Mini Ideathon

Opeyemi Medeyinlo has successfully applied to the UKGovCamp grant fund for their event.

UK Gov Camp logo

Grant fund application: 

Name: Opeyemi Medeyinlo.

Your email: opemedey@gmail.com

Event: Mini Ideathon

Description: The Mini Ideathon is an event aimed at engaging students and young innovators in generating impactful ideas to improve citizen engagement. Participants will work in teams to brainstorm, develop, and present innovative solutions related to their community.

To ensure accessibility and structured participation, the event will be publicly listed via Eventbrite.

The goal is to help young minds develop innovative solutions for improving their communities. The ideathon equips children with problem solving skills and a platform to tackle local issues, making them active contributors their communities.

The best ideas will be documented and shared publicly via social media and blog to maintain engagement beyond the event.

By funding this event, UKGovCamp will help introduce children to structured problem solving whilst equipping them with critical thinking, communication and teamwork skills.

Amount requested: £200.

What the funding will be used for:
£80 – Stationery & Toolkit Worksheets: Providing materials necessary for brainstorming and idea development.

£100 – Prizes for Winning Teams & Participants: Offering incentives to motivate engagement and recognise innovative ideas.

£20 – printing costs

If awarded, this funding will directly contribute to making the event engaging and impactful for children.

About you, what you do, and your interest in running this event: I’m a visionary ideator and a passionate advocate for innovation in young minds. I am deeply invested in fostering creativity and leadership skills among young people. I work as investment policy and programme manager with MHCLG. Additionally, through my volunteer role in Civil Service Design thinking community. I have seen first-hand how structured ideation can empower individuals to solve real-work challenges.

A study found that 94% of young people want to be involved in decision-making, with their well-being, environmental concerns, and sense of community being their top priorities, Inspired by this, I launched a Mini Ideathon earlier this year in a primary school in Kent, where children generated creative solutions to local issues -such as walking ambassadors for safer school walks and sensor-based recycling systems. The event was well received, with teachers highlighting how it aligns with the PHSE curriculum.
Building on this success, we now want to bring the Mini Ideathon to London to reach more children, empowering them to be problem solvers in their communities.

Feedback from UK Gov Camp Slack members:

Once an application is received, it’s posted in the #grant-fund channel for members to discuss and vote on.

The application was posted in Slack on 24 March 2025.

It received 6 👍 approvals and 1 👎 rejections.