Leicestershire's Got Enterprising Business Talent 2010
18/12/2009
Leicestershire's Got Enterprising Business Talent 2009
Leicestershire's Got Enterprising Business Talent is a project led by the University of Leicester and supported by Skills for Enterprise. The main objective of this project is to celebrate and raise awareness of local enterprise in the community by working with local organisations and further education centres. We also aim to inspire potential entrepreneurs and increase confidence in the local economy during the current economic climate.
The pilot project last year, which was run by LSEP and supported by Skills for Enterprise, highlighted that it had ‘encouraged local people and youngsters to think and behave in a more enterprising manner in all parts of their life'. Young people involved in the pilot project were ‘surprised by what they had achieved in only a day and found the event very motivating'.
The project this year will involve local organisations and further education colleges/university's holding a series of awareness raising events and a Dragons Den style pitch to a selected panel. The project will then culminate with a final event where the winners from the local events compete for a final cash prize to help fund their business idea.
If you are a local community organisation in the Leicester/Leicestershire area and/or work specifically with young people, the unemployed, individuals suffering from a disability, women or individuals from a minority ethnic background and would like to host an event, please find an application form to tender attached.
Also, as part of the larger enterprise events project Skills for Enterprise will seek delivery of an initiative in conjunction with Leicester Markets targeting, in particular, young people and providing them with the opportunity to ‘test trade'. The target market for this delivery is young people who want to become market traders. A small proportion of the funds available may be directed at offering a small grant payment to cover stock purchase and marketing.
To apply for the Markets Initiative please complete the attached application form and refer to the correct guidlines.
We will require all application forms back by Wednesday 13th January 2010 as we will start running the events before the end of January.
