SBRI Centre of Excellence

07/10/2025

🌿 We’re all set up at Cardiff Medicentre for today’s Inspired by Nature Health and Care Spaces Challenge showcase!

Drop in between 11:00–13:00 to meet the four amazing businesses designing sustainable, accessible solutions to bring care closer to home.

We’d love to see you, share your thoughts, explore early prototypes, and connect with the teams shaping the future of health and care spaces.

Here’s a sneak peek of the fantastic setup from E3Design Ltd 👇

11/09/2025

Did you miss our Agri Tech-Food briefing event? No problem!

🎥 Watch the full recording here: https://lnkd.in/eKw4wR6J
📄 Challenge Brief: https://sdi.click/agrifood

It’s an important watch if you’re planning to apply, or have an interest in how innovation can improve Agri Food-Tech in Wales.

27/08/2025

🚀 New Challenge Launch

We are excited to announce the launch of our Agri-Food Tech SBRI Phase 1!
Current funding of up to £200,000, excluding VAT, is available to support a portfolio of projects (subject to change).

We are seeking to identify and support the delivery of Phase 1 Feasibility collaborative projects that lead to increased efficiency, productivity and sustainability in Welsh agriculture and agri-food supply chains, delivering environmental benefits and accelerating
the transition to net zero.

The priorities:
✅ Accelerate Home Grown Welsh Agri-tech Capabilities.
✅ Drive on-farm adoption to achieve productivity and efficiencies (incl. Environmental) gains ‘more for less’.
✅ Deliver environmental benefits and help transition to Net Zero.
✅ Support educational and skills development to equip future and existing agricultural professionals to exploit Agri-tech to its fullest.

💡 View our Agri-Food Tech Challenge Brief: https://sdi.click/agrifood
📅 Briefing event: https://sdi.click/agrifood1
📝 Register for the briefing event https://sdi.click/agribe

07/08/2025

We’re having a fantastic time at the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru this week, always a highlight in our calendar and a wonderful celebration of Welsh culture, community, and connection.

Even more special to be here with some of our greatest supporters, including Dr Rupa Chilvers from Welsh Government and Carol Shillabeer, Chief Executive of Betsi Cadwaladr

Their ongoing encouragement and belief in our work means the world – it’s a real privilege to share this space with them. We were also delighted to welcome a visit from Jeremy Miles!

If you’re at the around, come say hello, we’d love to see you.

07/08/2025

Day 2 at the Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru

We’re here again soaking up the creativity, culture, and innovation. This morning we’re excited to have E3Design Ltd joining us in the NHS tent.

If you're around, stop by for a chat! Whether you're curious about design, digital health, or just want to say hello, we’d love to see you.

06/08/2025

Our second supplier of the day, Health and Wellbeing 360 Ltd are now showcasing their innovative design concept for health and care spaces at the NHS Wales tent at Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru

Health and Wellbeing 360 and Mayflower Studios are reimagining how health and care settings should feel and function.

Be sure to visit their stand to explore their concept and learn how their approach can add measurable value to any healthcare or wellbeing project

06/08/2025

Our first suppliers Beyond Blood Diagnostics Down to Earth have arrived at our stand!

We're having great public feedback on their exciting new design concept that explores the future of health and care spaces!

We’re here all day explore the range of design concepts and share your thoughts. We’d love to hear your feedback!

Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru Welsh Government Betsi Cadwaladr Innovate UK

06/08/2025

Excited to be joining our amazing suppliers at Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru! Sharing their exciting ideas & gaining vital feedback on the future of health & care spaces!

⭐Beyond Blood Diagnostics
⭐Health and Wellbeing 360 Ltd
⭐Wellbeing Monitor Ltd

We’ll be onsite all day today and Thursday – find us on the map and drop by to say hello! 👋

26/06/2025

Bowel cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in Wales. We know there are new technologies that can make a difference, and this SBRI Centre of Excellence collaboration is evaluating a product that could:

✅ Detect cancer earlier — even before symptoms appear
✅ Reduce the number of unnecessary colonoscopies
✅ Speed up diagnosis for those at highest risk
✅ Encourage more people to take part in screening
✅ Help the NHS use its resources more effectively

It’s a great example of how innovation, clinical research, and cross-sector collaboration can come together to tackle real-world health challenges.
We’re proud to support this work with Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, CanSense, and Department of Health NI — and to help bring life-saving innovation closer to the people who need it most.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Find out more here: http://bit.ly/3G89Iyw

Researchers at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTM UHB) have launched a research study that will investigate whether bowel cancer and polyps (abnormal cells that grow inside the body which can turn into cancer) can be identified by a simple blood test.

24/06/2025

🎉 Congratulations to the winners and organisers of the fabulous NHS Wales Sustainability Conference & Awards 2025 at Swansea Building Society Arena last night! So many dedicated teams, all working above and beyond to deliver hashtag across the hashtag in Wales 🥂

🌟Well done to our shortlisted challenge partners e-Breathe, Natural UK Ltd and ELITE Supported Employment 🌟

✨An honourable mention to Natural UK Ltd, for the truly hashtag awards - manufactured with recycled clinical waste from Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board, a neat little by-product of the hashtag challenge - amazing! 🤩

24/06/2025

Busy day for the team at the NHS Wales Sustainability Conference & Awards 2025 - an amazing turnout for the conference at Swansea Building Society Arena, full of colleagues and partners who are committed to making sustainable impact in our health and care services. Thanks to everyone who dropped by the stand to chat with the team about how the can provide a crucial partnership in delivering on the huge challenge of delivering net zero in the public sector by 2030 ✅

05/06/2025

🚨 CALLING ALL DESIGN THINKERS & MODULAR MAVERICKS 🚨

We have a challenge—and an opportunity—for architects, industrial designers, and creative problem-solvers:

🎯 Can you design a transportable, patient-friendly space to make healthcare more accessible and personal?

Think privacy, adaptability, ease of transport, and a calming space inspired by nature, for real human care. We're working on a bold initiative to reimagine how and where healthcare happens—especially in communities that need flexible, fast-deployed infrastructure.

Click here to apply:🔗 https://lnkd.in/egDTCQbD