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WHERE OUR
STORY BEGAN

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2013

UNLOC IS FOUNDED BY HAYDEN AND BEN

Created from a £300 grant

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2015

NEW ACADEMIA PROGRAMMES LAUNCHED

Developing the human skills students need

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2017

Launch of Advisory Board

Key figures helping us to increase our impact 

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2018

Launch of Unloc’s Changemaker Grants

Our micro-grant empowerment mission begins

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2019

First Youth Board launched in partnership with NHS

Amplifying youth voices to create meaningful change

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2019

First Impact 
Report created

Time to tell the world our story

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2020

Launch of 
Unloc+ Platform

A central hub for all our opportunities

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2021

Launch of Changemaker 
Studios Portsmouth

Portsmouth Guildhall
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2022

Launch of Changemaker 
Studios Westminster

2023

Launch of Changemaker Alliance

Where talent meets opportunity

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2024

National Winners of Skills and Training (Better Society Awards)

2025

Launch of Leeds Hub

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WHERE OUR
STORY BEGAN

2013

A pink arrow with white text that reads MEET OUR FOUNDERS, pointing to the right.
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UNLOC IS FOUNDED BY HAYDEN AND BEN

Funded by a £300 O2 ‘Think Big’ micro-grant

2015

NEW ACADEMIA PROGRAMMES LAUNCHED

Developing the human skills students need

Bright pink arrow with the text GO TO EDUCATION PROGRAMMES in white capital letters, pointing to the right.
A black and white halftone image of a stack of seven closed books arranged on top of each other.

2017

Launch of Advisory Board

Key figures helping us to increase our impact 

Pink arrow with white text that reads GO TO MEET THE TEAM, pointing to the right.
A stylised, dotted image of a hand dropping a coin into a piggy bank, with the arm emerging from an orange oval.

2018

Launch of Unloc’s Changemaker Grants

Our micro-grant empowerment mission begins

A bright pink arrow with white text reading GO TO OPPORTUNITIES pointing to the right.
Hand holding conk

2019

First Youth Board launched in partnership with NHS

Amplifying youth voices to create meaningful change

A pink right-pointing arrow with the words Community Page in bold white text.
A hand holds a microphone up to a large open mouth, as if conducting an interview. The image is rendered in a high-contrast, halftone dot style.
A stylised hand opens a purple book labelled Unloc, with an orange starburst on the book's edge.

2019

First Impact 
Report created

Time to tell the world our story

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A stylised pen draws a blue line on the left, whilst blue lines emerge from the screen of an open laptop on the right.

2020

Launch of 
Unloc+ Platform

A central hub for all our opportunities

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2021

Launch of Changemaker 
Studios Portsmouth

2022

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Launch of Changemaker 
Studios Westminster

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2023

Launch of Changemaker Alliance

Where talent meets opportunity

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2024

National Winners of Skills and Training (Better Society Awards)

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2025

Launch of
Leeds Hub

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