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Hosted as a follow-on from the VARC Conference, join Kickstarting For Good on Monday March 23 in Manchester, UK, for an intensive, high-energy Ideation Bootcamp.
Working in small focused teams, you will fast-track your ideation process as we guide you from identifying a problem to designing a Minimal Viable Product (MVP) in a single day.
Hosted by Kickstarting For Good, an incubator and accelerator for organisations looking to bring about dietary change and transform the food system, this bootcamp offers an exclusive, collaborative environment to test your entrepreneurial thinking and creativity alongside like-minded peers.
We ask you to pick up to three idea areas that you would like to work on for the day from the categories below. Teams will be created from people who pick the same or similar ideas.
Monday 23 March 2026
08:30am – 3:30pm
The Senate Suite, Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, Portland Street, Manchester, UK, M1 4PH
Held the day after the VARC Conference
Free to attend but registration required due to limited places
Hosted by the Kickstarting For Good team:
Prakrit Sachdeva
Sebastian Joy
David Pannell
Tap into or develop new, counterfactual funding sources and revenue streams to increase support for farmed animal and food system organisations.
Develop strategies to influence major corporations – using positive engagement, pressure tactics, or both – to support alternative products and reduce animal-based production.
Replace or reduce the consumption or farming/fishing of fish and other aquatic animals, including invertebrates (e.g., shrimp, crab, octopi).
Creating new initiatives that build legal capacity for the movement and focus on legal campaigns or litigation.
Leverage key decision makers and thought leaders – including corporate leaders, policymakers, and those with strategic audiences – to advance plant-based diets and farmed animal advocacy.
Address animal product food/beverage waste throughout the supply chain, from corporations to consumers, prioritizing interventions that impact the most animals.
Create and implement effective outreach strategies for growing conservative populations, including politicians, thought leaders, and voters.
Develop strategies and new programmes that enable us to use social media as a tool for positive dietary and behavioral change.
Develop practical applications of AI and machine learning to enhance advocacy efforts and transform the global food system, both directly and by empowering advocates.
Advance policy initiatives to transform the food system, from shifting consumption patterns to creating a more favorable environment for alternative proteins.
Or suggest your own idea area that you believe needs urgent attention.
8.30am
Tea, coffee and pastries.
9.00am
Introduction to K4G and the bootcamp, getting into teams based on idea areas.
Phase #1
Problem Discovery: Analyzing the root causes and agreeing on one specific problem to solve.
Phase #2
Solution Mapping: Divergent brainstorming followed by selection of the best solution.
Phase #3
Build the minimal viable product (MVP): What’s the quickest and most viable way to start?
12.00 noon
Lunch.
1.00pm
Sharing your idea.
Phase #4
Pitch preparation.
Phase #5
The Pitch: Teams present their problem, solution, theory of change, and minimal viable product (MVP).
Phase #3
Build the MVP: What’s the quickest and most viable way to start?
3.15pm
Wrap Up: what’s next and how to apply to the K4G incubation programme.
3.30pm
Close and informal networking.
We hope that this bootcamp sparks a fire within you to create something impactful – and who knows, maybe your journey will lead you to be part of the Kickstarting For Good 2026 cohort.
Monday 23 March 2026: 08:30am – 3:30pm
The Senate Suite, Mercure Manchester Piccadilly Hotel, Portland Street, Manchester, UK, M1 4PH
Held the day after the VARC Conference
Free to attend but registration required due to limited places
In Partnership with VARC
