Young Rewired State (or YRS) was a worldwide community of digital makers and technically gifted people aged 18 and under. It brought together young coders, developers, designers and those with other technical skills to build projects and support each other. Guardian described its members as "the young people who build the technologies of our future". YRS members were able to meet not just like-minded peers but also expert mentors at free events around the world, like the Festival of Code, a national hackathon. The members worked in teams and used freely available open data to build apps, websites and algorithms, solving real world problems.