Case Studies

The CCR Challenge Fund provides a mechanism to engage Public Sector ‘Challenge Owners’ and ‘Solution Providers’ through innovation driven challenges.

Drawing on the region’s creativity and ingenuity and bringing together the public and private sector in order to deliver novel solutions, radical improvements and new business opportunities, the fund focusses on the most urgent priorities facing the region.

Challenge Case Studies

  • Challenges

Simulation Technology for Healthcare Training

This challenge led by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board began as a rapid response to COVID-19 pandemic conditions. Its aim was to develop immersive simulation training solutions for NHS clinicians, benefiting from advances in virtual reality and associated technologies.

Case Studies from our Partners

SBRI is the UK’s pre-commercial procurement programme which uses the procurement of research and development to support the creation of new products and solutions to address unmet needs. It generates new business opportunities for companies, provides small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) a route to market for their ideas and bridges the seed funding gap experienced by many early-stage companies.

SBRI and the public sector: a new way to drive innovation

Find out more about the SBRI and how they drive innovation through their work.

Rapid Sanitising Technology for Ambulances

A Covid-19 rapid response challenge to competitively develop, test and deploy innovative sanitising technology. The aim was to deliver operational efficiencies for the Wales Ambulance Service and improve response time.

Treating discharges to water courses to reduce pollution from metal mines

An Environmental Challenge led by Natural Resources Wales to help tackle legacy pollution issues resulting from Wales’s former metal mining industry.

Smart School Transport

A local authority challenge which drew on digital solutions to help make school transport safer and more efficient in Northern Ireland.

Better Lives, Closer to Home

Hear all about the services offered by SBRI Centre of Excellence and specifically the Better Lives, Closer to Home Project.
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