Welcome to
ThreadPoint .

ThreadPoint sits where internet safety, digital citizenship, and infrastructure literacy meet — using stories and hands-on learning to help children understand not just how to stay safe online, but how the digital world really works.

We bridge classrooms, communities, and industry — turning complex systems into stories that every child can understand.

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Infrastructure.

Education.

Who We Are

What We Do

Through books, workshops, and creative learning, ThreadPoint brings the hidden world of digital infrastructure into schools, libraries, and community spaces — making it accessible, engaging, and human.

Our debut programme explores data centres — the quiet, powerful places where the internet lives — delivered in collaboration with industry partners and educators.

Why It Matters

Children grow up surrounded by digital systems yet rarely learn how they work, who builds them, or how to use them responsibly.
This limits confidence and opportunity — especially for state-school pupils.

ThreadPoint helps children see the infrastructure behind everyday technology, inspiring early STEM curiosity and equitable access to digital futures.


(Learn more about our mission here.)

Proven Impact.

Before a ThreadPoint workshop, only 18% of students could identify where the “cloud” actually lives.


Afterwards, 89% could explain how digital infrastructure works — and what it means for their safety, rights, and opportunity.

Backed by educators and industry partners, our programmes deliver measurable outcomes in digital literacy and inclusion.

Inside the workshop.

Where the Internet Goes to Sleep is a story-led, hands-on learning experience for primary-age children — building early digital literacy, internet safety awareness, and systems thinking through play.

From Story to System

📖 The Narrative - A shared story world explores where data lives and moves.

🧱 The Hands-On - LEGO brings invisible systems to life.

💡 The Solution - Children explain what they’ve learned, in their own words.

Delivered in partnership with schools, libraries, and leading data-centre operators.

  • “It’s like the outside…..inside!”.

    —8 Year Old Participant

  • “Honestly? Before today, I thought 'the cloud' was actually… up there. Now we know it's real buildings with real people keeping it all running”.

    —Year 5 Teacher

  • “The children grasped complex concepts incredibly quickly. Hosting the session onsite made everything real - you could see the impact immediately. I would highly recommend ThreadPoint to other sites and operators.”

    Microsoft - Senior Program Manager

  • “Getting out and seeing the facility makes what is being discussed so much more real to the children and truly brings out their interest. I 100% recommend this workshop.”

    John Paul Construction

  • “I want to be an Engineer now, how much do they earn?”

    5 Year Old Participant

  • “The ThreadPoint workshop was wonderfully inclusive for children of different ages - engaging, imaginative, and genuinely educational. Parents shared overwhelmingly positive feedback... We wish to welcome ThreadPoint back for another workshop.”

    Hackney Libraries

  • “The day was thoroughly enjoyable, and it was fantastic to see how curious and engaged the children were throughout the sessions. Hopefully, we've inspired the next generation of Data Centre Engineers and Technicians”.

    MICROSOFT - SENIOR PROGRAM MANAGER

Workshops & Programmes

Book For Your Data Centre + Tech

Partner with us to deliver meaningful local impact.

Book For Your School

Book a workshop for your pupils.
See upcoming sessions or get involved.

Book For Your Community

Meet the Founder

Expertise Meets Imagination.

Willow Williams is an infrastructure professional, author, and educator working across the built and digital environment.


She founded ThreadPoint to make the invisible systems behind the internet understandable - connecting imagination, industry, and education.

As Global Head of Education at Women in BIM, Willow helps shape international skills pathways, ensuring every ThreadPoint programme is both technically accurate and socially impactful.

Collaborators + Funders