Challenge Works

Challenge Works World-leading experts in challenge prizes, supporting global innovators to tackle society's biggest issues. We are part of the innovation foundation, Nesta.

We are part of Nesta, the research and innovation foundation. Challenge Works exists to design and run challenge prizes that help solve pressing problems that lack solutions. We shine a spotlight where it matters and incentivise people to solve these issues. We are independent supporters of change to help communities thrive and inspire the best placed, most diverse groups of people around the world to take action. We support the boldest and bravest ideas to become real, and seed long term change to advance society and build a better future for everyone.

Introducing UKind Therapy CIC – one of the finalist teams selected for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge – delivering trau...
19/09/2025

Introducing UKind Therapy CIC – one of the finalist teams selected for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge – delivering trauma-informed virtual reality (VR) therapy.

👀 Learn more and meet the other teams at:
https://ow.ly/SWFz50WT32h


West Yorkshire Combined Authority West Yorkshire Business and Skills Mayor of West Yorkshire

Third Age Therapeutics Limited, a finalist team for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge, is doing all it can to tackle the e...
17/09/2025

Third Age Therapeutics Limited, a finalist team for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge, is doing all it can to tackle the epidemic of loneliness by empowering people to make meaningful changes.

👀 Find out more and meet the other teams at:
https://ow.ly/B85z50WT2Yz


West Yorkshire Combined Authority West Yorkshire Business and Skills Mayor of West Yorkshire

Welcome to Safe Space Labs – one of the 19 finalist teams for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge. The team’s product empowe...
15/09/2025

Welcome to Safe Space Labs – one of the 19 finalist teams for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge. The team’s product empowers neurodiverse individuals to regulate their emotions and express their needs.

👀 Discover more and meet the other teams at:
https://ow.ly/6WOu50WT2Sn


West Yorkshire Combined Authority West Yorkshire Business and Skills Mayor of West Yorkshire

Introducing Mind Body Goals, a finalist team chosen for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge. The team’s digital tool, Luma³ ...
12/09/2025

Introducing Mind Body Goals, a finalist team chosen for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge. The team’s digital tool, Luma³ Editions offers proven breathwork and mindfulness techniques.

👀 See more and meet the other teams at:
https://ow.ly/RLc150WT2Jj


West Yorkshire Combined Authority West Yorkshire Business and Skills Mayor of West Yorkshire

Meet Kids Speech Labs – one of the finalist teams selected for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge. The team’s solution supp...
10/09/2025

Meet Kids Speech Labs – one of the finalist teams selected for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge. The team’s solution supports NHS speech and language therapy teams.

👀 Learn more and meet the other teams at:
https://ow.ly/r2VZ50WT2xW



West Yorkshire Combined Authority West Yorkshire Business and Skills Mayor of West Yorkshire

Another fabulous finalist team for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge is Key Engineering Solutions Limited with their AI-po...
08/09/2025

Another fabulous finalist team for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge is Key Engineering Solutions Limited with their AI-powered speech and language platform to help young children, Polly.

👀 Learn more and meet the other teams at:
https://ow.ly/81fi50WT2nu



West Yorkshire Combined Authority West Yorkshire Business and Skills Mayor of West Yorkshire

Meet KayHector Consulting Ltd – a finalist team selected for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge that has created an AI-powe...
03/09/2025

Meet KayHector Consulting Ltd – a finalist team selected for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge that has created an AI-powered platform to help South Asian and African Caribbean communities in West Yorkshire to prevent and manage chronic conditions.

👀 Discover more and meet the other teams at:
https://ow.ly/Birg50WPHSa



West Yorkshire Combined Authority West Yorkshire Business and Skills Mayor of West Yorkshire

Say hello to JGME Consulting UK Ltd – one of the 19 finalists selected for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge – offering Eq...
01/09/2025

Say hello to JGME Consulting UK Ltd – one of the 19 finalists selected for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge – offering EqualCare Access, an AI-powered platform that automates Care Act assessments.

👀 Find out more and meet the other teams at:
https://ow.ly/bCq650WHFBQ



West Yorkshire Combined Authority West Yorkshire Business and Skills Mayor of West Yorkshire

⏳ 1 DAY LEFT to enter! 🚀The Space Innovation Prize Idea Contest closes tomorrow – 1 September 2025 at 23:59 BST.We, and ...
31/08/2025

⏳ 1 DAY LEFT to enter! 🚀

The Space Innovation Prize Idea Contest closes tomorrow – 1 September 2025 at 23:59 BST.

We, and the British Interplanetary Society, are searching for bold, high-impact challenge ideas – problems with no obvious solution that could inspire brilliant, diverse minds from any sector.

If you’ve got an idea that could push the boundaries of space innovation, we want to hear it. You could win a cash prize!

Enter now with just one page of A4 outlining:

● The problem/challenge
● An indicative challenge statement
● What the outcomes would be and what the prize would achieve
● The kind of innovators it would attract

🔗 Enter now: https://ow.ly/IxqY50WFVuI

Don’t miss your chance to help shape the UK’s next space innovation challenge prize.

International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) with Nifty Sustainability – one of the 19 finalist teams selected for the Mayo...
29/08/2025

International Mixed Ability Sports (IMAS) with Nifty Sustainability – one of the 19 finalist teams selected for the Mayor’s big ideas challenge – aims to create long-term positive solutions for disabled people and other groups that are disproportionately affected by health inequalities.

👀 Learn more and meet the other teams at:
https://ow.ly/Wl2y50WHFiC



West Yorkshire Combined Authority West Yorkshire Business and Skills Mayor of West Yorkshire

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We are Nesta Challenges.

Nesta Challenges exists to design and run challenge prizes that help solve pressing problems that lack solutions. We shine a spotlight where it matters and incentivise people to solve these issues. We are independent supporters of change to help communities thrive and inspire the best placed, most diverse groups of people around the world to take action. We support the boldest and bravest ideas to become real, and seed long term change to advance society and build a better future for everyone. We are part of the innovation foundation, Nesta.