Our sponsors and donors - FIRST® LEGO® League
We are incredibly thankful for the continued support of all our sponsors and donors. Their generosity enables us to reach disadvantaged young people all over the UK and Ireland to enable them to participate in FIRST® LEGO® League.
Here are our current FIRST® LEGO® League sponsors and donors – thank you for your incredible support.
Official sponsor
National sponsor
Bechtel
Bechtel have been supporting FIRST® LEGO® League in the UK and Ireland for several years as the National Sponsor and they run the London West FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge regional tournament.
Bechtel is one of the world’s most respected engineering, construction and project management companies. They design and build mega-projects like railways, airports, bridges, power solutions and water systems to support the planet’s growing population. Bechtel is also involved in environmental clean-ups and helping communities prepare for and rebuild after natural disasters.
Since its founding in 1898, Bechtel has worked on more than 22,000 projects in 140 countries on all seven continents. Today, their 53,000 employees work on diverse projects in nearly 50 countries. For more information visit Bechtel’s website.
"Building for the future is what we do every day. An important part of that is supporting schools all over the world to help engage students in science and technology. We are delighted to support students in the UK and Ireland in this exciting robotics competition that encourages innovation and helps to build tomorrow’s engineers."
Peter Dawson, President of Bechtel’s global civil infrastructure business.
Regional programme sponsor
Quickline Communications Limited
We're proud to share that Rural broadband provider Quickline Communications Limited has been announced as our regional sponsor.
Quickline will support a total of 36 schools to participate in FIRST® LEGO® League with each school receiving access to the programme’s Explore and Challenge age groups supporting 2,160 students.
Sarah Lilleyman Hall, Quickline's social Values and Events Manager, explains that "Quickline are passionate about the power of technology to transform lives, especially in rural communities. Supporting the FIRST® LEGO® League is a natural fit for us, as it brings STEM learning to life in a fun, hands-on way and helps to spark curiosity in young minds. As a business built by brilliant engineers, we know first-hand how vital STEM skills are - not just for careers in our industry, but for the future of innovation more broadly. We’re especially proud to help bring these opportunities to students in hard-to-reach and often overlooked areas across Yorkshire, where the next generation of engineers and technologists are already bursting with potential."
Schools that reside in the Yorkshire area are requested to complete the MS form to register their interest.
Regional sponsor
Qualcomm
Qualcomm have supported FIRST® LEGO® League Challenge for several years in both Cambridge and Cork, Ireland.
Qualcomm invents breakthrough technologies that transform how the world connects, computes and communicates. When we connected the phone to the Internet, the mobile revolution was born. Today, our inventions are the foundation for life-changing products, experiences, and industries.
As we lead the world to 5G, we envision this next big change in cellular technology spurring a new era of intelligent, connected devices and enabling new opportunities in connected cars, remote delivery of health care services, and the IoT — including smart cities, smart homes, and wearables.
Qualcomm Incorporated includes our licensing business, QTL, and the vast majority of our patent portfolio. Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, operates, along with its subsidiaries, substantially all of our engineering, research and development functions, and substantially all of our products and services businesses, including the QCT semiconductor business.
For more information, visit Qualcomm’s website, OnQ blog, Twitter and Facebook pages.