In July 2024 we held our eighth Innovation Festival, returning once again to Newcastle Racecourse hosting 50 in-person sprints in the glorious North East.
We also hosted our first ever Young Citizens Work Experience Festival, which saw 860 students from 12 different schools taking part in a variety of real-life and online challenges.
Over 5m people watched IF24 unfold on social media, and over 650 different organisations took part in the event.
Innovation Festival 2024 highlights
Find out more great ideas progressed from the amazing work and collaboration at each Innovation Festival so far
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In the eight years of Innovation Festivals, we’ve covered a lot of ground.
Since our first Innovation Festival, we have taken around 250 ideas back into the business and put more than £2m back into the local economy.
There’s a lot of water under the bridge (pun totally intended) and we thought we’d share some of the best bits and highlights from previous years with you. Enjoy!