Bronwyn Wilson

15 year old Young Entrepreneur, Bronwyn Wilson, has been given her very own window display at 'The Artbox', Newland Avenue, Hull. Bronwyn was the overall winner at Hull's Badger's Sett competition for the Global Entreprenurship Week November 2010 and received a £1000 business investment from the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank as well as business support and advice from Ruth Badger herself (from BBC's The Apprentice) and Sarah Longthorn from Wedgewelly.


Bronwyn designs and makes her own sewn items, specialising in Business Mascots, as well as Mobile Phone Holders, Cushions, Badges, Pictures and other accessories.
She began her business 'Crazy Critter World' at just 14 and has received help from the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership who have supported her business venture. The window display opens up an opportunity to display her designs to a wider audience and is proving popular already.The display runs until Saturday 12th March
Charles Cracknell, Hull's Youth Enterprise Manager said:

"Bronwyn has impressed everyone with her determination and commitment to making her business work and is a real star - there is no doubt Bronwyn is a trailblazer for other young people aged under 16 to set up their own business in the city of Hull, all of those who have a viable enterprising idea will get support in the city. We are currently asking young people what type of support that they need to develop their ideas and have launched a campaign with some of Hull's young entrepreneurs to ask the High Street Banks to develop a range of products for young entrepreneurs who are aged under 18."

Bronwyn Wilson said:

" I love designing and sewing them, making people smile and bringing a bit of sunshine to a person's day. I'm very grateful to Kirsty for allowing me the opportunity to bring my designs to people's attention. As I'm approaching 16 I'm hoping to take my business further in the near future and am looking forward to having Crazy Critter World running as a successful business"


The owner of The Artbox, artist Kirsty Burnell said:

"I like to take on a variety of artists and crafts-people and I felt Bronwyn's work spoke for itself. The work I display needs to be good quality as well as sale-able and as unique to The Artbox as possible. I felt Bronwyn's work had a uniqueness and quirkiness that would appeal to different age groups. So far they've been popular with the 20-30's as well as students, teenagers and adults alike. The Crazy Critter World designs have a sense of humour and are bright and colourful as gifts"