Winners of Inspiring Youth Enterprise initiative announced
RBS Inspiring Youth Enterprise seeks to encourage more young people to explore enterprise, build their skills, start up and succeed in business.
The announcement marks the end of the first round of youth grant funding, awarded to organisations to inspire more young entrepreneurs.
Over 250 organisations submitted applications for funding to run programmes that address these needs for young entrepreneurs. From these, 18 winning organisations have been awarded grants of up to £50,000. The winners, in no particular order, are;
• Business Extra, Southwark
• Merton Chamber of Commerce, Merton
• The Norfolk Education Business Exchange Ltd, Norfolk
• Erewash Partnership, Yorkshire and Humberside
• Ambition, London
• Small Woods, Telford
• National Market Traders Federation, Barnsley
• NYBEP, York
• Pedestrian Limited, East Midlands
• Social Enterprise Support Centre, West Yorkshire
• Olmec, London
• Ards Business Centre, Newtownards, Northern Ireland
• Stag Hill Campus, Surrey
• CAIRDE, Armagh
• SWEDA, West Bromwich
• StreetVibes Youth, London
• Youth Action, Lancashire
• Generator, North East of England