I would not trade in my education for anything. It has formed my mind and character, enhanced my ability to enjoy the experience of living and enriched my understanding of other people. I revere education as the process by which society deliberately transmits its accumulated knowledge, skills and values from one generation to another. But…
This blog entry was written to support the Ambition AXA Awards 2011… I’m often asked what makes a successful entrepreneur. I recently posed that question to some of Young Enterprise’s most successful alumnae – people who have taken part in our programmes at school and then gone on to start their own companies or become successful business…
The last nine months have been extraordinarily busy for Young Enterprise. Last summer, we recognised a need to bring the various regional charities in England and Wales closer together. Last night, at midnight, a merger took place, meaning that there is now one Young Enterprise for England and Wales, rather than a collection of autonomous…
You may have picked up today’s campaign announcement by David Cameron of a proposed National Citizen Service, a two month summer programme for 16-year olds, involving both residential and at-home components. If the Conservative Party were to form the next government, the programme would be delivered by independent charities, social enterprises and businesses. The programme…
Shaping the social entrepreneurs of the future – Social Enterprise writes about Young Enterprise
