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Dare to think the unthinkable
budding entrepreneurs urged
Students were urged to think the
unthinkable at the launch of a
challenge to raise cash for good
causes in Welwyn Hatfield.
On Thursday the annual Dragons
Apprentice Challenge was launched,
with youngsters tasked to come up
with business plans to raise money.
Over the next six months, teams
from schools across the borough
including Chancellors, Oaklands
College, Onslow St Audreys,
Bishops Hatfield, and Sir Frederic
Osborn schools will be looking to
turn 100 into 1,000 or more.
They will be helped by mentors
from a number of businesses, and
each team will be raising money for
a designated charity.
At the launch event, held at the
Gosling Sports Centre in WGC, Sir
Roy Gardner, chairman of Enserve
Group, told the students: It makes
me really mad to hear people say the
UK lacks the spirit of innovation.
Your idea can really make a
difference. Young people often dare
to think the unthinkable.
Test yourselves, think the
unthinkable.
The challenge is supported by the
WHT, with editor Terry Mitchinson
among the judges.
It is sponsored by the Welwyn
Hatfield Youth Partnership.
Matt Rayner, youth and sports
partnership manager at Welwyn
Hatfield Council, said: Were
delighted by the enthusiasm and
creativity of local business people
who so generously give their time to
enable the young people to achieve
their targets.
It is the second year the challenge
has run, with teams last year
collecting 9,000 for a number of
charities.
Mentors this year will be from
Barclays Bank, Purple Marketing,
The Welwyn Florist, MacIntrye
Hudson, Child UK and Welwyn
Hatfield Chamber Of Commerce.
The charities and community
groups to benefit will be the Red
Rubber Ball Foundation, The Willow
Foundation, the Isabel Hospice, The
YMCA and the Keech Hospice.
By news editor Dave Burke
dave.burke@whtimes.co.uk
It makes me really
mad to hear people say
the UK lacks the spirit
of innovation. Your
idea can really make a
difference
Sir Roy Gardner, pictured right
I Contestants, judges
and business mentors
at the lanuch in WGCs
Gosling Stadium
I Borough councillor Bernard Sarson who spoke to students at the launch