Imagine if every local high school student who wanted to learn entrepreneurship had an easy-to-access programme and the whole community's support…

Our inaugural INSPIRE WAITAKI event showed that our community is ready to support local entrepreneurs in every conceivable way – so we’re asking, would you be willing to do the same for our young people?

THE OPPORTUNITY

Young Enterprise Trust has a vision to inspire students and unleash leaders for a more prosperous NZ.

Every year they run The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (YES) for senior secondary school students to “experience the world of start-up first-hand”.

Participating students create real-world businesses and can enter a range of challenges over the year, competing for regional and even national prizes (over $20,000 in the national prize pool) – while also earning NCEA credits, a micro-credential and / or valuable experience.

Our four local high schools have struggled to independently and sustainably resource the programme over the years. But if we support it together, we can lighten the load and ensure that our local young people don’t miss out on this outstanding opportunity.

WHAT YOU CAN DO

Let's find out. You’re invited to attend this one-off session to learn about the YES

programme and how we can support it for our young people.

WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT

We've invited the Young Enterprise Scheme team to tell us everything about it:

• What’s involved

• Who can participate

• Previous examples of successful participants and their businesses

• How NCEA credits, micro-credentials and prizes are managed

Then we’re going to have a facilitated discussion to gauge the level of interest for collectively supporting the programme in 2024 and beyond.

THE DETAILS

Date & Time: Thursday October 26th, 5:15 pm

Venue: The Business Hive, 120 Thames Street, Ōamaru

Your registration is essential as numbers are necessarily limited by venue capacity. Please register at thebusinesshive.co.nz/events/YES-Meeting as we need your RSVP.

PS If you want to be involved but can’t make it, let us know via the registration form and we'll keep you in the loop.