Some of the most meaningful projects begin with a simple question: how can we take the joy we create in the digital world and make it part of everyday life in a tangible way?
That question sparked the beginning of the Giving Back initiative in 2021, when the idea was first brought to life through a hands-on volunteer project. What followed was more than a one-time effort. Over time, it grew into a tradition that brought Outfit7 teams together to help restore campsites and create spaces where children can play, imagine, and connect.
Five years later, Giving Back has become a meaningful way this purpose is brought to life beyond digital experiences. Through each restored campsite, it became clear that these spaces offer more than play. They create moments of confidence, connection, and belonging. At the same time, one insight stood out. The real impact does not only come from what is built, but from the process behind it, the collaboration, the shared effort, and the people involved in shaping it.
This realization led to a new question: how can Giving Back create not just spaces, but something that stays with children long after the campsite is built?
A New Way to Create Impact
As the initiative evolved, we began asking ourselves how Giving Back could reach the community earlier in the journey, not only when a campsite is completed, but while it is still being imagined.
Every Giving Back project begins long before hands on work. Behind each finished space is a creative process of planning, designing, and thinking about how it will be used. What should be added? What will make it exciting, engaging, and meaningful? These decisions shape every project, yet until now they have remained behind the scenes.
This year, the idea was to open that part of the process to the people who understand playgrounds best: children themselves.
Instead of limiting their role to experiencing the finished result, we wanted to invite them into the creation process and give them the opportunity to shape what comes next.
Inviting Children Into the Process
That idea became the natural evolution of Giving Back in 2026.
This year, the project grew beyond restoring campsites and expanded into the creative process behind them. Primary schools across Slovenia were invited to participate in a challenge that asked students to imagine and design their own ideas for new campsite elements and experiences. Working in teams, they explored how play spaces can be made more engaging, inclusive, and fun, developing their concepts within a clear set of guidelines before submitting them for review.
What makes this evolution meaningful is not only the final outcome, but the experience it creates for children along the way. By taking part, they are encouraged to think creatively, solve problems together, and understand how an idea develops from an early concept into something concrete.
In this way, Giving Back evolves from a project that creates campsites into one that also invites children to help shape them, turning imagination into a real part of the process.
Built Through Shared Values
This new chapter is strengthened by partners who share our belief in creating meaningful opportunities.
Korak, a valued long-term partner of Outfit7 (Ekipa2 d.o.o. subsidiary), is dedicated to creating opportunities for people with disabilities by offering meaningful work experiences and new beginnings. Their mission reflects the same belief in empowerment and inclusion that lies at the heart of Giving Back.
Debeli rtič remains a central part of the story, as it has been from the beginning. As the final location and host of this year’s implementation, it is where the selected idea will become reality and where children will ultimately experience its impact.
POPRI brings a strong connection to youth development through its long-standing work in entrepreneurship and education, supporting young people in turning ideas into action.
Together, these partnerships make it possible to create something larger than any one organization could build alone.
From Imagination to Reality
The strongest idea submitted through the school challenge will be selected and transformed into a real playground element, brought to life by our teams together with our partners.
For the children behind the winning concept, this means more than recognition. It means seeing their imagination become part of the real world. The winning team will also receive a monetary award for their school, helping support future creative development and encouraging new ideas to grow.
This connection between imagination and implementation is what defines this year’s evolution of Giving Back. It turns participation into ownership and creativity into something tangible.
A Tradition That Continues Hands-On
Later this year, Giving Back returns to one of its most important traditions: the volunteer day at Debeli rtič.
Once again, Outfit7 teams will come together, roll up their sleeves, and help bring the selected idea to life. This hands-on moment connects everything the initiative stands for, creativity, teamwork, purpose, and shared contribution.
It is where ideas leave paper behind and become something children can touch, use, and enjoy.
