Health and wellbeing focused events to network and collaborate

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Events

We have a wide range of health and wellbeing events that are free and exclusive to members, from workshops, co-working days, hackathons to networking, all designed to build a community of health and wellbeing experts and drive forward innovation.


Co-working Day - Members Only

Strategic messaging and storytelling

Learn the strategic messaging and storytelling techniques to help communicate your healthcare innovation with clarity and impact. Explore practical tools to craft compelling messages, enhance visibility and build confidence across media and stakeholder communications with guidance from strategic messaging specialist, Sophie Seddon.

Date

21/04/2026

Time

9:30 am

Location

The Glass Box

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Co-working Day - Members Only

Designing, mapping and improving customer journeys

Join us for an interactive session designing, mapping and improving your customer journeys. Led by customer experience specialist, Nigel Greenwood, draft your own customer journey map and discover practical techniques to create great customer experiences for your health and wellbeing innovation.

Date

12/05/2026

Time

9:30 am

Location

3M Buckley Innovation Centre

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Workshop - Members only

Walkshop – How outside thinking improves strategic decision-making

Learn to think differently when it comes to your health innovation and step outside the usual ways of problem-solving. Facilitated by Danny Bulmer, this unique walkshop combines proven design‑thinking techniques blending indoor workshopping and an outdoor walk around Aspley to inspire fresh ideas, stimulate meaningful conversation and support physical and mental wellbeing.

Date

10/06/2026

Time

9:30 am

Location

3M Buckley Innovation Centre

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Workshop - Members only

Building a product on a budget

Join Ruth Brown‑Sheperd for a hands‑on workshop to get you to think differently about developing a physical or digital product. Working in teams, explore design thinking and rapid prototyping, test assumptions, and build low‑fidelity wearable or digital prototypes while tackling real‑world problems in practical user-testing.

Date

23/06/2026

Time

9:30 am

Location

Health Business Innovation Centre

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Co-working Day - Members Only

Managing stress & building resilience

Explore the mental, physical and social factors that influence stress, and learn simple strategies to improve emotional regulation and healthy habits. Discover tools to strengthen resilience in your health and wellbeing innovation with health coach Lisa Kempster.

Date

02/07/2026

Time

9:30 am

Location

The Glass Box

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Get In Touch

Based in West Yorkshire and working in – or moving into – health and wellbeing innovation?

We’d love to hear from you. Whether you are just starting out or want to collaborate and grow, HHII has the expertise and connections to help you succeed.

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The Huddersfield Health Innovation Incubator (HHII) is being delivered as a partnership between Kirklees Council, the University of Huddersfield and 3M Buckley Innovation Centre. It is being funded through the West Yorkshire Investment Zone, a set of funding schemes that focus on developing innovation infrastructure and support programmes in the region.

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University of Huddersfield
Funded by UK Government
Business Kirklees
Health Innovation | Yorkshire & Humber
NHS Mid Yorkshire Teaching | NHS Trust
Supported by West Yorkshire Combined Authority | Tracy Brabin Mayor of West Yorkshire.
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