Hull Ready is an Enterprise Education programme which is about creating active, purposeful and enterprising young people.

 
Backed by funding from Yorkshire Forward and running in partnership with Rotherham Ready, who have successfully rolled the programme out for the past few years in Rotherham, Hull Ready are involving Hull Primary schools and aims to engage their young people in developing enterprise skills.
The programme is developing personal skills such as creativity and risk management and opening young people’s eyes to the diversity of enterprise.
(Link to Rotherham Ready site)

The project focuses on 13 specific enterprise entitlements that cover the spectrum of entrepreneurial skills that will used in school, social and work circles.

The Big 13 Skills
Team Work, Risk Management, Negotiating and Influencing, Effective Communication, Creativity and Innovation, Positive Attitude, Initiative, Organising and Planning, Decision Making-Problem Solving & Identifying Opportunities, Leadership, Making Decisions - Ethical and Economic, Financial Literacy, Product and Service Design

   Pupils from Longhill Primary (L) and with Hull Ready Project Officer Mike Notarantonio (R) at the Launch of "Make £5 Blossom" 

Hull primary schools teachers are getting the opportunity to attend `Inspire` teacher training days that will help prepare them to deliver enterprising activities within their own school curriculum as their schools enterprise champion.
Schools that get involved with Hull Ready will also have the chance to take part in the “Make £5 Blossom” project, which will see schools linked with local businesses. Each school is given a loan of £150 by their business partner and the children can then come up with an enterprising venture to try and make a profit. Schools will then share their experiences at an end event and the loan is repaid, all profit made on the initial £150 will be for the school to use as they see fit.

 

Hull Ready will also be working with The University of Warwick's Centre for Education and Industry towards achieving the Excellence in Enterprise Education award for all schools and colleges. The Centre for Education and Industry at the University of Warwick has been closely involved in reviewing and evaluating enterprise education since 1999.

The ‘Excellence in Enterprise Education Award’ has been designed particularly for those schools that have, or are interested in developing an ‘enterprise agenda’ within their schools.

CEI aims to make the application for the award as simple as possible, with a focus upon self-review and self-assessment. Assessment sheets allow a school to estimate an enterprise ‘score’ before making the submission. If this indicates a committed delivery of enterprise education themes, then a submission for the award may be made to CEI.

(Link for Warwick Award)

CHECK OUT THE NEW HULL READY WEBSITE!

The website was designed by one of our young entrepreneurs Richard Myers, who was involved in KH Smilers from Kelvin Hall School when they reached the Young Enterprise National Finals of the Company Programme over 6 years ago.
Richard is now Managing Director of Hertz Web Solutions Hosting and is helping us to plan Global Entrepreneurship Week this November.

For more information contact:

Mike Notarantonio, Hull Ready Project Officer
Email michael.notarantonio@hullcc.gov.uk
Mobile 07748 436263