Young Engineers is an educational charity that seeks to inspire young people to develop an interest in engineering and, in doing so, recognise the importance and excitement of engineering as a future career. It develops and supports a national network of extracurricular engineering clubs in both the primary and secondary sectors and runs a number of exciting engineering challenges and competitions, including: the Young Engineer for Britain Competition and the Young Engineer Club Awards. Young Engineers has been in existence since 1984, and currently supports about1,800 registered Young Engineer clubs with over 26,000 active club members; across it range of activities; it engages with over 100,000 students each year.