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The Young Cooperatives Ethical Challenge. A while ago I posted asking for any spare seeds people would be willing to donate, and a number of very kind grapes responded.
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ing_45581.html
Th venture was (and still is) a huge success. We have had a number of plant sales, some of the tutor group have planted out plants in their gardens at home for produce to sell later, and we have the egg business up and running. We won the business competition in school, and then were invited (as one of 8 finalists, some of whom did not bother to show up!) to present our business in Birmingham. I picked 3 students who had be instrumental in the successful culmination of the ideas, and we travelled up yesterday. All the schools had to provide an activity, ours was a taste test featuring homemade brownies from Fairtrade products and homemade jams and chutneys (all made by me and Kissykit). It was very popular, the others relied heavily on paper based activities.
The presentation was in front of 2 Coop judges and Claire Young (Young Appentice). The kids were great, they had made their own PowerPoint and written their own scripts. We won the Most Innovative Business Award, the Greenest Business Award and the Overall Best Business Award.
Again, thank you so much for helping us out, we are intending to carry on in September, and have plans to train the students to make their own jams and chutneys if we can get them trained in the hygiene certificates needed, as well as selling the eggs and growing food.
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ing_45581.html
Th venture was (and still is) a huge success. We have had a number of plant sales, some of the tutor group have planted out plants in their gardens at home for produce to sell later, and we have the egg business up and running. We won the business competition in school, and then were invited (as one of 8 finalists, some of whom did not bother to show up!) to present our business in Birmingham. I picked 3 students who had be instrumental in the successful culmination of the ideas, and we travelled up yesterday. All the schools had to provide an activity, ours was a taste test featuring homemade brownies from Fairtrade products and homemade jams and chutneys (all made by me and Kissykit). It was very popular, the others relied heavily on paper based activities.
The presentation was in front of 2 Coop judges and Claire Young (Young Appentice). The kids were great, they had made their own PowerPoint and written their own scripts. We won the Most Innovative Business Award, the Greenest Business Award and the Overall Best Business Award.
Again, thank you so much for helping us out, we are intending to carry on in September, and have plans to train the students to make their own jams and chutneys if we can get them trained in the hygiene certificates needed, as well as selling the eggs and growing food.
well done,Its such a good idea.You must be so proud of yourselves and rightly so,and its so nice to hear of hard working enthusiastic kids.I wish you continued future success 
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