LEAP Community Sandpit

As part of LEAP's Digital Health Community Innovators scheme, they will be hosting an in-person Community Sandpit event.

This interactive session will bring together their successful Community Innovators, who will present the challenges they’re exploring. Attendees will have the opportunity to engage in in-depth discussions around these challenges, with the aim of forming diverse project teams that combine lived experience, technical expertise, and community insight.

Participants in the Sandpit may come from a range of backgrounds, including academia, industry, the NHS, social care, health charities, and community organisations -anyone with an interest in contributing to challenge-led, lived experience–driven research.

Please note that the challenges will be defined by the Community Innovators; there will not be an opportunity to present new challenges at the event. Attendance will be by application only, to ensure a balanced mix of participants. LEAP welcome all expressions of interest, places are limited and cannot be guaranteed.

Teams formed at the Sandpit will be invited to apply for £10,000 seedcorn funding to further investigate and develop their chosen challenge.

Important information

• Places are limited. To ensure a balanced mix of sectors, expertise, and regional representation, LEAP will review applications before confirming attendance. Completing this form does not guarantee a place.
• Please submit your application by Wed 05 Nov. After this date, LEAP will review applications and allocate spaces. You will receive a confirmation email from TicketTailor if your place is secured.
• Applications submitted after Wed 05 Nov may still be considered, but most places will likely have been allocated by then. While LEAP won’t be closing applications entirely, availability will be more limited after this date.

Please complete the application form here.