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SAILs Venture Studio

An outcomes-led venture studio for neurorehabilitation, education and return-to-work (RTW).

We build and scale evidence-based products and programmes that move people from care to capability to contribution. Unlike generalist studios, we operate inside regulated pathways with clinical-grade data and commissioning know-how.

What We Do

What makes SAILs different

  • QoL as the north star (not valuation). We define success by Quality of Life, participation and sustained RTW/education — not vanity metrics. It’s rare, and it’s measurable.

  • Psychology ⇄ Case Management ⇄ Education ⇄ Employment. We don’t just build tools; we run the contexts where change happens, so learning loops are fast and real.

  • DfE-regulated services and litigation/Local Authority channels give trusted access to hard-to-reach users and institutional buyers.

  • Proprietary psychometrics plus outcomes-grade data let us make — and refine — claims others can’t.

  • Our Group model blends bootstrapped R&D with responsible IP commercialisation.

  • We develop practitioners that hold QoL central to what they do — dignity, agency and long-term flourishing over short-term hacks.

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Employers & Businesses

  • Sickness absence, complex RTW after injury/illness, reasonable adjustments, psychologically safe management

  • Manager CPD & accreditation; RTW Programme Build (policy, graded exposure, templates); Outcomes Benchmarking by site/role.

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Local Authorities & Commissioners

  • Commissionable outcomes for education, EOTAS, transitions and adult rehab; cost/benefit evidence.

  • Commissioning Readiness packs; programme design and fidelity; benchmarking across providers; co-design panels and evaluation.

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Schools, Colleges & MATs

  • Integrated psychology/OT/SLT pathways; goal-attainment scaling; RTW/education integration; clinical governance.

  • Ops & Communication Audit; Psychometrics & Outcomes Enablement (SOPs, DPIA, dashboards); supervision models; service-to-software workflow capture.

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Case Managers & Insurers

  • Evidence-based care/cost management, defensible documentation, faster stabilisation and sustained outcomes.

  • Triage frameworks, templated plans and letters, benchmarking portfolios, independent evaluation summaries.

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Charities & Social Enterprises

  • Programme design that’s measurable and funder-ready; safeguarding and inclusion by design.

  • Theory-of-change → metrics → dashboard; training and fidelity checks; low-burden reporting packs.

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EdTech & HealthTech Vendors

  • Product-market fit in regulated settings; clinical/commissioning alignment; outcomes claims that hold up.

  • Innovation-inside-pathways testing; practitioner co-design; “claims you can make” guidance; integration to benchmarking.

Mission, Vision and Values

Mission

Build and scale evidence-based products and programmes that restore agency, learning and work for people with brain and complex injuries — making QoL the metric that matters.

Vision

A system where rehabilitation, education and employment are joined up, data-informed and accessible — so people move from care to capability to contribution.

Values

  1. Eudaimonia first — Design for dignity, autonomy, purpose, relationships.

  2. Evidence with compassion — Clinical-grade science, human-centred delivery.

  3. Co-agency — Build with people and families, not for them.

  4. Safety & safeguarding — “Do no harm” standards; trauma-informed practice.

  5. Radical transparency — Publish methods, outcomes and limitations.

  6. Inclusion by design — Neurodiversity-aware, accessible, equitable routes (LA, litigation, private).

  7. Data stewardship — Privacy-by-design, explainable AI, minimal necessary data.

  8. Pragmatic excellence — Ship small, learn fast, scale what works (service → product).

FAQs

Do you only build new companies?

No. Alongside venture creation we provide CPD & accreditation, business consultancy and outcomes benchmarkingso you get value now while longer-term ventures scale.

How are you different from an accelerator or agency?

We’re a venture studio embedded in regulated pathways with clinical governance and commissioning expertise. We build, deploy and iterate inside live services, not just run cohorts or campaigns.

Is your data approach compliant?

Yes. UK GDPR compliant with privacy-by-design, minimal necessary data, role-based access, DPIAs and explainable AI. We publish methods, outcomes and limitations.

Who is a good fit?

Commissioners and providers seeking measurable improvements in education, neurorehab and RTW, and employers building psychologically safe, sustainable RTW pathways.

Where do you operate?

UK-wide (online-first) with hubs in London and Manchester; international partnerships considered for programme and IP licensing.