Empowering Christian Innovation
Relive the 2025 Cinnamon Incubator Competition Final
Thursday 13 November, St Peter’s Church, Notting Hill, London
On Thursday 13 November, BRITE Box fought off stiff competition to become the 2025 Cinnamon Incubator Competition winners, taking home a £20,000 development grant and securing a place on the Cinnamon Incubator Programme.
Applications for the 2026 Cinnamon Incubator Competition open soon. Make sure you’re signed up to the Cinnamon e-mail list so you don’t miss the deadline.
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Bridge the Gap
Bridge the Gap helps children and families struggling to engage in mainstream education through activity sessions and by connecting them with education and social-care professionals.
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BRITE Box
BRITE Box supports families facing food insecurity by partnering with schools and social services to provide meal kits and recipes for healthy, low-cost cooking.
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Christian Boxing Alliance
Christian Boxing Alliance offers amateur boxing classes that teach discipline and controlled aggression, alongside group discussions and guidance from Christian mentors.
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Garden Hope
Garden Hope empowers people to restore neglected gardens, build community, and share faith through hands-on gardening and outdoor transformation projects.
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Sparkle
Sparkle combats loneliness by bringing older adults (“Grandfriends”) and children together for activities, exercise, shared meals, and optional age-appropriate church services.
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Download The Incubator Brochure
Read more about this year’s finalists find out what previous winners are up to and get a sneak peek inside the Incubator Programme itself.
Over the past 12 years…
Cinnamon has supported 58 projects through the Incubator Programme (49 in the UK and 9 international). Of those at least 42 have gone on to replicate in 1141 locations benefitting an incredible 189,625 individuals.
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Support our next cohort of Incubator Finalists on their journey of growth and replication
Comprehensive Programme Offerings
Elevate Your Impact with Cinnamon
One finalist will win a £20,000 development grant
The five finalists will be pitching their initiative in front of industry judges and invited guests to win a development grant of £20,000.
Cinnamon Incubator Programme
Guests will be invited to financially support the project or projects of their choice on their journey of growth and replication.
Cinnamon Incubator Programme
The Incubator Programme is a one-of-a-kind, money-can’t-buy opportunity. Each year we accept just five projects to join us. Projects take part in two, three-day residentials packed with teaching from industry professionals, receive mentoring every other month, and be part of a supportive learning community.
Complete support to replicate your project
The Cinnamon Incubator Programme is designed specifically to help Christian leaders who want to replicate their work in other locations. Training includes: concept development, fundraising, marketing, finance, governance, Christian distinctiveness, replication models and impact measurement.
You can help our finalists grow and replicate their work
Our five fantastic finalists benefit from:
- Presentation Masterclass
- One-to-One support to develop your pitch
- Present to judging panel and potential funders
- Regular one-to-one mentoring from industry experts
- Two, three day residentials
- Business training from a faith perspective
- Training from industry professionals
What Our Participants Say
“A big part is just coming together and having an opportunity to be with other Christian social entrepreneurs essentially who are looking to do similar things to you.”
Bryan Elliot, Starfish Alliance, 2024 Winner
“Our project has gained so much from Cinnamon, it’s really hard to even put it into words. Just the qualities, the training that we’ve had has been phenomenal.”
Jenni Calcraft, Someone Cares, 2023 Winner
“Before I came into Cinnamon I didn’t even know I could work in other churches and we’re growing by the day and it’s all down to being in the Cinnamon Incubator.”
Valerie Lolomari, Revive – Women of Grace, 2022 Finalist
“This feels like I found gold. It’s brilliant and way surpassed my expectation. It’s giving me so much to think about and take home.”
John White, Hazelnut Community, 2024 Finalist
“It’s a very lonely journey to be a pioneer, to be here with other people who understand what it means and to be launching and trying to replicate something you’re passionate about it amazing.”
Gail Millar, Compassionate Conversations, 2024 Finalist
“It’s been great just to be outside of the busyness of the day-to-day operations to have a bit of headspace to think and explore the bigger picture.”
Emma Gould, Orchards, 2022 Finalist
“It was just so important in terms of being part of a Christian organisation that has the same ethos, the same values, that they could see that what we were doing was about the Kingdom of God.”
Louise Egitto, Begin Well, 2024 Finalist
“A highlight of the Cinnamon Incubator has been having the expertise of others around you in areas where you’re weak and you having that expertise that you can draw from.”
Judi Wood, Springboard, 2023 Finalist
“It’s been amazing and I am so glad I said yes to the opportunity. It’s been life changing. I have attended a lot of training programmes, but there is something new to take from everyone that has presented.”
Joyce Obaseki, Grant a Smile, 2024 Finalist
Who are Cinnamon Network
Cinnamon Network make it as easy as possible for people to access help and support within their communities. To do this, we nurture and develop Christian social action projects that are locally led, relevant and sustainable.
