About Us

Explore got its start as an infant idea among a small group of students at University of London, who met through a same course in 2021. We got together and discussed how we understand that we are living in a unique period of time where the world is facing a pandemic. A prolonged state of separation, uncertainty, and potentially loss of loved ones, among other things, have surfaced important issues such as mental health and self care. These topics seem to be more prevalent during these times, and we decided to provide a list of activities for individuals who are looking for inspiration to take care of themselves.

The user has an option to go onto the site without signing up to look at the list of activities and be inspired. However, if the user wants to be able to save a list of favorite activities or get recommendations, the user will need to sign up and then log in. Once the user is logged in, they can recieved personalised recommendation and further save activities. The most important thing after visiting the site is to pick an activity and give it a shot!

How does the recommendation system work?

The user recieves recommendations based on the activities they like or dislike. They can go to the activities page and click thumbs up or down on any activity of choice. The user can see the activities recommended to them on the recommendation page.

How do I save an activity?

The user can save an activity by clicking the save button on the activity page. The user can then go to the saved activities page and view all of the activities they have saved.

We hope that you will find this application useful and that you will be inspired to take care of yourself :)