OneSpace: an investable platform for inclusive transitions
OneSpace is a digital adjustments passport designed to help people carry practical support information across university, work and life transitions. We are seeking aligned funders and investment partners to help validate, scale and embed the platform.
- Addresses fragmented adjustment and disclosure processes
- Built on UMO’s specialist support experience
- Clear routes into university and workplace markets
Why OneSpace is worth backing
A clear and persistent problem
- People repeatedly explain needs across changing settings
- Useful adjustment information is easily lost
- Transitions create avoidable gaps in support
Cross-sector potential
- Relevant to universities, workplaces and transition programmes
- Supports individual control and organisational consistency
- Designed to complement human support, not replace it
Grounded in specialist delivery
- Developed by UMO from real support practice
- Informed by disability, neurodiversity and mental health expertise
- Shaped around practical conversations and adjustments
The opportunity
Support information is still commonly fragmented across forms, emails, documents and repeated conversations. When people move between education, placements, employment or new teams, continuity can break down. OneSpace creates a structured, user-controlled record designed to travel with the individual.
Disclosure starts again
People often repeat sensitive information whenever they enter a new setting or relationship.
Organisations lack consistency
Universities and employers may rely on disconnected local processes rather than one clear reference point.
Transitions carry risk
Placements, graduation, onboarding and role changes are precisely where support continuity matters most.
OneSpace provides a consistent, portable summary that supports these conversations.
How investment accelerates OneSpace
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Step 1: Validate
Validate
Funding can support:
- Structured pilots with university and workplace partners
- User research across transition points
- Independent evaluation and learning
- Clearer evidence of value and adoption
This strengthens the case for responsible scale.
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Step 2: Build
Build
Investment can accelerate:
- Product and accessibility development
- Secure, user-controlled sharing
- Administration and implementation tools
- Robust data protection and governance
The priority is a trustworthy product that works in real settings.
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Step 3: Scale
Scale
Funding can help establish:
- Repeatable university and workplace onboarding
- Partner support and implementation resources
- Sustainable commercial and delivery models
- A clear route from pilots to wider adoption
Scale would be paced by evidence, safeguards and user need.
OneSpace is designed to strengthen existing support systems and improve continuity — not to replace professional judgement or human relationships.
What funding can unlock
Product development
- Accessible and intuitive user journeys
- Secure, selective sharing
- Practical organisation and partner tools
Pilots and evidence
- Partner pilots across education and work
- User-centred evaluation
- Evidence to guide product and delivery decisions
Market readiness
- Clear implementation pathways
- Procurement and governance preparation
- Stronger communication of value and fit
Scalable delivery
- Repeatable onboarding and support
- Sustainable partnership models
- Growth paced by evidence and safeguards
Why UMO is positioned to deliver
OneSpace is developed by UMO, drawing on direct experience of specialist support across higher education and workplaces.
- Understanding of real adjustment and disclosure conversations
- Experience supporting disability, neurodiversity and mental health needs
- Established relationships and routes into target sectors
This delivery background keeps product development connected to practice, safeguarding and user need.
A practical next stage
We are seeking funders and investment partners who share the ambition for more continuous, person-controlled support.
Priority activity includes:
- Developing and testing the product with users
- Running structured pilots with partner organisations
- Building the evidence, governance and delivery model
- Preparing OneSpace for responsible wider adoption