And the Nominees are....
The Airport Group
The Airport Group is an informal alliance of 13 like-minded, stock transfer housing associations that are committed to working in collaboration on issues of common interest. Together we manage 175,000 social homes across the North West and Pennine regions, home to over 400,000 people, giving the Group unparalleled knowledge of residents’ aspirations. From Liverpool to Bradford and from Preston to Chester the Airport Group operates over nearly 2,000 square miles, providing homes and support services for people; helping some who are the most vulnerable members of our communities. The Airport Group is an illustration of social value in action.
Commentary The following project team delivered this project on behalf of the Airport Group; Amber Shaw Together Housing Group Chris Boynton Wirral Partnership Homes Chris Odell New Charter Housing Trust Jayne Spencer Together Housing Group Jessica Sharply Peaks & Plains Housing Trust Leanne Gleave City West Housing Trust Pete Pealing Peaks & Plains Housing Trust Phil Duffield Wythenshawe Community Housing Group Shaun Breeze Together Housing Group Stephanie Quinn Wythenshawe Community Housing Group Tabby Mansha Trafford Housing Trust Victoria McDowell Wythenshawe Community Housing Group Yasmin Darr Incommunities
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The Day’s Shedule The Date: 10th May 2013 The Venue: Manchester United Old Trafford Stadium The Schedule: 9.30am Young People Arrival 10.00am Engagement with Manchester United Foundation 12.30pm Lunch 1.30pm Young Flyers Awards 2013 2.30pm Certificates and Photographs 3.45pm End of the Awards Ceremony
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Chief Executive Statement
It gives us great pleasure to host the third annual Young Flyers Awards event on behalf of 13 Housing Associations, this time at the prestigious home of Manchester United Football Club. Every candidate nominated for an award has worked extremely hard, shown motivation and dedication to their own development and commitment to their organisation and local community. We are privileged to have these young people working within our communities. All our Dragons and Judges involved this year have been overwhelmed with the high quality of nominations and Enterprise projects received. Each nominee has shown the same excellence across all categories and across all the housing associations. Time after time they remarked what a good spread of candidates they had assessed. It is so encouraging when we have over a million unemployed young people in the UK, all these great young people nominated show so much promise as current or future employees or entrepreneurs . The overall winners had to be brilliant to be placed first, but there were brilliant people who were unplaced. Every nominee must take pride in what they have all achieved as a young person and that someone thought you were worthy of nomination! Finally, we would like to thank our event partners, sponsors, judges compares and Young Flyers project team for their support in making this event successful. Congratulations and well done.
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Sponsors & Partners
Sponsors Wates Group
Manchester United Foundation
Established in 1897, Wates is one of the UK’s largest family-owned construction services and development companies employing over 2,367 people. In 2011 Wates received a Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Development, was the Winner of BITC Company of the Year award and attained Investors in People Gold status.
The Manchester United Foundation works in some of the most disadvantaged areas across Greater Manchester and uses the passion for Manchester United to educate, motivate and inspire young people. We deliver football coaching, skills training, personal development and life changing experiences, providing young people with opportunities to change their lives for the better.
Placefirst Limited
Founded in 2009 following a management buy-out from Tribal Group plc, PlaceFirst is an innovative services and development business. Our services arm focuses on helping public sector clients to unlock difficult development, regeneration and energy projects. Our development arm finances, builds and manages assets in the renewable energy and affordable housing markets. The business works across the UK and holds a position in a number of public private joint venture structures with local authorities and social landlords.
Balco
Balco are market leaders, with their open and glazed balcony systems that are supplied right across Europe. They are proud of their innovative solutions and elegant designs have helped to increase quality of life for a large number of people. They were founded in 1987, they are today present in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany, Holland ,Poland and the UK with 160 employees and a 20% owned by staff and 80% by Sequlah based in Stockholm , Sweden.
In summer 2012 we became a partner and investee company of CT Investment Partners, the venture capital arm of the Carbon Trust. The partnership reflects the shared interests of the two organisations, as well as a pooling of investment capacity and expertise to enable PlaceFirst to grow rapidly within its core markets.
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Comperes
Compere Gordon Keenan
Compere Neil Davidson
Gordon Keenan is a CIH Member & has Diploma in Property Appraisal & a Masters degree in Politics & Economics from Glasgow University. He is also a serving Board Member of Mercian Housing Association in the West Midlands. He has 25 years experience in economic regeneration, housing and skills & training across the UK. Previous senior roles include Executive Director of the Urban Partnership Group 1998-2008 & Head of Funding & Partnerships at the NHF from 2009-2012.
Neil is a former Corporate Social Responsibility Manager with Marshalls PLC Group with over 25 years experience as a senior Manager.
In 2004,Gordon established & became a Director of Pedal Power London Ltd (PPL) an award winning social enterprise, in London, set up to provide training & employment opportunities for disengaged young adults & he is acknowledged as a lead figure in the growth of Apprenticeships across the housing sector. In Aug 2012, Gordon became a Director at the Centre for Housing Investment Policy (CHIP), a not for profit vehicle established to promote new thinking around forms of investment in the housing sector.
He set up the Corporate Responsibility role at Marshalls with the board in 2005. The work was widely recognised within the Business World winning a number of National awards. This was a group role which involved a number of different disciplines, ensuring that Marshalls Plc was seen and worked as a responsible business throughout its operations. Neil is currently self-employed working on a number of local business projects. He has been actively involved in fundraising for numerous local charities and voluntary organisations across Calderdale. In September 2012 he was awarded the honour of ‘Deputy Lieutenant of West Yorkshire’ for services to the community of Calderdale. In November 2012 he was named ‘Responsible Business Game Changer’ by Business in the Community, which recognised inspirational individuals working behind the scenes to advance the responsible business movement.
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Judges
Judge Lynsey Boother, National Housing Federation
Judge Kevin Bradburne, Youth Federation
Lynsey has worked in education, employment and skills for the past six years, following eight years in international development roles in London, China and Ethiopia. Lynsey set up and ran the Employment and Skills arm of a London college, set up the first Apprenticeship Training Agency in the country and went on to provide consultancy services to training providers through KPMG. She teaches philosophy in primary schools and is the proud owner of an allotment and a beagle.
Based in Cheshire, Kevin Bradburne is currently an Operational Manager within a charity that provides support to voluntary organisations working with young people. Kevin’s interests have focused on the non-formal education side of the charity focusing on advancement, standardisation and deployment of resources. Kevin has written numerous articles on a variety of youth work topics and has presented lectures nationally with regards to young people who are ‘At risk of becoming NEET’.
Judge Helen Cope, Helen Cope Consulting Ltd
Kevin is the current Designated Safeguarding and Child Protection Officer for the Youth Federation and holds a BA (Honours) degree in Youth and Community work from Glyndwr University Wrexham. He also holds a Level 5 Professional Certificate in Management from the Open University as well as a Diploma in Neuro-Linguistic Programming. To support this Kevin undertook Executive Coaching (IBM) from the John Haynes Coaching Academy based in Liverpool.
Helen is a former Chief Executive of the East Thames Group and an acknowledged expert on housing and worklessness. She wrote the CIH/CLG toolkit for social landlords ‘tackling worklessness’ (2008). Most recently she has been working with the Liverpool City Region Employment and Skills pathfinder with the local housing associations on a compact to tackle worklessness.
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Guest Speakers
John Shiels
Jacob Hill
John Shiels has been the Chief Executive of the Manchester United Foundation since January 2008. In his role, he has created the Foundation’s strategy to use the power of the Manchester United brand and the appeal of football to change the lives of young people in Manchester, the UK and around the world.
West Yorkshire based young entrepreneur Jacob Hill, 20, is well known in the business community for the success of his innovative new invention, The Lazy Camper; a complete outdoors kit with everything in one bag from £39.99, perfect for festivals.
Working principally with disadvantaged children, the Foundation has developed programmes that help teach leadership, teamwork, respect and healthy lifestyles. John has conducted countless leadership workshops in conjunction with club icons such as Sir Bobby Charlton and Bryan Robson, as well as senior management figures such as Club CEO David Gill. John has recently presented to top business executives, explaining how to adapt the secrets of success that have kept Manchester United at the top of their game for the past 25 years, into a business environment. His journey has taken him from Berlin to Australia, with a fifteen city tour of the US along the way. Prior to running the Foundation, John led the Bobby Charlton Soccer Schools and was latterly Head Coach of Manchester United Soccer Schools. He graduated from Manchester University more years ago than he would care to admit.
When he’s not running an international business supplying the outdoors world with a low cost one stop equipment solution, Jacob studies Enterprise Development at the University of Huddersfield; a course which is endorsed by Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis. Jacob has experience in motivating audiences of all ages. Regularly speaking at schools, colleges and stadiums, Jacob is keen to share his passion for business with others. Most recently, Jacob spoke at The Institute of Directors in London after being recognised as one of the UK’s youngest import and exporters. Jacob first began to make use of his entrepreneurial flair at the age of 14, when he began selling sweets at his school. He grew this hobby into a business by acquiring staff, locker space and spreading to other schools throughout the area. Eventually, he was making over £1,000 per week. The basic principles learnt from this venture have been applied to Jacob’s new business, which he plans to take global. You will also find Jacob on BBC3’s new series ‘Be Your Own Boss’ pitching for investment from smoothies giant – Richard Reed.
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Young Employee Shortlisted
Stacey Green Weaver Vale Housing Trust
Kayleigh Aston One Vision Housing
Stacey joined Weaver Vale Housing Trust as Tenant Engagement Co-ordinator in November 2011. She has worked extremely hard in a role that requires a huge amount of multi-tasking, excellent communication skills and the ability to think on your feet. While excelling in this she has also provided invaluable support to the team and gained a positive reputation for her work across the Trust and with partner organisations. Stacey has worked tirelessly to promote tenant involvement organising open days, developing a ‘Get Involved’ promotional postcard, updating the internet and utilising Social Media. Since joining the organisation Stacey has contacted 140 tenants individually and supported 46 people to join involvement groups or activities. Stacey has achieved all this while undergoing a period of change in her personal life, displaying excellent character and a desire to achieve.
Kayleigh has arranged and implemented a new health and wellbeing programme at One Vision Housing. The aim of the project was to introduce a wide variety of activities that tackled both physical and mental wellbeing. The programme has been a huge success and has resulted in a reduction in sickness levels from 8% in 2006 to 0.93% in 2011/2012. All the activities have been tirelessly promoted by her and she has put a lot of effort and time into the project. Kayleigh is highly thought of throughout the organisation and has been an asset to One Vision Housing since joining as a graduate. Kayleigh remains professional and friendly and she is a role model to all employees.
Lauren Pollitt Wythenshawe Community Housing Group
Lauren is a fantastic example of a young person that has seized opportunities and really contributed to Wythenshawe Community Housing Group. A young mum, she started on a six month paid work placement, during which time she completed her NVQ in Business Administration and a number of short courses. Lauren made such an impression on the business she was offered an apprenticeship in Human Resources. Since then, not only has she grown in confidence but has taken on more responsibility than would normally have been expected with an apprenticeship role. Lauren also gets involved with delivering our pre-employment courses sharing her experiences with local job seekers. Lauren is quickly progressing on her apprenticeship, getting involved with all manner of additional work and is a real credit to the organisation and herself.
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HIGHLY COMMENDED: James Taylor Rachel Griffiths Stacey Massam Yasmin McBride Lucy Parr Alison Jones Ben Jackson Suzanne Webb Anna Clarke Jodie Dean Tabby Mansha Andrew Melia Dean Bradbury Shaun Breeze
One Vision Housing One Vision Housing One Vision Housing One Vision Housing Incommunities Weaver Vale Housing Trust Weaver Vale Housing Trust Weaver Vale Housing Trust Helena Partnerships Helena Partnerships Trafford Housing Trust Community Gateway Association Community Gateway Association Together Housing Group
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Young Apprentice Shortlisted
Carrie-Anne Owen Weaver Vale Housing Trust
Carrie-Anne applied for the Modern Apprenticeship directly from a successful Future Jobs Fund placement. She has had to overcome serious health issues in her early life and despite this she has shown passion and commitment to her role at Weaver Vale. She has proved invaluable to the service by providing a first point of contact for residents. Carrie-Anne has developed many skills during her apprenticeship and has worked hard to achieve her NVQ level 2 in Business Administration. Her involvement at Cotswold House has helped keep the team functioning in their day to day work and her compassion in sometimes difficult circumstances has made her an indispensable member of the team. Danni-Lee Walsh One Vision Housing
Since starting work as an apprentice plumber in August 2012 Danni has continuously strived to develop her skills and knowledge in all aspects of her chosen trade. This is evidenced by her attendance levels and willingness to try tasks that she is unfamiliar with. Danni is currently attending college to complete her NVQ level 2 in plumbing but she has already expressed a desire to become a fully qualified gas engineer. Her communication skills with staff members and most importantly with our customers are of a consistently high standard. Her infectious enthusiasm for her trade and ambition to succeed and deliver an excellent service has set an exemplary standard for our other apprentices and staff. Lewis Pollock Community Gateway Association
Lewis came to CGA through an apprenticeship with construction partner Forrest. Never willing to rest on his laurels he continually seeks new projects that will increase his experience and further his development. He has a strong work ethic that will serve him and those he works with well in the future. He is most definitely an asset to his organisation and is an inspiration and
fantastic role model to other young people willing to work hard to succeed. Lewis has had his fair share of challenges that he has overcome with determination and maturity. Feedback from other clients outlines that Lewis is a popular member of the team, a person who displays professionalism and completes work to a high quality standard. Michael Von Bargen One Vision Housing
Michael is an apprentice electrician for One Vision’s property service arm, Sovini. His enthusiasm for his trade is second to none and he is always looking for opportunities to develop his skills. He displays a ‘can-do attitude’ at all times and is willing to assist and help with any task asked of him. He has worked after hours to ensure works are completed and residents’ services are restored overnight. His positive attitude is infectious and has had a strong impact on the electricians with whom he works. His customer service skills are excellent and he engages with our residents to a high standard, showing empathy and understanding particularly with our more vulnerable residents. HIGHLY COMMENDED: Amy Holden Aisha Ghaffar Anthony Fletcher Charlotte Hibbs Darren Haig Zeeuna Naz Rebecca Parry Nathan Brooks Alex Riley Alex Townhill Joe Colclough Justine Haines Sophie Newton Dillon Bezzina Jonathan Muse Lewis Boylan James New Lauren Chin Staffanie Weir Ahmed Ullah Jordan Varley Brett Barlow
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Young Community Group Shortlisted
Ingol Youth Forum Community Gateway Association
Ingol Youth Forum are a group of young people who work together to make their community a better place to live. Four years ago the group started the Dovedale Park project the aim of which was to reduce ASB in the area by transforming some disused land in to an innovative play area for young people. The group worked together with Community Gateway and secured funding for the redevelopment. They consulted with local residents and park users, showed them their plans for the area and generated a lot of support for the project. They have worked enthusiastically for four years in order to deliver this project. Incommunities Youth Forum Incommunities
The Incommunities Youth Forum was set up in October 2012 with the aim of being a voice for all young people across the Bradford District. The Youth Forum works with Incommunities to have their say on important issues that affect their lives. The entire group has demonstrated great commitment and dedication to the project and has shown their determination to help others and improve their local community. One of the key achievements for the group was their involvement in a local radio project that provided them with production skills training as well as an hour long show, used to voice issues and opinions of young people in the area. They used this opportunity to create a radio documentary about Youth Work.
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past and this is the first time they have engaged with such a project for an extended period. The Group has made incredible progress in a short time. They have developed strong, supportive relationships within a diverse group of individuals and have gained new skills that have enabled them to evolve the Group in to a consultation panel organising events and applying for their own funding. Youth Reborn Wythenshawe Community Housing Group
Youth Reborn provides a voice for young people in the Wythenshawe area by offering them the opportunity to express their desires, concerns and needs. They aim to challenge negative views of young people in the area by providing a platform for social, emotional and personal development to take place. They have been involved in many successful projects such as the Youth Conference, many fundraising events, volunteering opportunities and consultation panels. The Group is made up of individuals who are enthusiastic and highly motivated and who want to continually develop their skills as individuals and as a group resulting in better organisation and communication skills as well as improving selfconfidence.
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Youth Empowerment Panel City West Housing Trust
Make It Happen Young People’s Steering Group Helena Partnerships
The Avenues Dream Team Helena Partnerships
The Make It Happen Young People’s Steering Group consist of 25 young people from four of the most challenging neighbourhoods in the St Helens area. The aim of the Group is to deliver diversionary activities and create opportunities for young people. Some members of the Group have had Acceptable Behaviour Contracts in the
Eastlands Homes’ Youth Forum Eastlands Homes Macclesfield Youth Forum (MY Forum) Peaks and Plains Housing Trust
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Young Volunteer Shortlisted
Sue Stoneley Weaver Vale Housing Trust
Sue is a clear example of how a young person with the right attitude, commitment and drive can make a huge contribution if they choose to give their time sharing skills and knowledge with those in the local community. Sue volunteers a large amount of her free time to work with various community groups, ensuring people young and old have access to support, opportunities and new experiences. Sue provides various services that would otherwise be unavailable such as a Music Teacher, Youth Worker, Community Learning Champion, Photography/Film Workshops and the Canal & Rivers Trust to name a few. She is committed to doing her best for those she works with both in her volunteer work and employment. Mabvuto Saidi (Junior) Eastlands Homes
Mabvuto Saidi (Junior) is an outstanding example of a young volunteer. He consistently acts as an excellent role model for his peers and has been involved in many projects within his local community, helping to improve lives and make the neighbourhood a better place to live. Junior has been involved with Eastlands Homes’ Street Task Team and Youth Forums for the past six years, from the age of nine. He has been influential in the intergenerational work he has done, helping older customers on the Communications Service Panel use social media as an effective tool. More recently Junior has been helping Eastlands Homes with their overall digital inclusion agenda. Junior is giving a positive face to young people in his local community. Jade Hanson Incommunities
Jade is 18 and has been involved in her local community group for the past six years. She works tirelessly applying for funding and raising money for youth equipment and trips out for the elderly. Jade played an integral part in obtaining £45,000 worth of funding to build a play area on her estate and she has recently set up an over
50’s club, raising funds for trips out and past time equipment. Jade has since been invited to join her Local Management Trust, where she has become a valuable member of the team. Jade is now studying for a Level 1 - Active Learning for Residents Course accredited by the CIH. She is a committed, dedicated, willing helper who is always striving to learn more. Ian Woods Wirral Partnership Homes
Ian has been a volunteer with Wirral Partnership Homes (WPH) for four years. He applied to join a community volunteer scheme at a job fair and since that day has been an integral part of the WPH team. Despite suffering from a speech impediment and learning difficulties, Ian has been consistently reliable, helping out with gardening, community house renovations, resident involvement groups and fundraising. Over the last few years Ian’s confidence has grown and he has learned to speak slower, which has enabled him to overcome his speech impediment.
HIGHLY COMMENDED: Sheryll Dyson Mark Hadrell Daniel Spilllane Martin Seed Annie Wharton Chelsea Phillips Conor Gibbons Haydn Wilde Codi Morris Beth Lancaster Sam Patchett
Wythenshawe Community Housing Group Wythenshawe Community Housing Group Incommunities Weaver Vale Housing Trust City West Housing Trust New Charter Housing Trust Group New Charter Housing Trust Group New Charter Housing Trust Group Helena Partnerships Community Gateway Association Helena Partnerships
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Young Placement Shortlisted
Connie Liu New Charter Housing Trust
Shaun Bailey Weaver Vale Housing Trust
Connie Liu completed an eight week voluntary work placement with New Charter’s Regeneration Team. She was unemployed and keen to gain valuable work experience to increase her chances of gaining paid employment. During the work placement Connie completed a number of worthwhile diverse activities from designing marketing literature to engaging with residents at Community Events. At local work clubs Connie was able to help support unemployed customers to register on helpful websites, create email accounts and update their CV’s. Connie demonstrated the values of New Charter and became a valued member of the team on short space of time.
During his Work Placement Shaun Bailey has had a positive impact on both the neighbourhoods and the team at Weaver Vale. Shaun has shown keen enthusiasm and a willingness to learn new skills. He always rose to the demands of the job and was equal to any task he was set. His consistently positive attitude and friendly manner made him an invaluable member of the caretaking team. Shaun regularly demonstrated his flexibility, enthusiasm and positive outlook throughout his tenure with Weaver Vale. When he first attended the Work Programme his confidence and self-esteem were low. However Shaun has overcome many hurdles by improving his literary and numeracy skills and actively taking responsibility for his own future.
Michael Munn Wirral Partnership Homes
Mike is a real success story that demonstrates how much a young person can get out of a work placement. Wirral Partnership Homes (WPH) contacted Wirral Metropolitan College to offer a summer placement working with WPH and Fourteen 19, a specialist youth marketing company, to promote their summer programme of youth activities. Mike was one of five students selected to take part and his involvement throughout the campaign was instrumental to its success. He encouraged discussion and turned contributions into action. Testimony to Mike’s success is that WPH and Fourteen 19 have supported him to set up a Fourteen 19 franchise for the Northwest. Mike now runs his own C.I.C. offering specialist services in youth consultation and marketing.
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HIGHLY COMMENDED: Luke Allinson Jack Hancock Chris Holland
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Young Enterprise
Young Starship Enterprise Challenge Since 1997 more than 600,000 small businesses have been created. But this country’s startuplevels are still only average compared to the rest of the world. We have to do more to ensure that entrepreneurial talent does not go to waste. Fostering enterprise in young people is the key to un-tapping that potential.
to take their business idea forward along professional support to help them develop their idea into a potential business.
The Airport Group recognise that developing young people’s employability and entrepreneurial skills is crucial to prepare them for life after education and potentially becoming business leaders in the future.
Our hope is that Starship Enterprise engages and inspires all the young people who have been involved with it, and that some of them go on to aspire to set up their own businesses, start social enterprises, improve their communities and be innovative employees themselves.
In response to this The Airport Group designed a bespoke and unique ‘ Young Starship Enterprise Challenge’ for local high schools was developed by the Airport Group, to plant the seed and nurture the idea of creative business thinking.
Highly commended entries will all receive professional support to help them develop their idea into a potential business.
The challenge was launched into schools in September 2012 with schools entering teams of up to six students from years 8, 9 and 10 in schools representing each participating housing association worked to develop a feasible and inspiring product or service. Each local Housing association held an event for all their local school entrants to present their business idea to a Dragons’ Den style judging panel from the local business community, who selected an overall local winner. The competition engaged 2250 Young people and 37 local schools. Each local winning team then went on to represent their own Housing Association and present their successful idea again at a Regional Final held in April this Year at Manchester United Football Club with a panel of 10 Dragon Den judges who were Business people from across the North of England. The competition winners and runners up will receive a substantial cash prize for their school
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The Dragons: Paul Growney, Jacob Hill, Chris Beckett, Philomena Chen, Ann Monaghan, Emma Fearon, Jo Bird, Bob Bell and Austen Pickles.
The Dragons Chris Beckett, Business Advisor
Jacob Hill, Entrepreneur
Chris has an Engineering background in the Motor Industry having set up his own company in the Motor trade in the early 90’s. Chris is also Chair of the North West Branch of the Institute Of Business Consultants and has been an Independent business advisor for the past 10 years
Young entrepreneur Jacob Hill, 20, is well known in the business community for the success of his innovative new invention, The Lazy Camper; a complete outdoors kit with everything in one bag from £39.99, perfect for festivals. When he’s not running an international business supplying the outdoors world with a low cost one stop equipment solution, he studies Enterprise Development at the University of Huddersfield; a course which is endorsed by Dragons’ Den star Theo Paphitis.
Ann Monaghan, Blue Orchid
Ann is the Ex Director of Manchester Business Consortium. She has Experience of running several businesses within the licensing trade. She is currently a business advisor and consultant with Blue Orchid. Emma Fearon, Blue Orchid
Emma is currently a Business Advisor with Blue Orchid with responsibility for Wythenshawe. Philomena Chen, Asia Pacific
Philomena is Head of Asia Pacific Development at UK Trade and Investment. She is an experienced international trade specialist with background in both sales and marketing. She is also a business support adviser in both the UK and the Far East. Austen Pickles, Buxton Pickles Ltd
Austen Pickles started his clothing business Buxton Pickles Limited from the attic of his home 11 years ago. With sales over £10 million in 2012 and employing 25 people, the Ilkley based company designs and manufactures ladies tailoring for high street retailers including Next, Hobbs, LK Bennett, Reiss, Whistles etc. Austen also owns bespoke tailors Norton & Townsend and is about to launch a new men’s suit business called Johnny Tuxedo. Bob Bell, Entrepreneur
Bob has 35 years’ experience working in the electronics industry in senior management and direct roles. Bob has worked for large corporations as well as starting a number of small businesses of his own.
Paul Growney, Business Consultant
Paul Growney is a third sector business consultant providing tailored business development advice across the Merseyside Region. Paul’s specialist areas are business / strategic planning, troubleshooting and organisational development, working exclusively to support social entrepreneurs, social enterprises and charities. Jo Bird, Placefirst Ltd
Jo is Financial Controller at Placefirst Limited. She is a Chartered Accountant with a broad range of financial experience in both listed and private equity backed companies. Jo trained with Baker Tilly in Manchester and has worked with several businesses as Financial Controller. She has led several financing initiatives, as well as developing financial systems, controls and reporting procedures which allow businesses to rapidly expand. Beverley Gray, Wates Living Space Beverley joined Wates in January 2008 prior to this she worked as a housing professional in the social housing and regeneration and has a wealth of experience, spanning over 20 years in Business/ Service Development and Housing Services Management. Beverley’s in depth knowledge of the social housing sector and its challenges is supplemented by vast experience in extra care housing, care and support services for the elderly. Beverley’s role involves creating business opportunities and customer relationship management, ultimately assisting the growth of the Northern Region.
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Young Enterprise Shortlisted
Community Gateway Moorpark Business & Enterprise School Puppet Pals
Peaks & Plains All Hallow Catholic College The House Rules
Aysha Patel, Aaliya Yousuf and Ayesha Patel together established Puppet Pals, a unique business that produces sock monkeys. They design and develop the puppets themselves and their key selling point is that all the puppets are designated their own country of origin. Each puppet is accompanied with a fact file about their country, providing the owner with a unique educational tool.
Jessica and Rebecca are both Year 9 students at all Hallows Catholic College in Macclesfield, Cheshire. They teamed up together and came up with the idea of ‘The House Rules’, which is an educational resource to teach children about Health & Safety in their home. The product is a pop up house, which children look inside and highlight the key common dangers found around the home.
Helena Partnerships De La Salle School Boutique La Salle
Boutique La Salle is a business created by year nine and ten students at De La Salle School in Eccleston, which uses recycled materials to create vintage-themed gifts and treats with a 100 per cent profit margin. All the products are produced and hand crafted by the students themselves.
Weaver Vale University of Chester AcademyUEC Handy Planner
Students at the University of Chester Academy set up UCAN Enterprise, which has recently launched the Handyplanner. The Handyplanner is a cover for school planners and diaries, which can hold essential stationery and has a whiteboard cover on the back for making quick notes and writing answers. Initially they have been marketing and selling the product within the school but they hope to eventually make their product available to other Academies in the area. HIGHLY COMMENDED: City West Housing Wentworth High School Fitness Fanatics New Charter Copley High School Inspire One Vision Housing St Ambrose Barlow School Veg Patch Community Garden Wythenshawe Community Housing Group Saint Pauls Catholic High School Hot on the Goss Wirral Partnership Homes Observatory School Fibrecraft Engineering Incommunities Queensbury High School Treasure Food
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University of Chester Academy: UEC Handy Planner
All Hallow Catholic College: The House Rules
De La Salle School: Boutique La Salle
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Moorpark Business & Enterprise School: Puppet Pals
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The Airport Group Members’ Chief Executives
im Doyle T City West Housing Trust Centenary House - 4th floor 1 Centenary Way Eccles M50 1RF
Tim Pinder Peaks and Plains Housing Trust Ropewalks Newton Street Macclesfield SK11 6QJ
Diane Bellinger Community Gateway Association Deltic House, West Strand, Preston PR1 8UY
Tom Miskell Together Housing Group Park View House Woodvale Business Park Brighouse HD6 4AB
Sheila Doran Eastlands Homes Partnership Eastlands House, Victoria Street, Openshaw Manchester M11 2NX Rob Young Helena Partnerships Helena Central 4 Corporation Street, St Helens Merseyside WA9 1LD Geraldine Howley Incommunities The Quays Victoria Street Shipley BD17 7BN Ian Munro New Charter Housing Trust 249 Cavendish Street Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 7AT Roy Williams One Vision Housing Atlantic House, Atlantic Way, Dunnings Bridge Road Bootle, Merseyside L30 4TH
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Matthew Gardiner Trafford Housing Trust Sale Point 126-150 Washway Road Sale M33 6AG Steve Jennings Weaver Vale Housing Trust Gadbrook Point, Rudheath Way Gadbrook Park Northwich, Cheshire CW9 7LL Brian Simpson Wirral Partnership Homes 6 Europa Boulevard Birkenhead, Wirral CH41 4PE Nigel Wilson Wythenshawe Community Housing Group Wythenshawe House 8 Poundswick Lane Wythenshawe Manchester M22 9TA
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