Trainee Solicitors, Sophie Hill, Stephanie Macpherson and Natasha Potter were amongst the recipients of awards recently handed out at the Enterprise and Skills Entrepreneurs Awards evening, sponsored by Bournemouth University and held at the Royal Bath Hotel.
Whilst the girls each received certificates in recognition of the time and effort they put in as mentors on the programme the night belonged to the students.
Enterprise and Skills are a Dorset based charity who work with schools to introduce students to real business situations through a variety of different programmes. The Awards evening recognises one such programme where groups of students are encouraged to start a business. Students build a business from the ground up which includes deciding on what product or service to sell, through to manufacturing, sales and marketing, keeping accounts and culminating in a final presentation at the awards ceremony. The students are judged and prizes, which have been sponsored by local businesses, are awarded.
There were many awards on offer including: Best IT, Best Company Report, Best Entrepreneur, Best Presentation, Eco Team award and of course the Company of the Year award. Unfortunately whilst the Humphries Kirk mentored teams each did well picking up individual awards (with Stephanie’s team in particular picking up 4 of the individual categories), they missed out on the best over all award which was won by “Just” a team made up of students from Bournemouth School and Bournemouth School for Girls who were mentored by Enterprise and Skills stalwarts, Castle Point Shopping Park.
Sophie Hill, mentor and trainee solicitor said, “It is great to work with the students who are not much younger than I. The programme is a great way for Humphries Kirk to demonstrate our commitment to support our local community and it helps boost my own confidence in the work I do”.
Sophie Hill (far right) and Team
Natasha Potter (centre) and Team
Stephanie Macpherson (centre) and Team
Schools represented at the awards included: Bournemouth School, Bournemouth School for Girls, Parkstone Grammar, Corfe Hill’s and Queen Elizabeth.
If you wish to know more about Enterprise and Skills then contact Karen Arnold on 01202 848069 or email office@enterpriseandskills.co.uk or visit their website at www.enterpriseandskills.co.uk
Please contact Bournemouth solicitorsHumphries Kirk if you would like more information.