Blackpool Sixth students won a fantastic four awards at the Hero Awards 2010 last night which recognises young persons’ achievements in enterprise. Olivia Johnson-Allen won Most Enterprising Student (Post-16), Scott Wallace won a special award for Role Model for Enterprise, a group of students won Most Innovative Enterprise and the Sixth Form was awarded for Embracing an Enterprise Culture.
Blackpool Sixth also had a number of students nominated for awards including Team India 2011, EcoAction and Shamal.
Olivia Johnson-Allen reached the final stages of an Enterprise UK competition, Start Up: Travel and Tourism, giving her £1000 to start her own business. Only five groups nationwide reached the final stages of the competition, sponsored by Virgin Holidays, and two of these came from Blackpool Sixth. The other group, Shamal, were also nominated for a Hero award last night.
Michael Kimber is a part of the A Day in the Life of a Grown Up team which won the Most Innovative Enterprise Award. The group produced a package for primary schools to teach literacy and numeracy skills based on real life situations.
Michael Kimber commented, “Its great to win a Hero Award. I have really enjoyed taking part in a number of enterprise activities this year and I am looking forward to doing more of the same next year.”
Pictured above: A Day in the Life of a Grown Up Team are presented their award by Dancing on Ice's Daniel Whiston
Winner of the Role Model for Enterprise Award, Scott Wallace, has been working on enterprise activities with his former high school, St George’s High School.
Team India have been fundraising for a visit to Dharamsala in April 2011, They will be taking part in a teaching experience that hopes to impact positively on the deprived communities where the project will be carried out.
The EcoAction Team have been involved in a number of activities to raise awareness of environmental issues and the need for change including organising Blackpool’s first eco festival, EcoFest 2010.
In 2009, Blackpool Sixth Form received national recognition for the excellence of its work in enterprise being the first college in the country to be given the prestigious Excellence in Enterprise Education award from the Centre for Education and Industry at Warwick University.
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