Competition to find young creative thinkers
On the 25th of June we launched a UK wide competition to find creative thinking young people, aged from 16-26, to offer them a fantastic career changing opportunity.
Ten young people will be picked to work together in teams across England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales. They will be trained to think creatively, mentored for a year and paid to work together as a team of creative thinking entrepreneurs providing social enterprise and sustainable business solutions.
The competition will be run online, with interviews via Skype for finalists.
THE DEADLINE HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO THE 7th of SEPTEMBER
The competition winners will be announced on the 28th September 2012.The training, mentoring and paid work will be for 12 months starting 1st October, this can fit around other commitments such as college, university or work.
How to enter
- All applicants must join our hub (which is free)
- Follow @bricksandbread on Twitter
- Send us a tweet to say;
@bricksandbread – Please add me to your list of young creative thinkers – I want to enter your competition #BBhub - Click here to access the competition application information
- Send an email or a video to answer the questions in the application info
- We will send you further communication by email / Twitter
- You can find out what is happening next by checking this page or reading our tweets.
- If you don’t want to use Twitter - ask a friend or relative to follow us so you can keep updated with our news – ask your nominated tweeter to send this tweet; @bricksandbread I’m nominating (your name) – add me to your list – they want to enter your competition #BBhubIf you don’t know how to use Twitter have a read of Trudy’s Tips for using Twitter Guide it’s free to download
The Competition
This competition is designed to encourage young people to listen and trust in their instincts, to develop their self reliance, communication and practical skills, to rely on creative thinking to find solutions. We will not be judging these young people on their qualifications or experience, we are interested in their natural ability to think creatively.
Everyone who enters the competition will be given a useful guide written by Trudy Thompson, the Founder of Bricks and Bread Sustainable Living Centre, in which she shares her creative thinking, social enterprise and sustainable business techniques.
This competition will develop on the work Trudy has been doing for the last three years to proactively involve young people of all ages and abilities in creating and running Bricks and Bread Sustainable Living Centre. Valuing what young people think, has inspired them and given them a great deal confidence, whilst making this social enterprise into the ground breaking business it is today.
Trudy Thompson mentors hundreds of entrepreneurs, helps to incubate ventures and every Saturday provides a free advice clinic at Bricks and Bread. Trudy also shares her knowledge as an inspiring guest speaker and runs innovative workshops based on her Change to Save social enterprise & sustainable business system.
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Competition winners will be offered;
Training
To learn Trudy Thompson’s Change to Save creative thinking program for people who want to make a difference.
Mentoring
To find their way forward in life, whether that is running their own business or a career path that fits with them.
Paid work
For a year – working alongside Trudy Thompson to run creative thinking workshop sessions and be involved in her projects to create innovative solutions for businesses.
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Who can enter this competition?
This is a UK wide competition, entries are welcomed from England, Ireland, Scotland & Wales
It is open to anyone aged from 16 to 26 (at the time of filling out the application form)
We are looking for people with the ability to think creatively, that doesn’t mean they need to be artists!
We will not be judging people by their qualifications or experience
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Want to find out more about Bricks and Bread & have a chat with Trudy Thompson?
If you want to visit the Bricks and Bread Centre in Aldershot to meet Trudy Thompson, you are welcome to turn up any Saturday to pop in and say hello. Trudy is there between 10am – 4pm
Or you can book into her free advice clinic and chat to Trudy over Skype/phone/or at the Centre
Or feel free to chat to Trudy on Twitter – @bricksandbread
