Young Enterprise has three programmes for students in further education, each of which allows you to experience business and enterprise first hand. Each programme is supported by a volunteer from business who acts as a sounding board for your ideas and questions and who offers you real-life experience and expertise.

In two of the programmes, Company Programme and Team Programme, you get to experience the highs and lows of running your own real company whilst the Entrepreneurship Masterclass helps you develop your entrepreneurial skills and understanding when you come face-to-face with real entrepreneurs and business people and learn from their experiences.

Each programme helps you to develop your skills for business and the world of work and each can be used as an example that you have developed extra skills outside the qualification you are currently studying for on your CV or University applications. There's even a Young Enterprise Company Programme Qualification (voluntary of course) so you can have a lasting record of your Young Enterprise achievements.

If you’d like to find out more about taking part in a Young Enterprise programme, ask your school or college. If they are not already involved, they’ll need to register as a Young Enterprise Centre which is very straightforward and they can find out more on the Teachers section of this website or they can speak to someone in their local Young Enterprise office for more info (details in the Contacts section).