{"id":8334,"date":"2014-03-06T09:29:16","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T09:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/178.62.14.192\/?p=8334"},"modified":"2014-03-06T09:29:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T09:29:16","slug":"new-open-hack-competition-for-young-people-launched-by-duke-of-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.recantha.co.uk\/blog\/?p=8334","title":{"rendered":"New open hack competition for young people launched by Duke of York"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/peertopeerchallenge.files.wordpress.com\/2014\/02\/cropped-banner22.png?resize=560%2C106\" width=\"560\" height=\"106\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Duke of York and <a href=\"https:\/\/youngrewiredstate.org\/\">Young Rewired State<\/a> have teamed up to launch the <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/peertopeerchallenge.org\/\">Peer to Peer Challenge<\/a>.<\/strong> The five week competition\u00a0aims to encourage more young people to discover and use programming and digital skills. 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