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STEM meets SPORT

Levelling the playing field in STEM through sport.

Drone Football · part of the OXIE accelerator
Why it matters
The opportunity

STEM Careers

The UK drone economy is in desperate need of qualified pilots, engineers, and technicians, and nobody is building that pipeline for young people. These careers can break cycles of generational poverty.

630,000
UK drone-economy jobs projected by 2030 — PwC, "Skies Without Limits"
50+
Expressions of interest from a single science festival appearance (ARU)
A facilitator demonstrating a caged drone in front of the arena
What we built
Learn by Doing

What Is Drone Football?

Pilot a drone, work as a team, and score a goal — that's the whole idea.

One sport, four ways to play: STEM workshops in schools, a competitive league, private parties, and festival appearances — every format runs on the same arena, the same drones, and the same trained facilitators.

Our proof
Proof it works

Live in Oxfordshire

All of it delivered with no marketing budget and no designated Drone Football Director.

1
Pilot league completed — Oxfordshire, May 2026, the first of its kind
4
Festival appearances delivered
2
Private party bookings delivered
2
Five-day bootcamps this August — Senior & Junior, Charlbury
The Oxfordshire pilot league cohort in front of the Drone Football arena
How we earn
The business model

How Drone Football Earns

Bootcamps
Intensive five-day camps at £300 per week per participant — the flagship product, already selling.
League Membership
18 sessions over 20 weeks, ending in a tournament — recurring revenue and the heart of the sport.
Private Bookings
Birthday parties and school STEM days, delivered at weekends through venue partners.
Events & Festivals
Paid festival bookings with high-throughput scheduled sessions — where new customers find us first.
Net revenue, years 1–5
Yr 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5
Bootcamp£1,800£9,000£18,000£36,000£45,000
Private Events£1,000£2,000£4,000£8,000£10,000
Public Events£600£3,000£6,000£9,000£12,000
League income (franchise)£1,000£2,500£8,000£17,500£30,000
Net revenue£4,400£16,500£36,000£70,500£97,000

Net of direct delivery costs. Layered on top: grants, corporate and footballer sponsorships, and reseller margin on drones.

Who we serve
Inclusion, by design

Everyone Can Play

Drone Football is designed so young people of all abilities, backgrounds, and experiences can take part and succeed.

Bursaries mean no one is excluded on financial grounds. Every session is adapted for SEND and disabled participants, run by trained, safety-briefed facilitators in a sealed inflatable arena.

An older participant coaching a younger pilot mid-flight
The roadmap
How it scales

Where We're Headed

Every new area follows the same playbook: camps and festivals prove demand, local facilitators are recruited and trained, and a league launches behind them.

Step 1 · Done
Oxfordshire Pilot League
Completed May 2026 — the model proven at home.
Step 2 · In progress
Two New Leagues
An Oxfordshire-wide league building on the completed pilot, and a Swindon league delivered in partnership with DiversITy-Talent.
Step 3
South East Expansion
The pilot league launches in Oxfordshire, with clear plans to expand across South East England.
The moment
Why now

630,000 Jobs by 2030

That pipeline doesn't build itself — it needs young people who've flown before they're asked to fly for a living, and it needs them starting now, not in five years. Drone Football is already building it.

Young people examining an industrial delivery drone Young people at a drone industry careers event
The coalition
OXIE (Oxford Innovative Education CIC)Parent
DiversITy-TalentCommercial partner · Swindon league
Oxfordshire YouthTarget funding partner
Oxford UniversityTarget delivery partner
Memorial HallsVenue partner
MOD & drone manufacturersTarget sponsors
The investment
The ask
£500k+

Staffing funds the Managing Director, coaches, and facilitators who run the programme day to day. Marketing builds the pipeline of camps, schools, and festivals feeding every league, while the remainder expands the arenas and drone fleet and funds new league launches.

Staffing — Managing Director, coaches & facilitators£250,000
Marketing & outreach£150,000
Arenas & drone fleet expansion£60,000
League launches — Oxfordshire-wide & Swindon£40,000
Total raise£500,000
Who's behind it
Founder-led

The Team We're Building

BB
Bryanna Bone
Founder & CEO, OXIE
Founder of OXIE (Oxford Innovative Education CIC), the accelerator Drone Football is part of.
NK
Nicholas Kowalski
Advisor
Former MD for Celestial, professional drone pilot, drone engineer, team leader, and international drone training provider.
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Managing Director
Open role · The one we're funding
Startup experience plus a drone-industry background as a pilot and test engineer. The operator who turns this raise into a scaled talent pipeline — funded by the sponsorship at the heart of this deck.
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Coaches & Facilitators
Open roles · Recruiting
Trained facilitators to grow the Oxfordshire-wide league, run the camps, and launch the Swindon league with DiversITy-Talent.
The invitation

Levelling the playing field in STEM through sport.
The sky isn't even the limit.

Start the conversationbbone@oxie.org.uk