Acorn Aspirations / Charities
A youth hackathon that ended with real start-ups, not just applause.
Client
Acorn Aspirations
Charities
Services
Operations Management | Community Coordination | Advocacy | Crisis Leadership
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The challenge
Making impossible logistics feel invisible for 600 young builders.
AcornHack wasn't just an event. It was two days, ~600 young people, university Computer Science students, TechCity mentors, senior judges, corporate partners, workshops, pitches, prizes, and 11 start-ups that had to be built before everyone left the room. The real challenge was making all of that feel effortless, so the young people could focus on the only thing that mattered: building ideas they believed could change their communities.
Our approach
What we did, step by step.
- 01Treated the programme like the product — every part built to move young people from inspiration to action: idea, team, build, brand, pitch, launch
- 02Paired teenagers with university Computer Science students and surrounded them with people from the UK tech world
- 03Shaped and protected the energy rather than over-managing it, so it turned into something real
The result
Tech start-ups launched — 11
11
tech start-ups launched
~600
young people
6
award categories
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Next step
Thirty minutes. One honest look at your email.
We'll walk through your flows, your list and your last few campaigns, and tell you what we'd do first. No deck, no obligation.