BRING A PROJECT · BUILD 2026

Do you have a project that tech could help solve? Bring it to BUILD 2026.

A UK weekend of builders, ready to take on a real project from your charity, church, ministry, kingdom-focused business, or one of your own.

When

Fri 9 - Sat 10 October 2026

Where

Here East, London

Submissions close

31 July 2026

Submit a project → Back to BUILD

A UK weekend of builders

You bring the project. We bring the people.

BUILD 2026 is a UK-wide weekend event where developers, designers, product managers and anyone who loves tech give their time to work on real projects from charities, churches, kingdom-focused organisations, and individuals who care about them.

It brings together participants from FaithTech communities across the UK. FaithTech is a global community of Christians working in and around technology, and we exist to connect faith and tech for the good of the world.

01 — Format

What is a hackathon?

A hackathon is a focused two-day sprint where teams come together to take on real projects, in our case using technology redemptively. It is about making real progress on something that matters: exploring ideas and building solutions.

It runs around the clock. Some teams even choose to work straight through the night.

You do not need to be technical to bring a project. You just need a real problem, and the willingness to work alongside a team for a weekend.

02 — Why submit

A dedicated team, focused on your project.

Each accepted project gets its own dedicated team spending the entire weekend on it. By Saturday evening you will have explored solutions and likely have a prototype, proof of concept, or even a working solution to take forward.

~100

Builders from FaithTech communities across the UK

~10

Teams, each focused on one project

30hrs

Of dedicated time on your project

£1.5m+

Raised by past projects after the event

On Saturday evening, every team presents what they have built to an open audience of supporters and guests. It is a real moment of recognition for the work your project inspires.

03 — Criteria

What makes a good project?

A project can come from:

Charities, churches and ministries
Kingdom-focused businesses
Individuals with an idea

What ties them together is purpose: each one serves a social good or missional need in the community. Beyond that, the strongest projects share three things.

01 — REAL

It's real

Something you or your organisation is actually working on, not a hypothetical. The more grounded in reality, the better the output.

02 — FOCUSED

It's focused

A team can make meaningful progress in two days if the project is reasonably scoped. Broad ambitions are fine, but a clear starting point helps.

03 — LASTING

It has a life after

The hackathon is a boost, not the destination. We want to work on things that will keep going beyond the weekend.

Not sure if your idea is the right shape? Submit it anyway. We review everything and will work with you to get it ready.

Does it need to involve coding? Not necessarily. Some of the most valuable work at these events is research, design, strategy or process mapping. If there is a tech angle somewhere, that is enough.

04 — Commitments

What you commit to.

Attend the full event. Friday evening through Saturday.
Brief your team at the start. Set them up with the context and the why behind the project.
Be available throughout. To answer questions and make decisions as the work takes shape.
Take the work forward after the event. Carry the momentum into whatever comes next.

It's free to submit a project. Project owners do need to attend the event and purchase a ticket (full event, Friday to Saturday).

05 — Timeline

Key dates.

Open now to 31 July. Submissions open.
August 2026. Projects reviewed and confirmed.
September 2026. Briefing call with one of the FaithTech team.
Friday 9 October, from 6:30pm. Event kick-off.
Saturday 10 October, ends 9pm. Build, presentations and close.

06 — After the weekend

What happens next?

You will leave the weekend with real progress on your project. Some teams love the project so much they will want to keep contributing, and you are welcome to encourage that. In other cases you take what has been built and carry it forward, which is why it is so helpful to have someone technical from your team who can continue the work in your organisation.

Either way, the time teams spend at a BUILD weekend is free, and there is no expectation that you fund anything afterwards.

07 — Previous BUILDs

From previous BUILD events.

A few of the projects that have come out of past weekends and kept going.

AI FOR CASEWORK

Paper Path

AI tool for Christians Against Poverty caseworkers to manage and hand over case notes.

FOOD BANKS

Bankuet

Digital platform that turns donations into what UK food banks actually need.

CHURCH

Breeze Translate

Live translation for multilingual church services.

YOUTH · VR / AR

Missional Generation

VR and AR experiences helping young people explore faith.

Ready to submit your project?

It takes about 10 minutes. Submissions close 31 July 2026.

Submit a project →

Questions first? Email london@faithtech.com