ThinkingBigger works in collaboration with a range of educational institutions, research-informed organisations, community interest companies, charities, schools, and creative partners. These collaborations reflect a shared commitment to inclusive education, creative thinking, and meaningful learning experiences, and have developed over time through practical work rather than promotional alignment.
The partnerships outlined below help inform the wider ecosystem from which Authors Hub UK has grown, grounding the platform in lived classroom experience, research-informed practice, and community-based creativity.
Education and Research
ThinkingBigger’s work is informed by long-standing educational research into accelerated learning, metacognition, and cognitive development. This includes approaches that emphasise learning through structured challenge, dialogue, reflection, and thinking about thinking.
Our publishing and creative projects draw on principles developed through Let’s Think, alongside cognitive acceleration research rooted at King’s College London. These research-informed foundations support depth of learning, inclusive participation, and the development of reasoning, language, and confidence across diverse educational contexts.
These influences are embedded across ThinkingBigger books, games, and creative outputs, shaping how authors, educators, and learners engage with ideas.
Schools, Local Authorities & Public Sector
ThinkingBigger has worked directly with mainstream, SEND, and alternative provision schools across the UK, delivering workshops, talks, creative projects, and professional development shaped by real classroom contexts.
We have also collaborated with local authorities, including Portsmouth City Council, contributing to creative, educational, and community-focused initiatives that support inclusion, wellbeing, and access to the arts.
This experience informs the design of Authors Hub UK as a platform that understands school environments, safeguarding expectations, and the practical realities of working in education settings.
Community Interest Companies and Charities
ThinkingBigger works alongside community interest companies and charities whose focus aligns with inclusion, wellbeing, education, and creative access.
This includes close collaboration with BrainyBudz CIC, a community interest company formally established in December 2025, which supports neurodivergent young people, and adults through creative, educational, and wellbeing-focused approaches. BrainyBudz CIC has grown directly out of the inclusive work developed through ThinkingBigger over previous years and continues to inform the values and ethos behind Authors Hub UK.
We also collaborate with charitable organisations and community-led initiatives where storytelling, creativity, and education are used to foster empathy, understanding, and social impact. These relationships help ensure that our work remains grounded in real community need and accessible to diverse voices.
Publishing, Creative & Cultural Partners
ThinkingBigger collaborates with a diverse range of publishing, cultural, and creative organisations that share a commitment to thoughtful storytelling, originality, and positive community impact.
We are proud to work with partners such as Enable Ability, SeeBeyondBorders, Flow Observatorium, The Bivol Trust, BrainyBudz CIC, Timpi, Potential Plus UK, The MABA Group, and other charities and CICs, all contributing to a stronger, more inclusive, and creative community.
Our collaborations also extend to ethical platforms and creative contributors who support responsible publishing, fair visibility, and community-led engagement.
Outreach, Media & Public Engagement
Alongside formal education settings, ThinkingBigger partners with festival organisers, media platforms, and digital creators to extend the reach of books, ideas, and creative thinking beyond the classroom.
This includes collaboration with educational YouTubers and large-scale outreach partners, supporting engagement with families, educators, and learners in both formal and informal learning environments.
These partnerships help ensure that learning, creativity, and reflective dialogue remain accessible to wider audiences.
A Shared Ecosystem
These partnerships form part of a wider ecosystem that includes ThinkingBigger publishing, creative education projects, ThinkingBigger Games, and the community-focused work of BrainyBudz CIC.
Together, this ecosystem brings research-informed thinking, creativity, and inclusive practice into classrooms, community spaces, and learning environments. It reflects a long-term commitment to supporting curiosity, dialogue, confidence, and meaningful engagement through books, play, and creative experiences.
Authors Hub UK has grown out of this ecosystem as a simple, transparent discovery platform that enables schools to find authors who are open to delivering talks, workshops, and creative sessions, and to make direct connections rooted in trust, experience, and shared educational values.
Trusted & Worked With
The logos shown below represent selected organisations referenced across the sections above, reflecting collaborations that have contributed to the development of ThinkingBigger and the wider ecosystem from which Authors Hub UK has grown.
