Altogether Company Brings Apprentice Style Project To Stoke-on-Trent
28 Jul 2010
The Stoke On Trent Apprentice challenge is a brand new Ward funded summer youth project aimed at young people aged between 13 -19.
The project will see up to and possibly more than 100 youngsters from 6 different council wards - Longton North and South, Meir Park and Sandon, Blurton, Weston and Meir north and Trent Vale working together to start their very own businesses.
Each week they will meet at Fenton Manor to be set a challenge related to their business start-up. Then they will meet in locations within their ward areas to be mentored in the stages of setting up by the company directors at Altogether who have experience of setting up business at a young age.
They will run their business throughout the summer and the winners of each week’s prize will be invited to a prize day each Friday.
I went to Longton High School's City Learning Centre to meet Ben Dyer from Altogether Company. Watch the video below to hear about this inspiring project.
I also spoke to some of the potential 'Alan Sugar's' who had set up a wide range of companies with ambitions portfolios to entice the potential investors into parting with some advice and some cash. Listen to the Audio below:
I know Ben via his Dad and he
I know Ben via his Dad and he deserves his success. Ben constantly delivers and generates exciting ideas. I'm sure he'll do great things for this city.
Well Done Ben & Mike, great
Well Done Ben & Mike,
great work and a very positive story.
Keep updating us all - Ask Tony about getting an interview on 6TownsRadio for the winners too.
I'm excited about this
I'm excited about this project (I was involved in the initial discussions). Nice to see young business entrepeneurs helping our young people think about positive futures. Hopefully we can engage more people in the future, and that it will grab the headlines both locally and nationally.
councillor j dillon
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