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Dancing For Health: Innovating Wellbeing Through Barre

Through the South Yorkshire Innovation Programme, Dancing For Health worked with Sheffield Hallam University to introduce Barre classes, expand its services and support the health and wellbeing of more people across South Yorkshire.
Lightmain: Bringing Manufacturing In-House Drives Innovation

Discover how Sheffield Hallam University helped Lightmain bring manufacturing in-house through the South Yorkshire Innovation Programme, creating new jobs, improving efficiency and unlocking opportunities for product innovation and business growth.
ALJO Games: Reimagining Play for People Living with Dementia

ALJO Games worked with the South Yorkshire Innovation Programme to explore how games and familiar everyday objects could make technology more accessible and engaging for people living with dementia, supporting creativity, social interaction and wellbeing.
AmbiSpace: Game-Changing Neurodiversity Assessment

AmbiSpace is an innovation-led company which continually seeks out new ways to improve outcomes for people who are neurodivergent and people with disabilities. They are developing the concept of a video game designed to identify the presence of neurodivergent traits in players.
Sansanima: Navigating Intellectual Property to Eliminate Animal Testing

Sansanima is a Sheffield-based medical research company with the mission of eliminating animal testing in the development and quality control of essential medicines. With SYIP's help, they conducted a comprehensive review of the international intellectual property landscape.
IG Technology: Revolutionising Blood Clot Prevention

Specialising in the design, development and manufacture of innovative medical products that are transforming the way technology is used in the healthcare sector, IG Technology was launched in 2021 by experienced design engineer Ivan Green.
Loro Crisps: Redesigning Packaging to Support Retail Growth

Loro Crisps partnered with Sheffield Hallam University’s Design Futures team to refresh its packaging, strengthen shelf presence and support retail growth. The project delivered a distinctive new identity and production-ready designs for its plantain crisp range.
Envisage Training: Developing and Delivering Digital Courses

Envisage Training, a Sheffield-based fitness provider since 2003, needed digital content. With the help of the South Yorkshire Innovation Programme, they were able to fund in-house filming to promote course development and blended learning.
Anchor Group Ltd: Managing Magnetic Waste Sustainably

Anchor Group Ltd, a Sheffield-based specialist manufacturer and supplier of magnetic, receptive and advanced materials, partnered with SYIP to to investigate sustainable solutions to one of the key challenges facing the magnetic materials industry.
Midlife Fitness Coaching: Innovation in Women’s Health and Wellbeing

Midlife Fitness Coaching was launched in April 2025 by Anna Lowe and Bev Davies, with one mission: to help women futureproof their health.