With just over five weeks to go until Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull, the organisers have attracted support from St Stephen's shopping centre, which has become a platinum sponsor for the event. Hull City Council is working with Force-7 to deliver a week full of enterprising events for children and young people across the city from 15 - 21 November.
St Stephen's sponsorship will go towards an event for primary school age pupils to celebrate the Make £5 Blossom scheme, as well as a competition for youngsters to enter their logo designs via Facebook.
Lucy Stabler, Account Director at Force-7, said:
"We are delighted that St Stephen's has come on board to support this exciting week to show how enterprising our young people are. Their support means that the total raised is up to £40,000, which will enable us to put on a range of different events and attract a number of high profile speakers to the week."
Jim Harris, Centre Manager, St Stephen's, said:
"We have been involved with youth enterprise in Hull for the last three years and are really impressed with everything that the team does. There are lots of different opportunities available for young people in Hull and we decided that this year we wanted to become a major sponsor.
"There is also the chance for us to get involved with the local community and our staff have been going out into schools to meet children and young people, which is really rewarding for them."
Global Entrepreneurship 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.
Dave Garbera, Hull's Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2010, said:
"Attracting support from a range of local businesses is great news for raising the profile of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull. It clearly demonstrates that Hull is able to put on a series of activities that is second to none. Hull truly is striving to be a place where entrepreneurs like me are celebrated and recognised as a driving force in our economy, and that our young people play an important part in that."
If any other companies would like to get involved in the week or can offer any sponsorship please contact Charles Cracknell on 612 983.
For more information go to www.youthenterprise-hull.co.uk or www.gew.org.uk.
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