Shortlist Hull Youth Enterprise Awards 2016

Over 50 nominations for individuals and organisations have been submitted for the Hull Youth Enterprise Awards 2016.

The awards are organised Hull City Council, in partnership with the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, and recognise how enterprising our Hull Schools and Businesses are. A panel has now shortlisted in each of the categories.

This year's awards winners will be announced in Global Entrepreneurship Week at the Guildhall in November.

1) The shortlisted nominations for most Enterprising School sponsored by RB are Gillshill Primary School, Malet Lambert, Oldfleet Primary School, Hull College and Ganton Special School.

2) The shortlisted nominations for the business that has done the most to promote a youth enterprise culture in the city, sponsored by John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank are, RB, Swift, Sangwin Group, Engaging Education and T Arran Photography.

3) The shortlisted nominations for The Sheila Waudby Young Entrepreneur of the Year award sponsored by Hull City Council are DJ Ben Rainey, Louise Upfold of Weasie Wears, Louis Deane of VISR VR, Ross Bennett of Engaging Education and Millie Notarantonio of Millie Rose. 

4) The shortlisted nominations for Most Enterprising Teacher sponsored by Sangwin Group are, Claire Smalley of Sirius Academy, Stephen Logan of Malet Lambert School, Chris Dawson of Gillshill Primary, Darren Storrer of Hull College and Zoe Stephenson of Gillshill Primary.

5) The shortlisted nominations for The Jane Disbrey Most Enterprising Student Award, sponsored by Swift are, Nathan Jones of St Mary's College, Harry Hopkins of Malet Lambert School and Harry Knight of Sirius Academy.

6) The shortlisted nominations for Best Newcomer school/Individual to Enterprise Education sponsored by Tech4Schools are Nikki Leslie of Mersey Primary School, Kat Middleton of Biggin Hill Primary School and Sarah Hamilton of Spring Cottage Primary School.

Millie Notarantonio, winner of Most Enterprising Student of the Year 2015 award, said:

"It was a great honour last year to be announced as Hull's Most Enterprising Student of the Year and since then I have thoroughly enjoyed acting as an ambassador for youth enterprise in Hull.

"I am pleased to see that that this year over 50 individuals and organisations have received nominations and I look forward to the announcement of the well-deserved winners during in Global Entrepreneurship Week so they are recognised for the enterprising work they carry out across the city."

Ruth Badger, Patron of Youth Enterprise Partnership, said:

"There is no doubt that Hull as a city has real commitment through Hull City Council and the Youth Enterprise Partnership to develop the enterprising skills of young people. It never ceases to amaze me how with the right support and encouragement, young people are truly enterprising and whilst not all will go on to be entrepreneurs of the future they certainly will be more enterprising in their outlook and in the workplace.

"I know it will be a difficult choice but all nominations are winners and true ambassadors of Hull."

The Patrons of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership will also be presenting the annual John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Award, Lee Creamer Youth Enterprise Leadership Award and the Jack Brignall Youth Enterprise Award.

Engaging Education appointed to promote Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull

 For the third year running the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership and Hull City Council have appointed young entrepreneurs Engaging Education to lead on its campaign for Global Entrepreneurship Week in November. The company was appointed in order to promote the programme and achieve another high profile campaign before and during Global Entrepreneurship Week. They also have an understanding of the aspirations of young people as well as its national reputation of being able to attract business support for young people’s projects and activities.

 Global Entrepreneurship Week is all about embracing innovation, imagination and creativity. It showcases enterprise, opening up new opportunities for young people across Hull, the UK and the world.

Councillor Martin Mancey, Portfolio Holder, said:

“I believe that if we are to engage young people in the enterprise agenda it is essential that we know what they think and Engaging Education have the right tools to provide us with that information.

 

I am pleased to see that the organisers have developed a high profile campaign to attract support and raise finances for the week’s activities and its great news that major businesses like Smith and Nephew, Swift Group and Sangwin Group are supporting this year alongside young entrepreneurs..

“Whether you're in education, business, the public sector or a charity, everyone should get involved in Global Entrepreneurship Week. It's about developing people's enterprise skills and helping them achieve their ambitions and I urge the city to get behind the Week of activities.”

Ross Bennett  Director of Engaging Education, said:

"We are delighted to be appointed by Hull City Council and the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership to lead on their campaign to promote enterprise to the city’s young people during the week and in the run up to GEW 2016, and to lead on their campaign to attract high profile speakers and finance for the week.

“We have a twitter account @GEW_Hull with over 2,000 followers and website www.gewhull.co.uk and have made contact with over 300 businesses and educational establishments in the City to seek their support and gained support so far from Sangwin Group, Hull City Council, John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, RB,Tech 4 Schools, Hull Training, Swift Group, KCOM, Green Port Hull, Jadan Press, JLF Group, Spencer Group, Hull Humber Chamber of Commerce, Smith and Nephew, GH Events, Humber LEP, Engaging Education, T Arran Photography and DLB Events

Young Entrepreneurs from Hull have successful visit to South Africa

A delegation of young entrepreneurs from Hull has returned from taking part in South Africa’s largest entrepreneurial event, the Hook up Dinner and Demo Africa.  During the visit young entrepreneurs met enterprising young people in the townships outside Johannesburg as well as visiting a number of highly successful enterprise hubs that operate in the Gauteng Region.

During the visit, young entrepreneurs Thomas Arran, Kit Hargreaves and Haggai Mwiko, made successful contacts with South African entrepreneurs and plan to look at future opportunities as well as agreeing to support the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank in supporting enterprising young people in Johannesburg and surrounding townships through the Hook up Dinner, Biz Kidz South Africa and Beyond the Lemonade Stand.

Maureen Foers OBE - Chair John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank

“It was a great opportunity for some of our young entrepreneurs to represent Hull at South Africa’s largest entrepreneurial event, the Hook up Dinner Event in Johannesburg, alongside representatives from the Netherlands, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Uganda, Nigeria, Mozambique, Namibia, Kenya, Swaziland and South Africa. As a partnership we are very proud of our youth enterprise programme and the support it gets from Hull City Council and the business community. We are pleased that positive outcomes have come out of the visit not only between entrepreneurs but also between ourselves and the Hook up Dinner."

Thomas Arran - Co Chair Hull's Let Talk Business Network and Photographer

“It was a fantastic opportunity to visit enterprising people like myself in South Africa. Having started my own business at the age of 17, with the support of Hull City Council, it was interesting to see what support young people have in South Africa, there is no doubt in my mind South Africa's young people are very enterprising"

Kit Hargreaves - Apple Pear

“From a personal point of view, I was very pleased to attend the Hook up Dinner event and Demo Africa in Johannesburg, meeting young entrepreneurs from across Africa and I look forward to developing further business opportunities with the contacts I have made. It was interesting to note that young people in South Africa face the same issues as those in the UK with lack of funding from banks and not enough people taking their dreams seriously" 

Haggai Mwiko - founder and chairman of Habby Business

"There is no doubt in my mind South Africa has a bright future, I was particularly inspired by the young people in Alexandra and Soweto townships and those that support them such as Beyond the Lemonade Stand, Biz Kidz South Africa and the Hook up Dinner. As a business I am looking forward to establishing concrete business opportunities in the UK for some of the South African entrepreneurs that I met."

Selebogo Molefe CEO - Lifesgud Global Investments (Pty) Ltd and founder of the Hook up Dinner said:

“In 2014 I visited Hull, to see how Hull City Council were supporting young entrepreneurs and the return visit by young entrepreneurs from Hull to Johannesburg was a great success. We were extremely pleased that two of our enterprise education projects, Beyond the Lemonade Stand and Biz Kidz South Africa, based in Soweto and Alexandra Townships respectively, will receive support from the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank along with local entrepreneur Kabelo Mogale for his new venture Plus News South Africa that features good news stories only.

I am delighted that with the support of Hull City Council and the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank we will be running your Make £5 Blossom Programme and delivering the Big 13 Enterprise Skills in our schools as we build up our youth enterprise Eco system”

 Further Information

1) The Hook up Dinner www.thehookupdinner.com bridges the gap by capacitating them with access to networks, education and investments into their businesses. We partner with organisations that see an economic opportunity in capacitating SME’s by helping them access our vetted community of entrepreneurs.

2) The John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank www.youthenterprise.co.uk supports enterprising young people aged 13 to 21 with a grant, a business mentor and opportunities to network and work with colleagues at Hull Youth Support Trust.

3) Beyond the Lemonade Stand is a social enterprise, whose mission is to develop a generation of South Africans that believes they are capable of achieving their dreams, not just believes but also acts on it too. The project is run by Thokoza Mjo.

4) Biz Kidz South Africa is supporting enterprise education programmes in the townships and the JCYEB is supporting it with a grant and advice on enterprise skills locally in the Alexandra Township, it is run by Siya Mtshali, founder of Young Minds Group.

Patron announced of Making Changes for Careers Programme.

The Making Changes for Careers ( MC4C) Project, which is part financed by the European Union through the European Social Fund (ESF) and is supported by the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) to extend employment opportunities and develop a skilled workforce, is delighted to announce Adam Corbally as its first Patron.

Adam’s appearances on a number of TV shows, including BBC The Apprentice, has helped to make him a well-known champion of entrepreneurs and young ones in particular. 

Adam found his own way in life, learning as he went and quickly carving out a serious career as a businessman, and he is now in the position to pass on that knowledge to young people in Hull.

Councillor Martin Mancey said:

“As a city we are always pleased to work with national ambassadors to support our enterprising young people, and we are delighted to see that Adam Corbally is the new patron of the Making Changes for Careers Programme. 

"We are delighted to be partnered up with Humber Learning Consortium, John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank and the Hull Youth Support Trust to support potential young entrepreneurs."

Adam Corbally said:

“To be asked to support such a unique project is an honour and I look forward to representing their good work in the future.  My motto is that you don’t need a dissertation to be an inspiration and, although I believe education is key, if you aren’t academic you can still be a success.  I feel the Making Changes for Careers Project gives young people the encouragement and belief that being your own boss is possible.”

Mike Thompson, Manager Hull Youth Support Trust and  Chair of Making Changes For Careers Management Committee said:

“We welcome the  opportunity to work with such an inspiring ambassador of the young business community and thank him for his continued support following his involvement in Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull.” 

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The MC4C Project is an exciting new enterprise programme for young people aged 16 to 29 who are not in employment, education or training who would like to start their own business. 

It offers young people training in the ‘Big 13’ Enterprise Skills, as well as offering them the opportunity to apply to the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank for funding to develop their business ideas and get access to Hull's new youth enterprise centre run by the Hull Youth Support Trust.

Young people also have the opportunity to access an experienced business mentor who will be on hand to offer expert advice and guidance, as well as taking part in the, Greenpower Trust supported, Project Blyth in which young people learn key STEM as well as Enterprise skills and the chance to build and drive an electric car as well access new technology based programmes.