Enterprise recognition for Hull Youth Enterprise and Hull Training from Warwick University

Hull City Councils Youth Enterprise department have been an associate of Warwick Universities CEI for a number of years and expressed the wish some time ago to be assessed as an enterprising and innovative organisation, alongside a CEI award program which is currently being carried out for apprenticeships and primary and secondary schools as part of the City enterprise education agenda. After the visit from two assessors from Warwick University, Youth Enterprise were able to demonstrate the enterprise competence of a local authority department, showing that the public sector can be as enterprising as business.

The recommendation of the assessor is that Youth Enterprise section of Regeneration and Partnerships at Hull City Council will now receive the CEI award for Organisational Innovation and Business Enterprise, therefore the only local authority in the country to get it and that Hull Training will get the Organisational Innovation and Business Enterprise for its Signmaking Apprenticeship Programme.


                                                         Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership Patron, Ruth Badger said




Ruth Badger



“I am delighted that the Department for Youth Enterprise within Regeneration and Partnerships and Hull Training at Hull City Council have been awarded these prestigious awards. Out of all the City’s in the UK this proves how hard Hull works to improve the lives of the young people who live there. The dedication and passion the enterprise and apprenticeship partnerships have in developing young entrepreneurs and apprentices is not only to be admired but to be used as an example of how it should be done. Well done to all involved.”

   Councillor Bayes, Portfolio Holder for Economic Regeneration & Employment said

“Congratulations to the Youth Enterprise and Hull Training teams on this achievement; it really shows that being enterprising in the workplace is happening and this CEI Award acknowledges the fact. The City needs our young people to be enterprising either as apprentices or as entreprenurs, more so in the current climate than ever before, so the Youth Enterprise and apprenticeship support we have in place is crucial and it is important that they practice what they preach”

Craig Grewcock, Warwick University said


"The Department of Youth Enterprise in Hull City Council has been working with the Centre for Education and Industry at the University of Warwick for a number of years, successfully developing and encouraging enterprise education within city primary schools. In recent months it has further supported the University by piloting a new series of awards. Hull Training as part of Hull City Council has now successfully gained the CEI award for Organisational Innovation and Business Enterprise in Apprenticeship Training for its well-regarded Signmaking apprenticeship programme. Additionally, the Department of Youth Enterprise has itself gained a second and overarching award for Organisational Innovation and Business Enterprise. The process has involved detailed analysis of the organisations with the provision of supporting evidence, associated case studies and an action plan for future development.

The University is currently talking to the government Department for Business Innovation and Skills who have expressed a particular interest in this new process and will be illustrating the process using the work which has been done with Hull. It is also hoped that the innovation and enterprise awards will be extended to other apprenticeship programs within the City Youth Enterprise Department”