Our ecosystem

Partners

The co-operative, university, community and business partners building a fairer participation economy with us.

Founding partners

Crystalisr Co-operative

The registered co-operative society behind Hack the System and Contribio. Crystalisr provides the movement's leadership, its governance and the legal home of the platform.

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London South Bank University

Founding partner and pilot university for Contribio, with the first students invited in November 2026.

Pilot university

Community partners

Business partners

Arts partners

Partner with Contribio

Every partner pays in for the part it values, and reward money is held for students, never counted as co-op income.

Universities

  • • Free use during the pilot
  • • Co-authorship of the pilot evaluation
  • • A seat on the Consortium Council
  • • A founding membership rate

Sponsors and employers

  • • Team challenges that show real skills
  • • Budgets paid out only when work is signed off
  • • Outcomes reported, never individual students' activity
  • • Credentials you can check for tampering

Campus vendors

  • • Students who spend their points with you
  • • Weekly payouts
  • • A bonus, funded by you, that brings them back
  • • Promotion on the student Spend page

Become a partner

Universities, employers, local businesses, community groups and arts organisations are all part of the movement. Tell us how you'd like to take part.