Co-operative sponsor for Global Entrepreneurship Week

With just over three weeks to go until Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010, Hull City Council has attracted support from another big organisation. The UK's fifth largest retailer and banker, the Co-operative Group, have signed up to be a platinum sponsor and will part fund two events during the week in November. This includes the primary school event and an enterprise masterclass for over 16s.

Len Wardle, Chair of the Co-operative, who will attend events during the week, said:

"The Co-operative Group is delighted to sponsor and support this exciting initiative in Hull. The society and its family of businesses has a long association with enterprise around the world and hopes that Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull is a great success, especially as more and more young people are considering the co-operative model of business.

"As part of our support to youth enterprise in Hull, there is also the opportunity for us to get involved with the local community. Our staff are planning on going out into schools with the Hull Ready Team to meet children and young people, which will be really rewarding for them as well as linking to Andrew Marvell School which is supported by the society."

The council is working with Force-7 to deliver a week full of enterprising events for children and young people across the city from 15 - 19 November. The week is all about embracing innovation, imagination and creativity. It showcases enterprise and opens up new opportunities for young people across Hull, the UK and the world. Already Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010 has secured financial support from a range of companies and organisations, including St Stephen’s shopping centre.

Maureen Foers OBE, Yorkshire's Women's Enterprise Champion and Chair of Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership said:

“We are delighted that the Co-operative has come onboard to support this exciting week to show how enterprising our young people are. Their support will enable us to bring the aims of the co-operative movement to young people.

“The support of the Co-operative clearly demonstrates that Hull is able to attract, because of its status as Europe's second most enterprising place, people who want to help its enterprising young people to dream dangerously.”

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