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