Students from Sir John Talbot鈥檚 School, Whitchurch; The Grove School, Market Drayton and The Marches School, Oswestry who are all part of The 海角登录入口 family of schools had a successful evening at the recent Young Enterprise Awards.
After selling their products at trade fairs over the past few months and recently attending, a 鈥楧ragons Den Style鈥� presentation day, where the students discussed their Young Enterprise experience and presented their business to a panel of experts. After much anticipation, the groups were invited to attend the Young Enterprise Awards Evening, which took place on Thursday 2nd May. The event was to celebrate the achievement of all 22 Young Enterprise groups from the area with 29 awards for various criteria. The evening was attended by over 200 students, teachers, business professionals and sponsors.
Team ICan who were representing Sir John Talbot鈥檚 School, won the first award of the night the 鈥楪reen Award鈥� for the most sustainable and eco-friendly product, in recognition of their up cycled Tin can products. The award was presented and sponsored by the Co-op. They were also shortlisted for the 鈥楽ocial Enterprise Award鈥�. Mr Richards, who runs the group, also won an award as 鈥楤est Centre Lead鈥� in Shropshire, which was sponsored and presented by Telford and Wrekin Council 鈥� this particular award was nominated by the students.
The Grove School was represented by team Picturesque who were nominated for three awards: 鈥極nline Marketplace鈥�, 鈥楤est Use of ICT鈥� and won the award for 鈥楤est Report鈥�. The Grove School students were also asked to present at the awards evening itself, where they gave a very professional and polished performance, so much so that they were awarded 2nd place for their live performance.
Three teams represented The Marches School: Grow 鈥榥鈥� Co, Vintology and ReTuned, who were all nominated for at least one category each, with Vintology and ReTuned making their way onto several shortlists. Students from ReTuned came away with the award for 鈥楳ost Innovative Company鈥� whilst Vintology won the 鈥楤est Customer Interaction Award鈥�.
The Young Enterprise programme challenges students to set up and run their own business idea. During the initiative, students develop skills, knowledge and experience which have a long term impact on their lives and careers.
Mrs Sarah Longville, CEO of the 海角登录入口, commented: 聽鈥淎ll the students from schools within The 海角登录入口 were a real credit to their individual schools, representing them fantastically. Each of the groups have really embraced the Young Enterprise Challenge and as a Trust we are incredibly proud of all their hard work this year learning about the world of business and developing skills which will prepare the students for the future world of work鈥�.
