Have you got the edge
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This section of The Edge website is intended for all students and schools interested in finding out more about enterprise initiatives and resources, regardless of whether or not they are taking part in The Edge competition.
Enterprise Organisations
Enterprise Week
Enterprise Week is an annual UK-wide week of activities to inspiring people in their teens and twenties to be enterprising — to turn ideas into something real. There were over 2,000 events held in Enterprise Week 2005. Visit the website to find out what events are taking place in Enterprise Week 2006.
Mark your Mark Challenge
The Make your Mark Challenge involves young people from across the UK all doing the same Challenge simultaneously across the UK. Designed to bring out the very best creative, can-do qualities in young people, over 10,000 students from 263 schools took part in the Challenge in 2005.
http://www.starttalkingideas.org/thechallenge/
Young Enterprise
With more than 40 years experience, Young Enterprise is the UK’s leading business and enterprise education charity. Young Enterprise helps young people learn about business by doing business.
The Prince's Trust
The Prince’s Trust is a large organisation which promotes young people’s business activity, volunteering, travel, and out-of-school learning.The Prince’s Trust is a large organisation which promotes young people’s business activity, volunteering, travel, and out-of-school learning.
The National Youth Agency
The National Youth Agency works to enable all young people to fulfil their potential within a just society. They support the leadership of organisations to manage change; influence public perception and policy; and secure standards of education and training for youth work.
Youth Information
Youthinformation.com is The National Youth Agency’s online information toolkit for young people and all those working with them. The site includes over 1000 information topics and holds contact details for more than 1200 national organisations.
The Big Boost
The Big Boost gives cash to young people who want to start up projects to help their communities. 11–16 year olds can apply for between £250 and £1000, and 16–25 year olds can apply for between £500 and £5000.
Unltd Ideas Bank
Got a fantastic idea for a social problem? Submit it on UnLtd’s Ideas Bank - a forum for creative minds.
Youngbizuk.co.uk
YoungBiz is a national training company that specialises in financial literacy, enterprise capability and entrepreneurship education. They develop and deliver courses and workshops for students, publish classroom curricula, and train teachers, lecturers and youth leaders.
Action Network
Action Network can help you get campaigning and change something in your local area. You can get in touch with people who feel the same way and get advice on taking action.
Do-it.org.uk
Action Network can help you get campaigning and change something in your local area. You can get in touch with people who feel the same way and get advice on taking action.
Resources to download
The following links open Word documents with useful enterprise information for both students and teachers.
- 10 tips on team building and leadership (pdf file)
- Big Boost Q&A fact sheet
- Big Boost eligibility questionnaire
- Enterprise Week: speednetworking tips
- Enterprise Week: how to run a speednetworking event
- Enterprise Week: enterprising event ideas
- Make Your Mark Challenge: schools info pack (pdf file)
Online Games
Fun games to get you thinking differently about enterprise.
Moneyopolis
Moneyopolis is an online game featuring spaceships, astronauts and financial planning! It’s aimed at students aged 12–14, but it’s useful for anyone interested in learning about money management.
www.moneyopolis.com/new/home.asp
BBC Jam
Explore, learn and create with BBC jam, an interactive service for 5 to 16 year olds that puts you in charge of what, where and how you learn. You can even write teen soap storylines in French.
