Realise real
impact with your passion project.
Drop the problem you think we should solve and you'd back with your own funds.
5 teams have indicated interest in submitting their passion project
25 years of Rebel. One challenge to mark it.
The Rebel Impact Challenge is an internal call to all Rebels: pitch the idea you'd back with your own funds. The strongest ideas get funded, resourced, and built - for real.
Why now
Rebel has spent 25 years making impact. This challenge puts that conviction back in the hands of Rebels, you are the closest to the problems worth solving.
Any project, as long as it has real stakeholders.
Every submission needs a stakeholder who feels the problem today - a city, a community, a partner. No hypotheticals.
Think outside the box. Leave a trace. Make Rebel visible.
The strongest proposals are guerilla style in spirit, measurable in the world, and unmistakably Rebel.
Think outside the box, guerilla style
Unexpected, resourceful, and hard to ignore. Not a safe idea in a familiar wrapper.
Real, traceable impact
Someone can point to what changed - who felt it, where, and how you would know it worked.
Rebel values made visible
The work should look and feel like Rebel: independent, sharp, and built with the people it is for.
Five moments that matter.
- 2 sept2026
Launch
The Rebel Impact Challenge opens.
- 30 sept2026
Submission date proposals
Deadline for project proposals.
- 5 nov2026
Event: Rebel Impact Challenge | IDEAS
Shortlisted teams present their projects. Winners will be announced.
- 18 feb2027
Event: Rebel Impact Challenge | ACTION
The ideas have been chosen. Now it’s time to make them happen.
- 2 dec2027
Event: Rebel Impact Challenge | RESULTS
Action has become impact. Now it’s time to show the difference.
Four things. That's it.
- 01
The why
The problem, who feels it, and why it's worth Rebel's time.
- 02
The steps
How you'd actually get from idea to a working pilot.
- 03
The team
Who's in, what they bring, and what's still missing.
- 04
The budget
A realistic first estimate - not a business case.
Kept deliberately short
- Teams of minimum of 3 Rebels, from any office or practice.
- One idea per team - make it the project you'd actually build.
- Your stakeholders need to be real, named, and reachable.
- Download the form, follow the criteria, build your proposal and submit here.
- Rebels and partners outside your team can join as supporters.
Need help with your writing? Leave your email to apply for the writing workshop.
This isn't a competition for a trophy.
Total budget
EUR 150k available for winning projects - real money to move from pitch to pilot.
Protected focus time
Time freed up in you and your team's calendar, so the idea gets the attention it deserves.
The full Rebel network
Access to Rebels and partners across offices who want to help build what you've proposed.
"Not a celebration of where we've been. A commitment to where we're going"
We're actualising this challenge out loud.
This page will keep evolving as teams indicate interest and as the form, dates and rules settle. Rebels and partners can also put their hand up to help, without submitting an idea of their own.
Submit your project
Submit your proposal latest 30 September, 8pm CET.
Download the form, fill it in and upload it, send it by email, or submit online. Teams that indicate interest are counted on this page automatically.