February 2022

Initial 2022 survey with 127+ responses.

April 2022

Unsuccessful first attempt at starting a business down to 'no evidence of uniqueness'.

June 2022

BSc Economics dissertation completed.

October 2022

Our Design Thinking for Social Impact module cohort gain valuable feedback on the solution from 41+ local community members and Tom comes up with the name 'Social Ideas Platform'.

March 2023

Tom and Rebecca establish Social Ideas Platform onboard the 2022-23 NatWest Accelerator.

May 2023

SIP is shortlisted for the Ingenuity Programme National Competition 2023.

June 2023

Small but mighty SIP community event facilitated by Ed Watson.

SIP wins the Global to Local Environmental Exploration with Data Science and AI Innovations Competition 2023.

July 2023

SIP attracts a crowd at The Alan Turing Institute's Data-Centric Engineering 2.0 programme launch.

August 2023

Tom completes his MSc Humanitarian Engineering with Management dissertation.

September 2023

Rebecca completes her MSc Humanitarian Engineering with Sustainability dissertation.

SIP graduates from the NatWest Accelerator thanks to supervisors Adam Walters, Dr. Robert O'Toole and Dr. Taofeeq Ibn-Mohammed.

February 2024

SIP's first international engagement involved The American College and the Indian Economic Association, two of the oldest institutions in India.

April 2024

SIP's smaller scope iteration is not shortlisted for the Ingenuity Programme 2024.

October 2024

SIP onboards the Warwick Deep Tech Incubator for complex technology that takes longer to develop.

March 2025

SIP graduates from the Warwick Deep Tech Incubator and develops a project proposal for University of Warwick computer science students.

August 2025

SIP onboards The Post-Growth Incubator by Nonprofit Ventures to explore a bootstrapping rendition.