On 6th June 2013, as part of Humber Business Week, Hull hosted the first youth enterprise summit in Yorkshire supported by international business guru and former BBC Apprentice Star Ruth Badger as well as young entrepreneurs in Hull at Malet Lambert School in order to celebrate the 10th Anniversary of Hull’s contribution to the youth enterprise agenda. The event saw school based businesses, The Green Queens, who have developed primary support materials relating to the environment, and Loui Fowler of Triple R Banners, who has designed a range of sport fans hand held banners outline their enterprise journey. Also speaking was Oliver Wilson Managing Director of Xuro and currently an apprentice working with CityWorks, Hull City Council and Malet Lambert School helping the organisations to embed enterprise within their work with young people.
The event saw delegates coming together from all over Yorkshire as well as from the Department of Business Innovation and Skills to find out what support is available for young entrepreneurs in the area, ranging from start up advice, start up loans and start up grants and their own network of young entrepreneurs and how it is committed to developing the entrepreneurial culture at an early age by showcasing the partnership support for a number of enterprising pupils at Malet Lambert.
The Youth Enterprise Summit also held a question and answer session with the following on the panel Chaired by Ruth Badger, Sean Royce Finance and Commercial Director KC, John Gilbert Managing Director of eskimosoup &former pupil Malet Lambert, William Oxley Director Youth Enterprise Services, Nic Dakin MP and young entrepreneurs Loui Fowler of Triple R Banners and Ellie Taylor The Green Queens
The event also saw the launch of Hull’s Young Entrepreneur Start up Guide, developed in partnership with Enterprise Nation and a new patron scheme for the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank presented by Anna Millar of KC and Judy Ward of Really Worx, which was established over 10 years ago and has allocated £265,000 to over 300 of the City’s enterprising young people. The event also saw the launch of the 10th Anniversary of Hull’s contribution to Global Entrepreneurship Week Brochure and Ross Bennett of Engaging Director launched the city’s new enterprise education website. Over 500 tweets from 30 different tweeters were issued at the event using the hashtag #YES13
Anna Millar
Community Relations Manager at KC
“The Youth Enterprise Summit was a great way to bring businesses, young people and support organisations together to share best practice, ideas and hear some fantastic success stories from young entrepreneurs. It made me incredibly proud to be from a city that supports entrepreneurial spirit so well, we’ve just got to remember to shout about it.”
Ruth Badger
" If Hull is one of the most enterprising places in the UK for young people then Malet Lambert School is an integral part of that achievement and therefore I was delighted to work with Hull City Council and Hull’s young entrepreneurs on the summit and to raise the profile of what young people can achieve, as they are the lifeblood of our future economy and are integral to Hull achieving its aims under your City Plan”
Laura-Jane Rawlings
Founder Youth Employment UK
“I was inspired by the number of schools and businesses that have come together in Hull to support the City’s young people. Hull seems to really understand the need to invest in its youth generation; as the future labour market, entrepreneurs, consumers and residents young people are essential to the long term success of the City and the Hull business community gets that. The opportunities for young people in Hull are exceptional and I am confident that the students who benefit from these experiences will be very well prepared for their futures post education.”
Jackie Frost
Enterprise Projects Manager,
Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
“It was truly inspirational to see and hear about the work of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership, John Cracknell Youth Bank, Hull Ready & Make £5 Blossom, and to witness the business commitment and engagement that there was in the room. It was wonderful to listen to the students from Malet Lambert School talking about their enterprise learning and experiences. Congratulations to you all on holding such a great event, and I look forward to working in partnership with you for many years to come.”
Mike Notarantonio
Youth Enterprise Project Officer (Hull Ready)
“The whole Youth Enterprise Summit, from start to finish, had a thoroughly professional feel to the whole event and fitted perfectly into Business Week. It was good to see the business delegates and so many young people attending an event on an equal platform and the presentations from all the speakers showed a real enthusiasm and passion for enterprise, it was great to hear the young people telling their stories of running businesses whilst still at school and the support they have had from their school, teachers and Hull Youth Enterprise.
The launch of the Hull Start Up book, the Hull Youth Enterprise Bank Patron scheme and the Global Entrepreneurship Week brochure also showcased the kind of support and opportunities that is available to the young people of our City and it was fantastic to see so many people there to support the event.”
Jane Disbrey
Headteacher Malet Lambert School
“Particularly in challenging times students need the chance to see what is possible for their future. They need to be given challenge, respect and hope. The more we invest in our children the brighter the future for all of us. Our students rightfully expect and demand the best possible opportunities to empower them in life. Experience gained through the Youth Enterprise Summit is an essential component in their journey to successful , productive adulthood. We are proud to support and participate in this event and look forward to next year.”
Nick Sangwin
Managing Director
Sangwin Group of Companies
“Thank you for inviting me to the Youth Enterprise Summit, it was a fantastic showpiece event for the area and proves how we can achieve success with the students, teachers and the business community all working together. It makes me feel very proud that Hull is leading the country in this and we are already seeing the fruits of it with successful companies being set up and Global Entrepreneurship Week will no doubt continue this trend.
I was impressed by the professionalism of the young speakers standing up on the stage in a room full of strange faces and how they stuck to the task of telling us their story and the journeys they had embarked on. It was an excellent event and certainly appropriate to have it as part of the Business Week diary.”
Kate Brennan
Act the Facts, the educational script writing company
"Young people were in the driving seat at the Youth Enterprise Summit 2013, from the confident school students directing delegates through the venue to the youthful entrepreneurs, previous beneficiaries of YE funding and now running successful businesses; it was time for the older members of the business community to see what youth and energy has achieved in the Hull area.
Ten years of Global Entrepreneurship Week has created a ‘can-do’ environment in Hull, where young people are given support, encouragement and financial backing to turn their bright ideas into viable enterprises. There can’t be many other places investing this much faith and time in their enterprising youngsters.”
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