A team of students from Northumbria University’s Newcastle Business School has been crowned with the Rookie Champion Title at the 2017
Enactus UK National Competition.
Enactus is a worldwide organisation providing a platform for
outstanding university students to use their entrepreneurial skills on special
projects to improve the lives of those most in need. The second year students
only set up an Enactus Society at Northumbria just under a year ago, and are
one of the newest 56 UK University teams. They include Entrepreneurial Business
Management students
Jonny Forsey, Megan Dawson and Jonny Tatlow, International
Business students Louise Fletcher and Ellie begs, and Sociology student Charlie
Dutton-Brearley.
Each year, teams compete in the annual competition at ExCeL
London where they present a 17-minute presentation of their work. This year,
the event brought together 750 University students, 60 academics, and over 350
senior UK business leaders across two days of celebration and collaboration.
Northumbria’s team focused on two projects.
Soup Stories is an exciting new food enterprise that aims to give
refugees the confidence to start up their own businesses through selling soup.
The other project, Second Coat, aims to reduce the re-offending rate in the
North East of England by providing employment for ex-offenders through painting
and decorating.
Enactus Judges, ranging from graduate employers to top business leaders, review
which teams have best used entrepreneurial action to empower lives in an
environmentally, socially and sustainable way.
Jonny Forsey, President of Enactus at Northumbria, said: “The competition was
a great opportunity to meet like-minded student entrepreneurs; all of whom want to make a positive
impact on the world. Having had the
support from both the Student Union and Newcastle Business School we were able
to attend the competition and in front of over 1000 student and business
leaders won the Rookie Champions!”
Kellie
Forbes-Simpson, the teams University Adviser said: “This is a fantastic
achievement for the team and Newcastle Business School, putting Northumbria on
the map in front of some of the top UK gradate employers and business leaders,
showcasing the abilities and talents of our students.”
To
find out more about Northumbria’s Enactus team please visit: www.enactusnorthumbria.org
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