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Enterprise Education Trust Wikipedia page

Introduction / summary

The Enterprise Education Trust is a not-for-profit enterprise education charity registered in England, Scotland and Wales. It was created in 2006 from a merger between businessdynamics and the Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship. In 2008, Achievers International also joined the Trust.

Enterprise Education Trust’s mission is to empower young people with the information and life skills needed to realise their potential through business and enterprise.

1. History The original ‘Understanding Industry Trust’ was established in 1977, by 3i. Understanding Industry changed its name to businessdynamics in 2001 and to the Enterprise Education Trust when NFTE in the UK joined, and later Achievers International.

Since its creation the Trust has helped more than a million young people, 300,000 in the last seven years.

2. Programmes

The Enterprise Education Trust delivers interactive programmes to young people of all backgrounds and abilities across England, Scotland and Wales

The Trust's two main programmes are businessdynamics and Achievers International.

businessdynamics The primary aim of businessdynamics is to improve young people's skills and their understanding and perception of business. The project works with local business volunteers across the UK to help bring real life enterprise into the classroom, and delivers a range of programmes with targeted learning objectives.

Key Skills for Work This one-day programme teaches 14 to 16 year old students the essential skills that underpin success in education and employment. These skills are needed to compete effectively in the modern labour market.

Your Money Your Money is our one-day financial capability programme for 14 to 16 year old students. It focuses on tackling the low levels of financial literacy through helping young people to develop the basic financial skills and knowledge they need to manage their finances, cope with major financial decisions and avoid debt later in life. It also helps schools meet their new curricular objectives in terms of developing ‘economic wellbeing and financial capability’. The project was developed with the support of the J.P. Morgan Foundation.

Business Awareness This programme helps young people to develop an understanding of business and its role in the economy, including introducing such topics as entrepreneurial activity and self-employment. Trained Business Volunteers from a range of sectors bring their knowledge, experience and enthusiasm into the classroom.

Young People with Special Educational Needs

The Enterprise Education Trust works with Special Educational Need Units and Schools, and with Pupil Referral Units across the UK. The focus of this work is to help young people with special educational needs to develop a basic set of employability skills, increase self-confidence, and discuss potential career aspirations. In order to do this the Trust has developed materials and workshops suitable for children with sight and hearing impairments, complex physical and learning disabilities, and behavioural or attention deficit disorders such as Autism, Asperger syndrome or ADHD.

Young Offenders Projects The Trust delivers specially tailored businessdynamics programmes to juvenile offenders aged 15-17 in Young Offender Institutes and young offenders aged 18-25 in mainstream prisons in England and Wales. The primary focus of this work is to help the young people develop a basic set of employability skills, and explore the possibility of self-employment upon release.

Achievers International Achievers International is an online programme for students whereby they can set up a mini-business at school and trade their products with a partner school in a different country. The programme is run through the Achievers International website [LINK] where the student companies can set up their own profile pages; and upload their mission statements, logos and product lines.

Since 2008, Achievers International has partnered with European Study Tours to deliver student conferences in London, Paris and New York. Students from across the world can take part in these conferences.

References www.enterprise-education.org.uk www.achieversinternational.org Enterprise Education Trust ‘hoodie’ booklet