The Warwick Innovation Fund
Thanks to your donations, The Innovation Fund invests seed funding in projects tackling some of the biggest challenges facing our students today. Each year, forward thinking individuals apply for funding towards new and sustainable projects. The Student Union reviews these projects for sustainability, viability, and impact. The Innovation Fund then invests in these new projects, to support the ever-changing needs of students and the local community.
Every year, your donations power programmes that will transform lives.
Your donations can power life-transforming projects, supporting the needs of students and the local community.
In 2024 / 25, your donations will fund eight projects, focussing on areas from tackling period poverty on campus to supporting members of the local community living with dementia.
Many Innovation Fund projects have continued as full-fledged programmes still in operation. Look back on previous projects.
Diwali Discoveries: Illuminating Traditions and Unity
A series of events, workshops, and actives on campus designed to celebrate Diwali and cultural diversity at Warwick. Events will vary from card making workshops, to a Masla chai tasting session. The purpose of this project is to ensure everyone at Warwick can learn more about Diwali and enjoy the festival of lights. A fantastic event for the Warwick community.
Langar at Warwick
A collaboration between the SU and the Warwick Sikh Society, Langar at Warwick will be serving a langar meal in November. Food will include a variety of sundries prepared in conjunction with the local Gurdwara. Open to students and staff alike, whether they be Sikh or not. The aim of the project is to break down social barriers and promote oneness over a delicious meal!
Memory Lane Café
Memory Lane Memory Lane Café is a support group for the local Leamington community living with dementia. Powered by Warwick Medical School volunteers, the café holds weekly activities such as arts and crafts and music therapy for those in the group. Not only does the café have a tangible effect on the mental health of the community, but it also provides Warwick students with an amazing volunteering opportunity.
Welfare Packs
To ensure anyone, irrespective of their welfare needs, is welcome at a Warwick’s amazing range of clubs and societies. Funding will go towards buying packs, which will be distributed among Warwick’s clubs and societies for members requiring items unexpectedly. Each welfare pack will contain a selection of personal hygiene products, such as tampons, plasters, deodorant and hand sanitiser.
Make Periods Free Permanently
As part of the continuing SU-led #EndPeriod Poverty campaign, the project aims to purchase, install, and maintain twelve free period product dispensers in various locations across campus. The project is designed to ensure everyone has access to hygienic, discreet, and accessible period products no matter their background.
“Morning Rounds” The (free) Breakfast club at Gibbet Hill Campus
The (Free) Breakfast Club at Gibbet Hill is a student-led initiative, coordinated by the SU and Warwick’s MedSoc, which aims to support medical students struggling with food insecurity. Medical students often work long and hard hours, and so often go without a breakfast. To tackle this issue, The (Free) Breakfast Club will establish a network of student stationed communal kitchens across Gibbet Hall to provide nutritious breakfasts.
One Warwick (One University, One team, One pm)
One Warwick will create focus fixtures at 1pm every BUCS Wednesday. Funding will be used to purchase game-day-freebies, giveaway prizes and to create more fun and lively spectator experiences. The purpose of One Warwick is to create a sense of togetherness and excitement around BUCS Wednesdays, increasing engagement and participation in sport at Warwick.
The Wellbeing Speaker Series: Academics, Alpacas, and Awareness
Five events will be hosted throughout the academic year to discuss issues surrounding neurodiversity and disability. Events will include animal therapy sessions, and speakers from different backgrounds discussing issues surrounding the disabled and neurodiverse communities. These events will improve the visibility of these groups and make Warwick a more inclusive space.
How to apply
Sabbatical officers, student union representatives, and students can apply for funding for projects that meet Warwick's priorities. For more information, follow the link below.
Contact us
If you have any questions or want to know more about anything you have read, please do contact us:
Seb Sinclair, Individual Giving Officer