What Science Creates Outreach does

Science Creates Outreach is a UK-registered charity (Charity #1199986), founded in 2022 and headquartered at Science Creates Old Market, Midland Road, Bristol. The organisation operates The Learning Lab, an immersive STEM education facility physically embedded within a Deep Tech incubator, where it delivers curriculum-linked workshops, hands-on experiments, lab corridor tours, and direct interactions with working scientists to schools, youth groups, and SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disabilities) learners. Founder and Head of Outreach Charlie Proctor leads a team of seven employees with an active mandate to expand capacity, funded in part by a £15,000 three-year grant from The Nisbet Trust (January 2024) and prior support from the Royal Society of Chemistry (2023).

The charity's core product portfolio consists of four offerings: The Learning Lab (the underlying immersive facility), the Educational Visits Programme (curriculum-linked workshops for schools and youth groups, the primary revenue-bearing and beneficiary service), Corporate Away Days (paid team-building experiences for adult corporate teams), and the Corporate Supporter Scheme (launched April 2024, a structured B2B donation framework with tiered recognition and B Corp certification support). Programmatic content is co-developed with resident Science Creates startups (GenomeKey, Kelpi, Scarlet Therapeutics, Carbometrics, Anaphite), enabling authentic exposure to ongoing deep-tech research.

Revenue mechanics are diversified across three streams: fees from educational visits and corporate away days, corporate donations via the Supporter Scheme, and grant funding plus public donations through JustGiving and Mailchimp-driven fundraising (campaign target £160,000). Distribution is exclusively direct and in-person at the Bristol facility, with services currently confined to Southwest England. Marketing relies on the charity's own website, monthly Inspire newsletters, organic social channels, and earned media such as the March 2025 Royal visit by the Duchess of Edinburgh, supplemented by referrals through school networks and Science Creates ecosystem partners.

Name

Science Creates Outreach

Legal name

Science Creates Outreach

Website

https://sciencecreatesoutreach.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Science Creates Outreach is a Bristol-based UK charity operating The Learning Lab, an immersive STEM education facility within a Deep Tech incubator, delivering curriculum-linked workshops for schools and youth groups alongside corporate away days.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

STEM Education and Outreach Services

NAICS

All Other Schools and Instruction (61169)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro primary industry

Hands-on Science Exploration & Experiments (Lab Kits, Science Clubs) (EDAMABAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

STEM, Digital Literacy & Maker Education Nonprofits (BPAGADAG), STEM & Maker Education (Makerspaces, Coding Clubs, Robotics) (EDAAAFAL)

Keywords

• STEM education workshops
• School science visits
• Corporate away days
• Deep tech incubator tours
• Young scientist outreach

Headquarters

HQ city

Bristol

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Educational Programme Delivery: Hands-on STEM workshops and educational visits for young people, delivered at The Learning Lab facility. Curriculum-aligned programmes include immersive tours, hands-on experiments, and scientist interactions.
2. Corporate Away Days: Team-building corporate events at The Learning Lab, providing unique hands-on science experiences for adult teams while directly supporting young people's STEM education.
3. Donations and Fundraising: Public donations through JustGiving platform and other fundraising initiatives to support the charity's mission of educating future scientists.
4. Corporate Supporter Scheme: Structured corporate partnerships where organisations donate sums of their choice to support programme delivery, in exchange for recognition, digital assets, events, and B Corp certification support.
5. Foundation Grants: Multi-year grants from charitable trusts such as The Nisbet Trust (£15,000 over 3 years) and Royal Society of Chemistry to advance STEM education programmes.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Science Creates Outreach delivers hands-on, curriculum-linked STEM workshops and immersive lab experiences for young people at The Learning Lab, a facility inside the Science Creates Old Market Deep Tech incubator in Bristol. It also runs paid Corporate Away Days for team-building and a Corporate Supporter Scheme that enables businesses to fund STEM education in exchange for CSR, recognition, and B Corp certification support.

Product overview

Science Creates Outreach is a charity offering a portfolio of STEM education programmes centred around The Learning Lab, an immersive laboratory environment located in Bristol's Science Creates Old Market. The core offerings include the Educational Visits Programme (curriculum-linked hands-on workshops for schools) and Corporate Away Days (team-building experiences). The Corporate Supporter Scheme provides a structured framework for organisations to partner with the charity. The organisation has delivered over 150 workshops to more than 3,000 young people and directly engaged with over 500 SEND learners, working towards an annual goal of 3,000 young people.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Learning Lab: An immersive lab environment where young people experience real-world science through hands-on workshops, lab tours, and conversations with scientists.

Products and services

• The Learning Lab Immersive laboratory environment at Science Creates Old Market in Bristol where young people experience real-world science through hands-on experiments, lab tours of a Deep Tech incubator, and conversations with working scientists. Used as the venue for the charity's Educational Visits Programme and Corporate Away Days.
• Educational Visits Programme Curriculum-linked STEM workshops offered to schools and youth groups, combining immersive tours of the Deep Tech incubator, hands-on experiments in The Learning Lab, and conversations with working scientists. Targets primary and secondary students, including SEND learners and disadvantaged groups in Greater Bristol.
• Corporate Away Days Paid immersive team-building days for corporate teams featuring hands-on science experiments at The Learning Lab in Bristol, with proceeds supporting the charity's STEM education work for young people.
• Corporate Supporter Scheme Structured corporate partnership framework in which organisations donate sums of their choice to support the charity's STEM education programmes, in exchange for recognition, digital assets, events, and B Corp certification support.

Quantifiable outcome

• More than 3,000 young people reached and over 500 SEND learners directly engaged as of March 2025
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

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AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and secondary.

• GenomeKeycoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGenomeKey, a startup within the Science Creates ecosystem, partnered with the charity to design and deliver unique workshops directly inspired by their research work. They showcased their labs and technology during the Duchess of Edinburgh's visit.
• KelpicoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerKelpi, a sustainable packaging startup in the Science Creates ecosystem, participated in the Duchess of Edinburgh's visit by showcasing their research labs and contributing to workshop delivery that connects students to real-world science applications.
• Scarlet TherapeuticscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerScarlet Therapeutics, a biotech startup, partnered with the charity to showcase their research labs and cutting-edge technology during the Royal visit, helping inspire young people about real-world scientific innovation.
• CarbometricssecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCarbometrics, led by CEO Dr Andy Chapman, is an existing supporter of the charity and joined the Corporate Supporter Scheme, providing tangible impact on the future of STEM education through hands-on workshop support.
• AnaphitesecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerAnaphite is listed among the charity's supporters and startup ecosystem partners contributing to the Corporate Supporter Scheme.
• SCVCsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerSCVC is listed among the charity's supporters within the Science Creates venture capital ecosystem.
• Hays TravelsecondaryGTM or Marketing PartnerHays Travel is listed among the charity's corporate supporters in the fundraising resources section.
• Streams Learning HubsecondaryStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with Streams Learning Hub mentioned in October 2023 newsletter as part of school workshop initiatives.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Primary Engineer: UK not-for-profit running STEM programmes and engineering challenges in primary and secondary schools. Comparable as a school-delivered STEM enrichment charity focused on inspiring young people — particularly from under-represented groups — into STEM careers.
• STEM Learning: UK charity (formerly STEMnet) dedicated to empowering young people with STEM skills through school and employer engagement. Directly comparable as a national STEM education charity operating employer/scientist engagement programmes for school students.
• Science Made Simple: UK STEM engagement company delivering interactive science shows and workshops in schools and at events. Comparable as a hands-on, curriculum-linked STEM workshop provider serving schools, with similar delivery model to The Learning Lab.
• Royal Institution: Historic UK charity delivering STEM public engagement, school workshops, and the Christmas Lectures. Comparable as a STEM education charity operating curriculum-linked hands-on workshops for schools and young people, with strong brand and credibility.
• EngineeringUK: Not-for-profit organisation working to build awareness and engagement in engineering across the UK, including The Big Bang Fair. Comparable as a national STEM engagement organisation focused on inspiring young people, particularly addressing diversity gaps.
• The Smallpeice Trust: UK charity inspiring young people into engineering and STEM through residential courses, workshops, and school programmes. Comparable as a STEM education charity focused on hands-on engagement with disadvantaged and under-represented young people.

Emerging players

• MEL Science: Edtech company delivering hands-on science experiment kits and virtual labs to schools and families. Partial overlap as a hands-on science exploration provider targeting the same K-12 enrichment use case, though distribution is kit-based rather than facility-based.
• WISE Campaign: UK-based campaign encouraging women and girls into STEM. Partial overlap in mission — diversifying the faces of science and addressing under-representation — though WISE focuses on gender while Science Creates Outreach has a broader disadvantage lens.

Broad incumbents

• Science Museum Group: UK national museum group dedicated to inspiring engagement with science, engineering, medicine, and technology. Comparable as a large-scale STEM education provider offering curriculum-linked schools programmes, but at vastly greater institutional scale and with a museum-based delivery model.
• We The Curious (formerly At-Bristol): Bristol-based science centre and registered charity delivering hands-on STEM learning to schools and the public. Comparable as a Bristol-region hands-on STEM education provider, though operating at significantly larger institutional scale with permanent exhibition space.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

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