Congratulations on being selected as one of the winners of Ofwat’s third Water Breakthrough Challenge (Breakthrough 3).
We will be publicly announcing the winners of both the Catalyst and Transform streams on 16 May 2023, and have prepared this communications pack with sample materials to support your participation in this announcement.
To maximise the impact of the announcement, please keep the information included on this page confidential.
We held a communications briefing on 4 May 2023 – a recording & transcript of the session can be found here (passcode: j$h94.=c ) or download the slides here.
If you have questions, please contact the delivery team.
The regional press release template is available here. Please withhold distribution of this press release until after 9:00am, Tuesday 16 May 2023.
For questions about this template, please contact the team at Seven Consultancy.
General use:
Today, @Ofwat has announced us as one of the winners of #WaterBreakthroughChallenge3. Read more about these game changing initiatives here: https://waterinnovation.challenges.org/news/announcing-the-b3-winners/
Single initiative:
Our project [name/summary of project] has been named as one of the 16 winners of @Ofwat’s #WaterBreakthroughChallenge3. Read more about our plans, and the other game changing initiatives here: https://waterinnovation.challenges.org/news/announcing-the-b3-winners/
Multiple Initiatives:
We’re one of the latest winners of @Ofwat’s #WaterBreakthroughChallenge3. [Organisation name] has been awarded £X to deliver [number of winning initiatives] cutting-edge initiatives, from [snappy description], to [snappy description].
https://waterinnovation.challenges.org/news/announcing-the-b3-winners/
We’re thrilled to announce that we’ve been named as one of the of Ofwat’s #WaterBreakthroughChallenge3.
Delivered by @Challenge-Works with @Arup and @Isle-Utilities, the Water Breakthrough Challenge and aims to encourage initiatives that help to tackle the biggest challenges facing the water sector, such as achieving net zero, protecting natural ecosystems and reducing leakage, as well as delivering value to society.
[Optional – include details of initiatives your organisation is supporting.]
Read more about all of the winning initiatives:
https://waterinnovation.challenges.org/news/announcing-the-b3-winners/
We’ve drafted the below articles to be used on internal channels (e.g. intranet posts; staff newsletters). You may wish to speak to your innovation lead for more information about any Innovation Fund supported initiatives your organisation may be taking part in.
[Organisation] awarded [£Xm] in Ofwat’s latest innovation challenge
[Organisation] has been named as one of the winners of the third Water Breakthrough Challenge, the latest innovation competition in Ofwat’s £200 million Innovation Fund.
Run by Ofwat and Challenge Works, and supported by Arup and Isle Utilities, the Water Breakthrough Challenge and aims to encourage initiatives that help to tackle the biggest challenges facing the water sector, such as achieving net zero, protecting natural ecosystems and reducing leakage, as well as delivering value to society.
Working with our partners, [organisation] is involved in [X] initiatives, ranging from [snappy description], to [snappy description]:
The full list of winners is available on the Fund’s website.
The next round of the Water Breakthrough Challenge will be opening in September this year, with more funding available for innovative, water-company led initiatives. If you have ideas for innovative projects which [organisation] should consider entering, contact [innovation team contact].
[Organisation] awarded [£X] for [brief description of initiatives]
[Organisation] has been named as one of the winners of the third Water Breakthrough Challenge, receiving ] £X to deliver [number of winning initiatives] [snappy description of types of projects].
[Short description of initiatives your organisation is involved in, and the most interesting partners you’re working with].
The full list of winners is available on the Fund’s website.
Run by Ofwat and Challenge Works, and supported by Arup and Isle Utilities, the Water Breakthrough Challenge is a part of Ofwat’s £200 million Innovation Fund and aims to encourage initiatives that help to tackle the biggest challenges facing the water sector, such as achieving net zero, protecting natural ecosystems and reducing leakage, as well as delivering value to society.
The next round of the Water Breakthrough Challenge will open in September 2023. [Information on how suppliers/partners can contact your organisation to collaborate on an entry].
Twitter handles
@Ofwat
@ChallengeWorks
@ArupGroup
@IsleUtilities
LinkedIn handles
ofwat
challenge-works
arup
isle-utilities
Hashtags
#WaterBreakthroughChallenge3
#WaterBrightIdea
Website
waterinnovation.challenges.org
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