If you are about to join Year 12, read this!
This annual challenge encourages schools, businesses and
charities to work together. Through volunteering it offers young people the
opportunity to put their entrepreneurial ideas to the test and helps develop
work related skills. It is organised for Dacorum Schools by Community Action Dacorum.
Teams of 16 year olds are challenged to turn
£100 into £1,000+. Each team has a local business mentor (their dragon) and is
paired with a local charity. Supported by their dragons, the teams develop
business ideas with the aim of earning money for their charities. All profits
made by the teams go directly to their allocated charities.
Last
year the Cavendish team won the Challenge Award for working most closely with
their charity, having raised over £1200 for Radio Dacorum, supported by Steria
(the team’s business mentor). The team worked hard to organise several events, faced real business issues and developed their own skills and confidence. Facilitation and support in school is through Mrs Shaw.
If you want to be part of this exciting experience, save
the date on Tues 24th Sept (5.30-6.30) when this year’s challenge
will be launched, and look out for more news soon. More information here (from CVS St Albans,
who initiated this project 4 years ago).
