Hundreds of primary school pupils with an eye for business are set to learn the secrets of a successful market stall.
Workshops are being run by Bradford Council’s Step Up Enterprise staff in the run up to national Enterprise Week beginning on November 15.
The two-hour sessions will offer fun and interactive challenges designed to inspire and motivate the pupils to come up with ideas for products and think about how they would run their own enterprise.
They are building up to the Step Up Market Challenge which will see 60 teams of young people aged five to 19 running their own market stalls and selling their own products next summer.
The workshops will take place on the following dates:
Tuesday, November 2: Gateway Christian Centre, Tong
Friday, November 5: Grange Interlink, Great Horton
Monday, November 8: Victoria Hall, Keighley
Friday, November 12: Thornbury Centre, Bradford
Councillor Ralph Berry, Bradford Council’s Executive Member for Children’s Services and Education, said: “The workshops taking place over the next fortnight will be a great way for children to learn how they can turn a good idea into a winning business.
“They will be excellent preparation for the Market Challenge – this year’s event was a huge success and hopefully next summer’s will be just as popular.”
Step Up Enterprise is funded by Bradford Kickstart and aims to work with schools, colleges, and community groups and encourage children and young people’s entrepreneurial skills to help develop business leaders of tomorrow.
For more information about Step Up Enterprise please call 01274 436834
