Youth Enterprise Awards 2014 - Shortlist

Over 50 nominations for individuals and organisations have been submitted for the Hull Youth Enterprise Awards 2014.The awards are organised Hull City Council, in partnership with the John Cracknel Youth Enterprise Bank. This year’s awards winners will be announced by Diana Johnson MP in Global Entrepreneurship Week at the Guildhall in November.

1 The shortlisted nominations for most enterprising Primary School in Hull sponsored by St Stephens are Marfleet, Gillshill Primary, Victoria Dock Primary, Stockwell Primary School and Ainthorpe Primary.

2 The shortlisted nominations for most enterprising Secondary School in Hull sponsored by Culture Creativity Place are Malet Lambert, 14-16 College (Hull College), Hymers College, Archbishop Sentamu and Sirius Academy.

3 The shortlisted nominations for most enterprising Teacher in Hull sponsored by Cityworks are Stephen Logan of Malet Lambert School, Denham Kite of Victoria Dock School, Katrina Johnson of Archbishop Sentamu Academy Nikki Pearson of Stockwell Primary, Darren Storrer 14-16 College (Hull College),

4 The shortlisted nominations for the business/organisation that has done the most to promote enterprise in a sustainable way sponsored by John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank are KC, Engaging Education, Hull Daily Mail, For Entrepreneurs Only and Sangwin Group

5 The nominations for person that has done the most to support enterprise in Hull sponsored by Hull City Council are Maureen Foers, Janet Brumby, Mike Notarantonio, Stephen Logan and Nick Sangwin

6 The nominations for The Sheila Waudby Young Entrepreneur of Year sponsored by Hull City Council are Loui Fowler of Triple R Banners , Katie Norman of Labrascals, Josh Robinson, Louise Upfold, Evie Molloy,

7. The nominations for Teen Entrepreneur of Year sponsored by EYMS are Tyrone Harrison, Loui Fowler of Triple R Banners, Josh Robinson and Harry Hopkins

Thomas Arran, Young Entrepreneur of the Year 2013, said: 

"It was a great honour last year to be announced as Hull's Young Entrepreneur of the Year.

"I have enjoyed my year acting as ambassador for Hull going to both Buckingham Palace and Downing Street and hope to continue to do so in the future.

"I am pleased that this year over 50 individuals and organisations have received nominations and I look forward to the announcement of the well deserved winners in Global Entrepreneurship Week so they can get recognition for the enterprising work they do in the city and continue to act as ambassadors for the city.

"I am particularly pleased that this year there is a new award for Teen Entrepreneur."

Claire Young Patron 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 and Humberside."

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Royal visit to look at Hull’s approach to youth entrepreneurship

HRH The Duke of York, KG will be visiting Hull on Wednesday October 1 to encourage young people in the city to develop their enterprising ideas.

The Duke will hear more about the work of the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership and its various groups, such as The John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, ‘Be Enterprising Group’ of teachers, Hull’s young entrepreneurs group and the £5 Blossom programme.

His Royal Highness will have the opportunity to meet pupils from Malet Lambert School, Sirius Academy and Gillshill Primary School, who will be developing an App of Hull’s new Enterprise Trail board game. The young entrepreneurs have previously presented to both Lord Young as part of his review into enterprise education and to Buckingham Palace. The Duke will also meet some of Hull's young entrepreneurs who are supporting enterprising pupils in schools.

The Duke takes an active interest in supporting and promoting youth entrepreneurship and was keen to meet some of Hull's enterprising young people following their visit to Buckingham Palace in June. The group of young entrepreneurs presented him with a copy of the Enterprise Trail board game that illustrates the support available to enterprising young people in the city.

The Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership with its various sub groups was launched in 2003. Comprising a group of more than 200 passionate individuals they have come together with the objective of motivating, educating, inspiring and supporting the development of both existing and new enterprises. Their primary aim is to develop an enterprise culture amongst young people through the use of the Big 13 Enterprise Skills and to help those that want to develop their enterprising idea.

Speaking as co-founder of the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, Maureen Foers OBE, said:

“We were delighted when The Duke expressed an interest in meeting us to find out more about what we are doing in this area.

“There has never been a more critical need for inspirational, positive and energetic teachers and entrepreneurs to work together to inspire young people to be more enterprising.

“We are very proud to have supported over 300 young people with grants and mentor support over the last 10 years.

Jane Disbery, Headteacher of Malet Lambert School, said:

"It will be an immense privilege to welcome His Royal Highness to Malet Lambert School.

“The school strongly supports the development of entrepreneurs, and believes that entrepreneurship is key to the development and growth of our region.

“We have nurtured a number of teen entrepreneurs such as the Green Queens, Loui Fowler and Harry Hopkins working with the wonderful people in the partnership who are always willing to support our pupils and other schools."

Ross Bennett of Engaging Education and Chair of Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership, said:

“We are delighted that His Royal Highness is taking the time and trouble to come and meet those involved in the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership and the enterprising young people that we deliver activities and programmes to.

"We know The Duke is very knowledgeable about the youth enterprise agenda and has shown a particular interest in how young people get support across Yorkshire.

“We are pleased to receive support from other organisations, such as ‘Ready Unlimited’ from Rotherham, the University of Huddersfield who have an internationally recognised enterprise programme and the Nominet Trust, who he is working with on their joint iDEA programme to promote digital skills.”

Engaging Education commissioned to support @GEW2014

In order to achieve another high profile campaign before and during Global Entrepreneurship Week, the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership have appointed young entrepreneurs Engaging Education to lead on its campaign to promote the week because of its 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 said

“Now more than ever, we need fresh thinkers who spot opportunities, apply their talents and overcome obstacles to make their ideas happen, hence Hull gets fully behind this important week and engages with our young entrepreneurs. 

I believe that if we are to engage young people in the enterprise agenda it is essential that we know what they think and that in order to raise finance for the weeks activities in Hull I am pleased to see that the organisers have developed a high profile campaign to attract support through Engaging Education."

Johnny Wootton Director of Engaging Education  

"We are delighted to be appointed by 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 2014, and to lead on their campaign to attract high profile speakers and finance for the week whilst working with GH Events and Thomas Arran Photography.

We have already established a twitter account with over 1,000 followers and a new websitewww.gewhull.co.uk and have made contact with over 200 businesses in the City to seek their support.

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 so I urge the City to get behind the Week of activities and if any one wishes to sponsor the week then please contact us now"

Hannah Crookes Vice Chair Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership

"I am pleased to see that the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership has commissioned young entrepreneurs Engaging Education to raise the profile of Global Entrepreneurship Week in Hull amongst young people and the business community.

Global Entrepreneurship Week embraces big issues like innovating out of the recession, low carbon technologies and sustainable growth. It puts Hull at the heart of global exchange, global trade and builds a culture of global ambition in Hull and the Humber in particular and the UK in general."


Further Information - Contact Charles Cracknell 07990 510211 

A] Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership is made up of 60 private public and voluntary organisations set up to support the City's enterprising young people

B] GEW 2014 is taking place between 17th and the 21st November in Hull

C] Global Entrepreneurship Week is a worldwide movement of entrepreneurial people, which will see millions unleashing their ideas and turning them into reality.

D] Websites WWW.gewhull.co.uk  and www.gew.org.uk

Further success for young entrepreneur Katie Norman

A young entrepreneur from Hull has been shortlisted in the Lloyds Bank National Enterprise Awards 2014 for her hands-on scientific entertainment company, Lab Rascals www.labrascals.co.uk

Student Katie Norman set up the independent business in 2013 after conducting research into her idea of science parties for children aged between 5-14 at the University of Hull, and now successfully hosts a number of workshops across schools in Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. 

Katie had been shortlisted from hundreds of applications from the top student and graduate entrepreneurs in the country in order to compete for a share of £50,000 cash investment and two year mentoring programme. 

Katie said: “I am really pleased to be shortlisted for the Lloyds national Enterprise Awards and am looking forward to the next stages in September and October, over the last year my business has grown from strength to strength and I have received support from many organisations involved in the youth enterprise agenda in Hull.

“I set up Lab Rascals in order to demonstrate that science can be fun and is about exploring the world around us by investigating and experimenting. I want to help inspire more children to take an active interest in STEM (science, technology, engineering and maths) by offering a range of hands-on interactive science parties, workshops and festival entertainment.”

During her Masters Degree in Chemistry at the University of Hull, Katie’s research highlighted the demand for science parties and the need for more STEM outreach and support for primary schools. Since conducting the research she began offering science parties and workshops, alongside training days for primary school teachers to help tackle any issues they may have when delivering science lessons in school and provided them with a support network of experts in the STEM fields.

Ruth Badger, Patron of Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership, said:

Since my appearance in the BBC Apprentice Series I have met a number of great young entrepreneurs in Hull and Katie follows in that tradition. During the last year I have watched her grow in stature and become a great young entrepreneur who fully deserves this recognition, and I and my fellow Patrons will be hoping that she wins the final prize to move her business on to the next level.

The Grand Final will take place in Edgbaston on Wednesday, October 15. An expert business panel including Tim Campbell, former Apprentice winner and founder of the Bright Ideas Trust – will judge the finalists.

Councillor Martin Mancey, Portfolio Holder at Hull City Council, said:

We would like to congratulate Katie on her success after receiving yet more national recognition for her fantastic entrepreneurial skills and innovative business idea, Lab Rascals.

After being shortlisted for the Great British Entrepreneurs Awards 2013 and winning the Shell LiveWIRE Award earlier this year, we now wish her the best of luck for the Lloyds Bank National Enterprise Awards 2014 and hope she can once again prove to the judges how passionate she is in order to take the next step towards building her empire.

“Katie is an exceptional young businesswoman who has brought science and fun together for adults and young people alike and she should be applauded for remarkable achievements so far which is not only great news for Lab Rascals, but for the city as well.”

Further Information

1) Katie is a member of the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank panel and is the  northern commissioner for the national youth agency commission into youth entrepreneurship. Where she assist new business start-ups and researches into how to help more youths set-up and succeed in business. 

2) Katie has also invented a new green energy board game with a group of year 9 school children from Malet Lambert School and young entrepreneurs Engaging Education  the  aim of this project is to educate children about renewable energy sources, alongside how to conduct market research and product design. She is aiming to get this game on the market after the successful pilot study at the big bang fair2014. 

3) Due to the positive feedback and the success of this product she is planning to run more science and enterprising projects in the future. Enterprising and STEM areas are becoming  more vital for the economy growth of the city, therefore she hopes to inspire many children into these areas.

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Hull Global Entrepreneurship Week 2014 @GEW2014

Message from Cllr Mary Glew - Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull

I am delighted to give my backing to Global Entrepreneurship Week 2014
Now in its sixth year, Global Entrepreneurship Week brings together university students, school pupils, teachers, entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, employees, non-profit organisations and many others to celebrate and promote entrepreneurship across the globe. And this global movement is growing every year, with more and more countries and organisations involved. We want to make the next decade the most dynamic and entrepreneurial in Hulls history.
The work carried out by the Hull Youth Enterprise Partnership will help us achieve this, and is testament to the dedication across the City to support and encourage young people to get involved with enterprise and entrepreneurship.
I am particularly pleased that as part of Hull's Global Entrepreneurship Week Celebrations that at the start of November the City will see a special £5 Blossom celebration with schools and apprentices across the City developing ideas to make their business loans grow and which will see the profits shared between the schools and apprentices, the city's Be Enterprising Group and my own charities this year which are the Preston Road Women’s Centre, the Teenage Cancer Unit at Castle Hill hospital and Matthews Hub.

I wish everyone involved every success for the week and beyond.

DAY ONE: Monday 17th November 2014 MAKE YOUR MARK CHALLENGE
The Make Your Mark Challenge was a local challenge whereby Hull secondary schools were invited to seek funding from the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank to run an enterprise day and to host the event to launch the city's new youth enterprise strategy and action plan. The winner of this years challenge was East Hull School Malet Lambert who will be working with young entrepreneurs Engaging Education on an exciting day for over 100 students from the school.

As part of the day there will be a challenge set and on hand for advice will be local business people, but the final presentations will be down to the groups themselves, the winner being chosen by a panel of judges looking for the most convincing business.



DAY TWO: Tuesday 18th November 2014 HULL HOOK UP



This will be a link up with The Hook Up Dinner in South Africa with the support of Hull based telecommunications company KC who will be hosting Hull based young entrepreneurs, business representative, pupils from local schools and individuals who support Hull's enterprising young people with a similar group in South Africa the idea of such an event held in Global Entrepreneurship Week came about after the visit of South African entrepreneur Selebogo Molfe to Hull during Business Week for the Youth Enterprise Summit.

DAY THREE: Wednesday 19th November 2014 HULL APP CHALLENGE
This years primary school enterprise event is sponsored by Malet Lambert School and Engaging Education and pupils will be expected to demonstrate knowledge of the Big 13 Enterprise Skills.
Planning, promotion and delivery are all essential qualities in running a successful newspaper; this year’s primary enterprise event will see pupils get the chance to develop an App to promote the City which could be linked to City of a Culture 2017, local sport or Hull as an energy city. Part of the day will see representatives from Mail, News & Media on hand to judge the best ideas whilst also outlining how a modern day newspaper uses new technology from Twitter to Facebook and websites to short video clips to tell the news?
Watching closely will be guest speaker Claire Young, finalist from the BBC’s The Apprentice programme, who will go on to tell the young people about her journey in business and give advice on how to design an App. The winners on the day will be presented with vouchers presented by local businesses that are supporting the day.
DAY FOUR: Thursday 20th November 2014
A) FINAL BADGERS SETT ENTERPRISE CHALLENGE 2014



The winners of each of the three sections of the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge (Primary, Secondary and Post 16) www.hullbadgers.co.uk get to compete against each other to double their original winnings, this years panel will include Mike Pennington MD of Mail, News & Media, last years winner Harry Hopkins, Nick Page, Commercial Director of Swift Group and Ruth Badger herself.

B) POST-16 ENTERPRISE MASTERCLASS
Many of the 16-18 year olds taking part in this Masterclass will already have some idea what their future directions will be, but one person capable of perhaps making them think again will be no-nonsense, straight talking Ruth Badger, international business guru and runner-up in the 2006 The Apprentice competition, as well as giving the young people the benefit of her experience in the world of business.
Ruth will be heading up the Badger’s Sett, a panel of judges and examining in detail the results of a group activity, to come up with a new internal design for a caravan following a challenge set by Swift Caravans, once they have come up with their idea they will have to present them in a concise presentation to a panel that includes Nick Page the Commercial Director of Swift Group

The young people will also hear from young entrepreneurs including Princes Trust Ambassador, Gina Moffatt from London, who will outline her enterprise journey.
DAY FIVE: Friday 21st November 2014
A) SECONDARY SCHOOL ENTERPRISE MASTERCLASS
Bringing the week to a close is our Secondary Enterprise Masterclass, which will again see young people taking on a practical task set by local company The Sangwin Group before pitching it to Ruth Badger and fellow judges in the Badger’s Sett.
Further stimulation is guaranteed with a wide ranging group of speakers which include several local entrepreneurs including Harry Hopkins of Hull Top Trips and Katie Norman of Labrascals, plus the Lord Mayor of Hull Cllr Mary Glew, the High Commissioner of Mauritius Abhimanu Kudasamy, Andy Pickles of Jive Bunny fame and MD of U-explore and of course, Ruth Badger herself.



B) AWARDS AND CELEBRATION EVENING

Don’t miss out on our end-of-the week Awards and Celebration Evening of fun, food and live music at The Guildhall with well known local band The Skylarks. During the evening The Lord Mayor Mary Glew and Diana Johnson MP will be presenting our Annual Awards. This year’s awards are:-
1) Most enterprising Primary School in Hull 2014
2) Most enterprising Secondary School in Hull 2014
3) The business that has done the most to promote an enterprise culture in the city 2014
4) The Sheila Waudby Young Entrepreneur Year 2014
5) Most Enterprising teacher 2014
6) John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Award
7) Lee Creamer Youth Enterprise Leadership Award
8) The Sheila Waudby Teen Entrepreneur Year 2014

Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge 2014

The Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge supported by Hull City Council and Ruth Badger is open to young people aged 24 or under, and has three age ranges - Primary Schools, Secondary Schools and Post 16 - individuals or groups may apply.

Candidates must be living in Hull or the East Riding and have an enterprising idea such as a new business idea, a co-operative, a community enterprise project or an enterprising school or college project. The deadline for entries is 1st October 2014. The winners of each section will get the opportunity to pitch at Global Entrepreneurship Week to double their winnings against a panel chaired by Ruth Badger.

Prize money for the winners of each section is as follows:
Primary School section up to £500
Secondary School section up to £750
Post 16 - Business idea for 16 - 24 year olds up to £1,200 

Harry Hopkins Malet Lambert School winner Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge 2013, said:

"I was really pleased to win the Badgers Sett Enterprise Challenge 2013 with my idea of a card game linked to City of Culture 2017 it has encouraged me to take my idea further and I now have a website that I coded my self with the support of Kit Hargreaves of Apple Pear.

"I have since held meetings will people interested in my idea and have spoken at the Yorkshire Youth Enterprise Summit as well as attending No 10 Downing Street to meet Lord Young the Governments Enterprise Champion and am speaking at an event with Ruth Badger and Diana Johnson MP in November.

“There is no doubt without the support of Ruth, I would not have got as far as I have with my business idea."

Councillor Martin Mancey, Portfolio Holder for Energy City, said:

"As a Council we have a real commitment to developing an enterprise culture amongst our young people with the Hull Youth Enterprise a Partnership so they in turn can benefit from future opportunities in our great City.

“I am pleased that once again Ruth has committed to support this enterprise challenge and we look forward to it producing great potential young entrepreneurs like Harry did last year.”

Ruth Badger, added: "I am very passionate about enterprise and ensuring young people have the opportunity to engage in it! Out of all cities and towns in the UK that I work with, I believe that Hull are the best at engaging real entrepreneurs and successful businesses in partnering up with future young entrepreneurs and that is why I set up this competition in your area with the Hull City Council five years ago.

"I want to encourage young people in Hull and the East Riding, an area that I have adopted for its commitment to its enterprising young people, who possibly are not at the stage where they feel can develop their idea on their own or need some extra confidence with financial resource and mentoring."