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We’re delighted that Little Inventors founder and Chief Inventor Dominic Wilcox has been invited to speak at the prestigious Royal Danish Academy in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Thursday 22 October 2026.

We’re delighted that Little Inventors founder and Chief Inventor Dominic Wilcox has been invited to speak at the Eastern Design Conference 2026 in Košice, Slovakia.

The latest stage of Climate Action Heroes: It’s Your World! has taken place, as our panel came together to look through the brilliant invention ideas submitted by children and young people across South Tyneside and beyond.

Over the past few weeks, JOY LAB has been popping up in all kinds of places - libraries, family hubs, primary and secondary schools, community spaces, museums, and within groups like Girl Guides and Brownies.

People of all ages across Sunderland and South Tyneside are being invited to take part in Joy Lab - a major new creativity project asking one simple question: What can you invent to bring a moment of happiness to someone’s day?

Students at Epinay Business and Enterprise School in South Shields have been turning their imaginations towards the planet, creating inventive solutions to environmental challenges as part of the Climate Action Heroes challenge from Little Inventors.

Three young inventors from South Tyneside have taken an exciting step towards seeing their ideas brought to life, after visiting Orbital FX on 24 February as part of Little Inventors’ Making Waves: Inventing for a Better Ocean challenge.

In March we welcomed our fourth OCAD student for their university placement!