LOCATION: Lakes College/ Online/ At your organisation

COMMITMENT TIME: 1-2 hours between March – July 2024.

SESSION AIMS: Positive Enterprise is a 6-month enterprise programme for young people aged 14-25 who have a social business idea and want to make it a reality. The programme was developed and is managed by Cumbria Community Foundation (CCF), and delivered in partnership with Centre for Leadership Performance (CforLP). Positive Enterprise is funded by Cumbrian property developer, Brian Scowcroft, with match funding from Sellafield Ltd as part of its Transforming West Cumbria programme, Nuclear Waste Services, Well Whitehaven, Morgan Sindall and Kaefer.

RESPONSIBILITIES: We are looking for volunteers who can offer support to the young people. You could either supporting the delivery of a workshop in an area of your expertise, joining one of the online Action Learning sessions and sharing knowledge with the participants, or offering a shadowing visit to the participants to broaden their awareness and experience different business settings.

Workshop topics combine a mixture of personal skills development and entrepreneurial skills/business planning. Topics include resilience, time management, personal branding, marketing and branding for businesses, and finances.

Learn more here.