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Youth Enterprise in Education
The team have recently been linking up with local schools and businesses in a range of exciting enterprise events and activities. Three primary schools, Gillshill, Cavendish and Longhill have all been linked up with a business each in PBS Construction, St Stephen’s and former Hull businessman, Ron Dickinson, who are all partnering their respective schools as part of the Make £5 Blossom project. Each school has been given a loan of £150 by their business mentor and will be looking at ways to turn that into a profit. Gillshill have already taken a group of pupils to St Stephen’s Shopping Centre and they were given a tour of the site by their partner Ruth Truelove, before doing some useful research and purchasing items for their business idea. HEY Children’s University have also been working with Youth Enterprise in delivering some career/entrepreneurship sessions around the Big 13 Skills with the added support of Barclays Eagle Lab team. Each session involved activities around the Big 13 Enterprise Skills and how important they are, the children also had the chance to meet a young entrepreneur, like music producer James Danville and ask them questions about their business. Barclays also delivered some fantastic coding challenges for the children that had them all using many of the skills when creating their own basic video game. Lab Rascals, who are an interactive science entertainment company, recently worked with the Youth Enterprise team to plan and deliver some fantastic science sessions in nine local primary schools and Ganton School. The sessions were specifically linked to the Big 13 enterprises skills and involved building and erupting dry ice volcanoes. The sessions were offered to schools on a first come, first served basis and the interest was high, as they were taken up by the schools very quickly.
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Afternoon Tea with the Lord Mayor of Kingston up Hull
Pupils from Oakfield, Northcott and St Mary's College and young entrepreneur Georgia, joined Councillor Lynn Petrini the Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull and her Consort Graham Petrini and guests in her Parlour for afternoon tea to celebrate them winning the Hull Neurodiversity Image Competition to celebrate the contribution of people from our neurodiversity community that will be exhibited in the Ferens Art Gallery. The competition, which was run by Hull City Council's Youth Enterprise Team and sponsored by the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, attracted over 200 entries. Councillor Lynn Petrini Lord Mayor of Kingston upon Hull said: " It was a pleasure to not only judge but also host this celebration of neurodiversity in the City and I was pleased that pupils and teachers from Oakfield , St Marys College and Northcott could join me for a celebration in the parlour. It was great to meet young entrepreneur Georgia and hear about her enterprising journey. I look forward to seeing all the winning entries in the Ferens Art Gallery later this year and judging the 2023 Competition." Charles Cracknell, Youth Enterprise Manager said: " I was impressed with all the entries of this competition to celebrate neurodiversity in the City and as a judge found it extremely hard to decide on the winners that will be exhibited in Ferens Art Gallery. I was particularly pleased for one of our talented young entrepreneurs Georgia Wormald and her drawing of three images of the same face blending into each other. I was particularly honoured to receive a framed painting by Natty of Northcott School for my office so I always remember how important are young people with neurodiversity."
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New Vice Presidents for John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank
Dr. Nabil Shalaby
Jackie Frost
Dr. Nabil Shalaby the founder and chairman at Arab Entrepreneur House (ARENHO) consulting firm, cofounder of Delta Technopreneurs Association (DTA) in Egypt is to become a new Vice-President of John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank. He was the advisor of the small industries committee at the Federation of Egyptian Industries (FEI), the director of the first SMEs development centre in Saudi Arabia, and helped establish 16 similar SME centres in the Gulf region. Tony Robinson Patron of the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank said: "We are so pleased that Nabil is to become another one of our overseas Vice Presidents; he has a wealth of experience in supporting Micro businesses and will be a fantastic asset to the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank." Dr. Nabil Shalaby said: "I was delighted to be approached to be a Vice President of JCYEB and am looking forward to learning more about its work in Hull and the East Riding, as well as across the World. I’ve followed their endeavours in Hull for youth entrepreneurship, and admired their inspirational spirit and I look forward to supporting young people in Hull."
Jackie Frost, former Youth Enterprise Manager at Rotherham Metropolitan Council is to become a Vice President of the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank. Jackie who has moved to Cornwall in her retirement has always had an interest in what happens in Hull. Jackie helped establish a number of Youth Enterprise Centres in Rotherham and was responsible for helping Hull to secure funding to establish the Big 13 Enterprise Skills in the city through the JCYEB and establish the £5 Blossom project. Jackie Frost said: "I am particularly looking forward to reading and supporting the business plans produced by the young people who are starting their enterprising journey. I’m also looking forward to working with Mike and Charles again as well as catching up with old friends Tony Robinson and Andy Penaluna. Charles Cracknell Youth Enterprise Manager said: "Jackie has a fantastic reputation for supporting young entrepreneurs in South Yorkshire and was awarded the Queens Award for Enterprise Promotion for her work in 2009. Jackie's experience and knowledge will be a great asset to the JCYEB and she will continue her commitment to young entrepreneurs."
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A message from…. Marc Ortmans - Chair Global Enterprise Network and a Vice President of John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank. It’s tough for young people right now. If you opt for further education, you leave with a debt and there are few well paid jobs on offer. Recent times haven’t made it easier - Brexit, the pandemic, and now massive increases in the cost of living and energy. Being an entrepreneur isn’t easy either, but it does provide opportunities to ‘make a job, not take a job’ and a real way to follow your passion. It’s not for everyone, but for those that choose it and face the challenges of learning how to run a business, it can be rewarding. You will experience moments of setback and failure on your journey, but perseverance often leads to success. Above all, entrepreneurs experience a real sense of purpose to their life that will get you leaping out of bed every morning. Getting started needs commitment and those that succeed didn’t do it by doing everything by themselves. They found support - mentors, advisors, members of the community that provide invaluable experience and most importantly, believe in you. So, if you choose to start your own business seek out your A team of supporters. Having seen many start-ups succeed and fail, my advice is never walk alone.
A call for Mentors…. Who are the mentors? Mentors are volunteers drawn from across the UK and beyond. They are experienced and knowledgeable people who can offer general and specific insight to support our enterprising young people. They may have a background in education, local government, or industry, and many are, or have been, self-employed businesspeople.
What are the expectations from a mentor? To be genuinely invested in the success of young people, to provide guidance while respecting and empowering young people to decide their own path. How much of a time commitment will be needed? We understand that our mentors are volunteering their free time to support enterprising young people and as such do not require a large time commitment. There is no minimum or maximum amount of time you can spend helping your mentee. Could you become a mentor to a young entrepreneur? Making Changes for Careers are looking for mentors to support the young people on their programme. Please register your interest at
youth.enterprise@hullcc.gov.uk
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A view from Wales by Andy Penaluna As some will know, here in Wales we are lucky enough to have enterprise in our national school curriculum, and our teacher training started in 2009-10. After 12 years of experience we have learned many things, not least of which is the impact that our teachers have had on their learners. Our trainee teachers have come from many backgrounds and teach in many areas. Yes, we have school teachers, college lecturers and university lecturers amongst our alumni, but we also have end of life specialists, prison youth educators and sustainability teachers, and they all share their enthusiasm. Perhaps less well known is the impact that pupils who have enjoyed the enterprising learning can have on teachers new to the topic. University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s International Institute for Creative Entrepreneurial Development (IICED) have recently led a 56-country teacher training pilot called EntreCompEdu for the European Commission, to develop the enterprise skills of educators. The first pilot ‘whole school’ was Dafen School in Llanelli. It struck us that who better to teach the teachers than the pupils themselves, so that’s exactly what happened. The approach has struck a chord with others around the world, and as can be seen in the Listening out beyond Hull picture, Prof Simon Mac from Texas even brought his own students along. Never underestimate the power of pupils who have learned to be enterprising!
In Hull, we are proud over the years to have established partnerships with areas across the Country and the World in order to help us develop our own eco-system. One of the people we have worked with to promote the importance of enterprise skills and youth entrepreneurship is Andy Penaluna who is based at the University of Wales and worked closely with Welsh Assembly Government. Andy has worked internationally on both enterprise and entrepreneurship education onbehalf of the European Commission. We were extremely honoured when he agreed to be a Vice-President of the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank.
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In The Spotlight… Hull Miniverse James Griffin Alistair Nicholson
The global 3D printing market was valued at nearly $14 billion in 2021 and is expected to expand by 20% annually to 2030. Two people who want to take advantage of this market growth are James Griffin and Alistair Nicholson. Together they have set up Hull Miniverse, making 3D “minis” of characters for wargamers. Virtually anything can be made by their chosen printer. A recent meeting of The John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank awarded them money to buy a 3D printer. This has allowed them to invest in not only a larger printer, but one that works faster, allowing their business to produce more products for customers, in a faster time, all of which should eventually mean, more profit.
Since the Bank’s award, they have registered their business with HMRC and opened a business bank account. As you’ll see from the picture, they’ve linked up with Professor of Creative Entrepreneurship and JCYEB Honorary Vice-President, Andy Penaluna, to learn about effective licensing of their own designs, as well as ensuring licences are in place to allow them to reproduce others’ copyrighted product lines. And they’ve paid a visit to the people at Makerspace at Hull Libraries to learn more about this growing world of 3D print. With support from MC4C advisors, the Youth Bank and professionals within the community, business dreams can and do come true.
Visit to sunny Scarborough Freya, one of the MC4C participants had the opportunity to visit the Cuphouse gaming café and Explore indie/Grind café in Scarborough. Freya was awarded a test market grant from the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank to carry out further market research. Thanks to Tony Robinson OBE’s recommendations, Freya found the trip insightful. “It was great visiting the Cuphouse, I got to see that I can start off small and expand. Also speaking to other Game shop owners, gave me the opportunity to see that I need to think about what customers would want to pay for and not just what games I like to play. Seeing the independent sellers at the Explore indie café gave me the idea that my Gaming shop could also provide a space for other entrepreneurs to sell their products. I will definitely be visiting again.” Tony Robinson OBE said: “I realise that Freya has big plans for a gaming centre but I think the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank’s supporting some research into small start-ups will be really helpful to her.”