Project
Primary Inspiration through Enterprise
Funding
The project was kick-started with about £2,000 from local businesses and schools
Background
A common complaint from business and industry is that young people leave school with limited understanding of enterprise and a lack of employability skills. Most interventions designed to address this skills shortage are aimed at secondary school pupils and school leavers. "But there is very little focus on primary age pupils," says entrepreneur Ammar Mirza, founder of Asian Business Connexions (ABC).
"That's where we should be starting because by the time someone leaves school, they have already formed their aptitude and attitude," he says. He has championed this concept via the Newcastle-based Primary Inspiration through Enterprise scheme, supported by ABC and social housing providers Your Homes Newcastle and Leaze Homes.
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