Everything your SU needs.
Built by people who've run one.
Activate combines specialist software with in-person expertise — purpose-built for the activities teams, officers and staff who keep student unions running.
Software that scales.
Expertise that sticks.
One company, two ways to help — a product suite built for daily operations, and specialist services for the moments that need human expertise.
Palette —
The SU Activity Suite
Seven specialist tools that replace the spreadsheets, shared drives and duct tape holding most SU activities teams together. Risk, events, contracts, sponsorship, awards — one platform, no compromises.
Explore the full suiteRisk Management Framework Development
We design and build bespoke risk assessment frameworks from the ground up — tailored to your SU’s societies, events and governance structure. Includes template libraries, approval workflows and staff training.
Get in touchWelcome Fair Planning
End-to-end freshers and welcome fair design and delivery. From floor-plan and stall allocation to society onboarding, signage, health and safety and post-event review. Run by people who've done it dozens of times.
Get in touchEvent Design & Management
Concept-to-completion event support for flagship SU events — balls, awards ceremonies, large-scale socials and cultural events. We handle logistics, suppliers, risk and on-the-night operations so your team can be present.
Get in touchDesigned for the way
SUs actually work.
Built by SU veterans
Designed with sabbatical officers, activities staff and student trustees who've lived the chaos. Every product and service is pressure-tested with partner SUs — if something doesn't earn its place in their week, it doesn't ship or happen.
Software and services in one place
Palette handles the day-to-day. Our services step in for the high-stakes moments — a new risk framework, a flagship event, a freshers fair that needs to be right first time. One team, joined-up thinking.
Procurement-ready
GDPR-compliant. Fully UK data-resident. SSO with your university IdP — Microsoft Entra, Google Workspace or SAML. Cyber Essentials Plus certified. ISO 27001 in progress.
Survives the handover
Built for the brutal reality of annual committee turnover. Knowledge stays in the system, not in someone's leaver inbox. We're building the SU platform we want still running in twenty years.
Ready to see what
Activate can do?
A 30-minute call — show us your SU, we'll show you how we fit.
No slide deck. Just an honest conversation.
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