YOUTH ENTERPRISE & MICROBUSINESS NEWSLETTER EDITION 10 - 2022
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Hull City Council’s Team Awarded Regional Title for Supporting Small Businesses in #GEW20022 The Hull City Council Youth Enterprise Team has just been awarded a prestigious ‘best in the region’ award for its support for the local small business community. The team was among 250 councils in England who entered the inaugural Local Government awards run by Britain’s biggest business representation group, and it emerged triumphant in the Covid Response regional category.
The Youth Enterprise team supported 300 young people under the age of 29, raised critical funds, and recruited 80 volunteer mentors to help early and young start-ups who were part of the #ExcludedUK community. Councillor Mike Ross, Leader of Hull City Council said: “This award is recognition for the tremendous hard work of the team who went the extra mile to help so many young people in industry during the extremely challenging period of the pandemic. Without their efforts many of those young people would have been left with no support at all." Councillor Paul Drake-Davis said "The Covid-19 pandemic was the most challenging time for all of us, including many young people who were trying to start their own entrepreneurial journeys. This award is so richly deserved for the outstanding care and support the team provided.“ Becca Pettman, owner of Gray Rose Boutique said: “My mentor Charles and the rest of the Youth Enterprise team checked in regularly to ensure we were ok. They gave me encouragement and linked me up with other young people in the same situation. They ensured my business was ready to trade when we could open again.“ Paula Gouldthorpe, FSB Development Manager for South and East Yorkshire and the Humber said: “It is really pleasing to see Hull City Council’s Youth Enterprise Team rewarded for their consistent hard work and effort to help young people and their businesses through what has been a very challenging couple of years.
Both the quality and quantity of entries from this region and beyond was incredibly high so Hull City Council should feel very proud to be among the winners. We look forward to continuing to work with them – and seeing more good work from the team that clearly does an incredible job to inspire young people and support those new to starting up”
YOUTH ENTERPRISE & MICROBUSINESS NEWSLETTER EDITION 10 - 2022
What is Global Entrepreneurship Week? Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) is a massive campaign to celebrate and empower enterprising people in every country and community around the world. Each November, 10 million people take part in tens of thousands of activities, competitions and events that inspire them to act and provide them with the knowledge, experience and connections they need to succeed. In Hull we encourage young people, teachers and those that support enterprising young people to share their experiences and take part in events and competitions in order to showcase the Youth Enterprise eco system in the city. This year was very special as it was the first one, we had held in person since 2019, due to Covid. While GEW only takes place one week each year, the connections made are long-lasting. It is through GEW that Hull has youth enterprise links in South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Egypt and Australia. Charlene Porteous Youth Enterprise Advisor at MC4C said: “Global Entrepreneurship Week is a great opportunity for me to outline what I do in promoting the Big 13 Enterprise Skills to aspiring young entrepreneurs and those seeking work and to help showcase some of the inspirational young entrepreneurs that I have worked with.”
Adam Corbally video enterprise Challenge winners! Part of Global Entrepreneurship Week was the Adam Corbally Video Enterprise Challenge, which was opened to young people aged 16-29 who live in Hull, Ryedale or the East Riding. Current or aspiring young entrepreneurs had to submit up to a two-minute video pitch. The winner was announced at the Awards Evening. This year’s joint winners were Cloie Hockney and her clothing business, Cloie Couture and Erunse Idemudia with his Ice Tea business, Tea Branch. They will receive mentoring support for at least one year from Adam and a grant from the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank. Watch Erunse’s video Watch Cloie’s video
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Make it Happen Primary School Enterprise Event…
During Global Entrepreneurship Week, 160 primary school pupils with their teachers from Oldfleet, Longhill, Gillshill, Cavendish, Adelaide, Paisley, Thorpepark, Spring Cottage, Eastfield, Biggin Hill and Maybury attended this enterprise event at The Guildhall, with former BBC Apprentice, Adam Corbally, and specialist education company, Engaging Education, as well as Youth Enterprise Ambassadors. Pupils undertook a range of activities that taught them about the Big 13 Enterprise Skills and how to plan an event at Craven Park. Six shortlisted teams got the chance to pitch their ideas to a group of judges including Youth Enterprise Ambassadors, Sammy Gibson and James Danville.. The winners of each pitch won cash prizes from sponsors • • • • • •
1st Prize £250 sponsored by John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank went to a team from Gillshill 2nd Prize £200 sponsored by Hull City Council went to went to a team from Thorpepark 3rd Prize £150 sponsored by Hull Culture and Leisure Ltd went to a team from Cavendish 4th Prize £100 sponsored by Engaging Education went to a team from Biggin Hill 5th Prize £100 sponsored by T Arran Photography went to a team from Adelaide 6th Prize £100 sponsored by DBNT Music Tutoring went to a team from Maybury
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Make £5 blossom Launch… Global Entrepreneurship Week saw the launch of make £5 blossom. At this event, groups of pupils meet up for the first time with their volunteer businesses who they will be working with on their enterprise project over the next five months. As part of £5 Blossom, each school is loaned £150 from their business partner and encouraged to make it grow, whilst learning about the Big 13 Enterprise Skills. At the end of the programme on 21st March 2023, the schools taking part will present what they have done on their enterprising journey to an invited audience including the Lord Mayor of Hull, in the Guildhall and outline what they will be doing with the profits they make. 50% of the profits will be donated to Joy for Joel a charity that is supporting a young person with Duchenne. The schools involved in this year’s £5 Blossom are Eastfield Primary, St Mary’s College, Frederick Holmes School, Cavendish Primary, Longhill Primary, Stockwell Academy, Priory Primary, Gillshill Primary, Rise Academy and Northcott School. The volunteer businesses supporting them are Ron Dickinson, PBS Construction, St Stephen’s, Danny Barker Music, Roche Civil Engineering, Working for Health, AB Rooms, Brown Sugar, MJC Blanks & Vinyl, Mini Athletics. Mike Notarantonio Youth Enterprise Officer said: “We are looking forward to seeing how they go about making their £150 grow, as well as finding out from the young people which of the Big 13 Enterprise Skills they use on their enterprising journey and how much we raise for Joy for Joel. If you wish to be invited to the celebration event in April, just get in touch with the team.”
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Celebration of Big 13 Enterprise Skills This event celebrated Hull’s work in promoting the Big 13 Enterprise Skills, illustrating how they are aiding the ambitions of our aspiring young entrepreneurs and developing pupils’ understanding of enterprise skills, The invited audience was from the area’s business, educational and civic communities as well as from York Spark and also Yorkshire in Business, based in Scarborough. The event featured young entrepreneurs who took part in MC4C’s programme, enterprising pupils from Gillshill Primary School and sixth formers from Blue Ceramics, a business set up by Ganton School. The event also featured two guest speakers - Adam Corbally, former BBC Apprentice and Patron of MC4C and Iona Bain, award winning speaker, author, writer and broadcaster, who is on a mission to help young people to get to grips with personal finance. The audience also heard from the UK Intellectual Property Office on how to spot fake products and services and how to protect a business idea. Some of MC4C’s young entrepreneurs, had stalls in the Reception Room – businesses that Hull City Council and the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank have supported. At the end of the event, it was announced that Gillshill Primary and Ganton School’s Blue Ceramics were to be given £250 from the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank to support their enterprise activities Emma Hardy MP said: “It was great to attend the Celebration of Big 13 Enterprise Skills as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week this morning at the Guildhall. I’m a strong believer that education should be broad and focus on developing the whole person, rather than just a narrow range of academic subjects. That’s why The Big 13 Enterprise Skills is such a good initiative, as it provides the skills young people need to be successful in school, work, home and business. It was brilliant to see and hear how these skills have been implemented in schools in Hull and we even got the chance to test our own ability at these skills in team building exercises.”
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Annual Youth Enterprise Awards Evening
The Annual Global Entrepreneurship Week Celebration Event was held at the Guildhall; it was our first in-person celebration since 2019 and so there was a great atmosphere with people catching up to celebrate Hull’s Youth Enterprise Ecosystem. The evening involved good food and company and saw the announcement of our Annual Awards winners, followed by dancing led by Sue Brummitt and the ‘Gillshill Gang’! We had a number of fund-raising activities including tombola, Heads and Tails and an auction for great prizes to support Action for Ashley, a young man with Duchenne and Joy for Joel, our chosen charities. The evening raised just under £3000. We also presented Emma Hardy MP with a portrait of her, commissioned by the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, by local artist Mary Wells, in recognition of her support for the cause of #ExcludedUK and enterprising young people, both inside and outside Parliament. We also gave a donation to the Lord Mayor’s Christmas Tree Appeal.
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Winners from the Annual Youth Enterprise Awards Evening The winners of this year’s awards received them from The Lord Mayor of Hull, Cllr Christine Randall and Emma Hardy MP and though a sad occasion, we were pleased to present for the first year, the Malcolm Scott Award for the business that has done the most to support enterprising young people. Another highlight was the presenting of the Jane Disbrey most Enterprising Student Award by four former pupils of Jane’s, all of whom now run their own businesses. • • • • • • •
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The Sheila Waudby Young Entrepreneur of the Year went to Sammy Gibson The Most Enterprising School of the Year went to Ganton School The Most Enterprising Tutor of the Year went to Judith Meza MC4C The Most Enterprising Project of the Year went to Hull College Carriage 58 The MC4C Student of the Year went to Georgia Wormald The Mentor of the Year went to Mike Melvin The Malcolm Scott Award for the Business Supporting Youth Enterprise went to Hull Culture and Leisure Ltd The Global Entrepreneurship Week Champion Award went to Marc Ortmans of GENUK The John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Award 2022 went to Paul Birch The Youth Enterprise Champion 2022 went to Adam Corbally The Nadine Fudge One to Watch Award went to James Danville The Jane Disbrey Most Enterprising Student Award went to Luke Garner
The #GEWMemories best tweet to promote enterprise went to East Riding Hub School and they won £250 for their Business Enterprise Project in Life Long Learning for tweets featuring two of their pupils products – Charlie for his Santa Sack and Sam for his Christmas decorations.
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Youth Enterprise Winter wonderland! After a successful Open Day during summer, we are delighted to bring back the event. This time with a winter spin. If you’re looking for Christmas gift ideas for your loved ones, this is the perfect place to find it. Many of the young entrepreneurs offer personalised products. We invite you to come along and meet the Youth Enterprise Team to find out what we do to support Hull's enterprising young people as well as have the opportunity to meet some of the young entrepreneurs. You will also get to enjoy some festive refreshments. The event will take place on Friday 9th December 1pm till 4pm at Lillian Bilocca House, Porter Street, Hull, HU1 2RH. For further details Contact: Charles Cracknell charles.cracknell@hullcc.gov.uk or call 01482 616219.
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The John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank has appointed five new Vice-Presidents
The John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank has secured support from Sue Cade, David Fernando and Kevin Gillespie, all friends of Charles, the founder of JCYEB, since their University Days. Sue and David have their own businesses. Over the years, Sue has undertaken proof-reading work for JCYEB and acted as a mentor at the height of Covid. Kevin has worked many years in the charity sector in and around London. William Oxley is a long-standing champion of enterprising young people, both as a mentor and policy adviser in his former role at Yorkshire Forward. Ross Bennett is the founder of Engaging Education in Wakefield and is currently Chair of the Hull and East Riding Youth Enterprise Partnership and the frontman of Global Entrepreneurship Week events in Hull. Tony Robinson OBE, Patron of the John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank, said: “It is always a pleasure to hear from individuals like David, Sue, Ross, William and Kevin, who wish to champion young entrepreneurs and become a Vice-President of the JCYEB. All bring many years’ experience of running a business or a Charity and so will be great assets to the team and I am absolutely positive the young people that they support will learn a lot from them.”