Bridging the Gap in Therapy: Innovation, Impact & Healing
Schedule
Fri Oct 03 2025 at 10:00 am to 04:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Nexus - University of Leeds | Leeds, EN

About this Event
The UKind XR Conference
Join us for a powerful, survivor-led day of innovation, insight, and real-world impact for Domestic Abuse Awareness month & Leeds Digital Festival.
This event brings together domestic abuse services, VR innovators, police, community leaders, and frontline partners to showcase what’s possible when technology meets trauma-informed care.
You can expect:
- Keynote speakers, including lived experience voices
- Panel discussions
- Exhibition space showcasing frontline services, youth safety &mental health innovation
- Live demos of UKind XR & Ally App
- Red Flag Interactive Theatre Performance
- Networking, storytelling & collaborative action
- CLWY (Community Leaders West Yorkshire) collaborations and progress
- Music from Music Box CIC & Melody Reed
- VR knife crime training
- Exhibitors from CLWY and community organisations.
Lunch and Refreshments provided.
Ticket Price: £10
Exhibitor Information:
- Exhibitors: £75 per stand (invoice issued once booking confirmed)
- Also looking for sponsors for the event.
If you would like to exhibit, please contact:📧[email protected]
Agenda
🕑: 09:30 AM - 04:30 AM
Bridging the Gap in Therapy - UKind XR conference
Info: Bridging the Gap in Therapy – UKind XR Conference
3rd October 2025, Nexus Leeds
A full-day event exploring how innovation, lived experience, and co-production are helping close gaps in therapy access for survivors of domestic abuse. The conference brings together healthcare leaders, third-sector organisations, community groups, academic partners and digital innovators to share case studies, survivor stories, research, and cross-sector collaboration models.
The day includes:
Updates on UKind XR research and development
Co-production panel discussions
Lived experience keynote speakers
VR therapy case studies for trauma and violence prevention
The Red Flags Theatre performance
Networking with health, wellbeing, and innovation partners
Part of Leeds Digital Festival 2025 & Domestic Abuse Awareness Month.
Where is it happening?
Nexus - University of Leeds, Woodhouse, Leeds, United KingdomEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
GBP 11.55
