Cornwall’s Leaders of the Future

A ‘LEADERS of the Future’ Campaign is being backed by Cornwall Chamber of Commerce to ensure schools in Cornwall can better support youngsters to be employable when they leave

Led by Young Enterprise Area Manager Stephanie Anderson, the campaign wants to ensure as many students as possible are given the opportunity to join the YE Company Programme next year as it is an effective springboard to help youngsters achieve success.

The £1,400 Company Programme is made available to mainstream schools nationally for £800, thanks to part funding from HSBC. However, in today’s increasingly uncertain economic climate many schools are now struggling to find the remaining funds necessary to participate.

The YE Cornwall Board is seeking businesses willing to help sponsor a school, to help youngsters grow in confidence and thrive by joining the initiative, which enables students to set up and run their own company.

“It would be wonderful if we could raise £8,000 to support at least 10 schools in Cornwall,” added Mrs Anderson.

In support of the campaign, Kim Conchie, Chief Executive Officer of Cornwall Chamber of Commerce, added: “I have seen Young Enterprise in action for many years and enjoyed the impact it has on the participants and their teachers, friends and families. This scheme will help cement YE’s role in inspiring, retaining, attracting and developing young talented and gifted businesspeople here in The Duchy. In fact, YE does more than develop business skills, it helps create the leading citizens of the future. We need them flourishing in Cornwall!”

To engage students in the Company Programme next September, schools are first being invited to register their interest in the Tenner Challenge 2020, which runs from Monday, 24th February to Friday, 20th March.

Seal Newquay, this year’s winners of the YE Company Programme from Newquay Tretherras School, went on to win the first ever HSBC UK Sustainability Award, 2019.

Company Managing Director Lily Kaye said: “I have learnt so much from being part of the YE programme and made some great friends.”

The team impressed the judges with their potentially sustainable solution to re-using neoprene, which reportedly takes up to 80 years to decompose, making an array of items including school bookbags, bottle covers, mobile phone covers and whiteboard rubbers.

Lily added: “We are the last generation that can solve this environmental problem and we just want to help.”

YE is positioning itself as the leading financial literacy, enterprise and entrepreneurship charity for young people in the UK. Every year YE works with over 250,000 young people, supports over 9,000 teachers in both enterprise and financial education, with the help of more than 7,000 volunteers and 3,500 businesses. Since we were established, over 4 million young people have taken part in Young Enterprise programmes in the UK.

Contact Stephanie at: [email protected]

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