Social Enterprise London reaches out to young people

By Nick Hilborne, Third Sector Online, 3 January 2008

A group of teenagers from the inner city are launching their own social enterprise this year to train cyclists, after a school visit from Social Enterprise London.

The 14 to 16 year-olds from business and enterprise college the St Matthew Academy in Lewisham, won £250 in start-up capital to set up their scheme after a competition at the end of last term inspired by BBC’s entrepreneurial programme Dragon’s Den . Fourteen teams of students worked on business...

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