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'Leap' into action - volunteer with Young Enterprise
Paul Eastham — 01 Feb 2012
Young Enterprise needs a small army of extra volunteers to help young people across the UK beat the threat of unemployment. And since 2012 is a Leap Year everyone has an extra day - so why not donate it to the future of the next generation?
The media is awash with grim news about how well over a million young people aged between 16 and 24 are now unemployed. At the same time the bosses of Britain's biggest companies are constantly quoted saying young applicants for employment lack skills needed to hold down a job. Yes it's depressing reading. But can you do something to help? The answer is: yes you can.
Young Enterprise, Britain's largest enterprise education charity, is hugely active across the whole of the UK. Every year we inspire over 250,000 young people aged 4-25 to learn about business and the world of work in the classroom under the guidance of volunteers.
This year we have so many students signing up that we need more volunteers to help deliver our programmes.
So what qualifications do you need to join us? Volunteers need only to have experience of the world of work and a desire to inspire young people to take control of their futures. Their job is to guide and advise the pupils through the structured Young Enterprise programmes using their own story, enthusiasm and career experiences to help them understand the realities of working life.
We will offer you training and every volunteer will get a very detailed handbook to help them make the day a success. Young Enterprise staff will also be on hand throughout. Although the Leap Year is our theme we hope you will enjoy the experience so much you will want to become a long term volunteer with the organization.
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Specific Volunteer Opportunities:
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LONDON
23rd February - Learn to Earn: improves employability skills and career expectations - Ealing
8th March - Entrepreneurship Masterclass: a series of competitive, enterprise focused tasks, aimed at getting students thinking like entrepreneurs ?-
Learn to Earn, which explodes the myths of the celebrity lifestyle and underlines the value of education.
Personal Economics, which challenges students to manage their own money and
The Entrepreneurship Masterclass which helps students make their business ideas a reality.
YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE This year we have so many students signing up that we need more than 250 volunteers to help deliver our programmes. They include ?Learn To Earn?, which explodes the myths of the celebrity lifestyle and underlines the value of education, ?Personal Economics?, which challenges students to manage their own money and ?The Entrepreneurship Masterclass? which helps students make their business ideas a reality. Please e-mail janet.brumby@young-enterprise.org.uk for more information and to volunteer. NORTH-EAST While we are looking for volunteers across the North-East region, we are specifically in need of people to support our "Primary" Programmes which we are running throughout the school year in Newton Wycliffe.Please e-mail laura.gillespie@young-enterprise.org.uk for more information and to volunteer.
SOUTH WEST Volunteers are needed: Learn to Earn: Improves employability skills and career expectations. 1st, 7th and 8th March Personal Economics: Discusses key financial terms and budgeting: 2nd, 3rd and 4th May The Entrepreneurial masterclass: A business challenge: 10th July Please e-mail hannah.cook@young-enterprise.org.uk for more information and to volunteer.