Social enterprise is fast developing as one of Energize' core delivery areas for schools and youth groups.
Below are details of our programmes that celebrate the successes over the past 18 months and give viewers a taste of what is possible in their school or youth group.
As a result of the efforts of young people from Biddenham and Bunyan Upper Schools we have donated £5000 worth of sports equipment to local community youth groups in Bedford. Special thanks are due to Bedford Police Authority who have provided funds to spend on sports equipment.
Congratulations to winning team from John Bunyan Upper School:
"TMNT" - Emma -Lea, Ross, Tammy, Ahmed (not present) Ryan and Gemma.
Over £1600 worth of sports gear was donated to local community clubs as a result of this event - WELL DONE to all who took part!!!
HYVE (Houghton Youth Voice Experience) received their medals / trophy and cheque for £500 from the mayor at the opening ceremony for the newly refurbished Pavilion on 23rd September 2007
Social Enterprise Competitions
Whole year group competitions
Working with a whole year group in teams of 6 to 10 students completing a series of challenges* that earn points / cash to donate in the form of sports gear to community groups.
Inter school competitions
Working with targetted groups from each school who undertake similar challenges* and output information that will be useful to their local community.
* challenges are listed below.
Workshop content:
Ice breakers:
Warm Up Activities
Join the dots
“6”
Copy the Image
What do you see?
Challenges:
Juggling - learn and pass on a new skill
Duck’s Cradle - design and construction
Broken Squares - problem solving
Shuffle?
How can you contribute to improving your community / street
Activity improvisation
Dunton Community Garden Group
Financial Considerations
Interest Rates (borrowing)
Purchasing Decisions
Break Even Analysis
Pricing
Idea Generation
- IT challenges
Ideas for learning
Activity Ideas
Review of the Day
Donations of sports equipment
In the last two academic years our social enterprise activities in school and youthgroups have resulted in donations of sports equipment totalling £5000. Groups that have benefitted include:
Cameo Kids Club - Faraday Square
Kempston West End FC
Wootton Youth
Kempston Ladies AFC
Woodside Church
Queens Park Youth Cricket Club
Westfield Youth Club
Bedford Junior Blues
Riverside Tennis Club
Biddenham Cricket Club Junior Section
Christchurch youth group
1st Bedford Scout Group
Brickhill Wanderers FC
Bedford Youth Service
Bizee Bodies
Wootton Youth FC
Goldington Community Centre
Kempston Colts FC
NACRO
Please note that all donations are made at the request of young people who attend our programs. We cannot accept grant applications for equipment.
We are extremely grateful to Bedfordshire Police Authority who have financially supported the project to enable this equipment to be placed in these groups.
As part of our Social Enterprise Workshops we ask young people to provide a consultancy service to charities and social enterprises to help them solve issues and problems in a creative way. So far we have worked with:
Herts Practical Parenting Project: Ideas that will help young people, teachers and parents to interact positively.
Felixstowe Radio: Creation of speech content ideas for the station's output.
Testimonial:
We were very pleased to receive the CD, and we were very impressed by the quality of the suggestions made by the five team members - and we will use most of the suggestions when we go live - which will now be as www.radiofish.co.uk streaming through seven Internet sites, each covering a town in East Suffolk. Your project shows how radio can be used to motivate young people, and how it can develop several skills.
Your teams had to look at our embryo site, then go to other radio stations. They clearly discussed the options available, and then recorded the discussions. For an early attempt at broadcasting - which is what it was - they are all to be congratulated. They all sounded interested, knew their subjects, knew what they wanted to say - and should think about creating their own podcasts, if not radio stations.
