Running during the school holidays , the programme takes the best aspects of these successful TV shows and blends them with practical skills workshops led by Sami , where two teams of five compete to develop a winning product from scratch . Over the course of five days , the students are tasked to meet a sustainable design brief that involves designing a brand , product , marketing video and start-up business plan .

The young people develop their creative skills , as they are required to make their own products using recycled materials . These include high quality wooden boxes , which were previously used for transporting integral blind systems , along with plywood sheets provided by Morley Glass . Sami

teaches the students handicraft , graphic design and digital fabrication skills and they learn essential business skills too , enabling them to cost out their products with a view to making a profit at retail .

At the end of the week , each team presents in ‘ Dragon ’ s Den ’ style to pitch their creations to an expert panel of judges who are successful entrepreneurs themselves . And if the teams are happy with their finished products , they can then go on to sell them to their previously identified target market should they want to .

Ian Short , MD of Morley Glass said : “ We ’ re absolutely thrilled to be supporting Sami and the Creative Enterprise Challenge because it brings

together two things that are close to my heart – sustainability and developing our entrepreneurs of the future . The programmes that have run so far have shown just how capable young people are at being able to take a brief , work as a team and create finished products of amazing quality that have blown the judges away .

“ Whilst we initially started our partnership simply as a supplier of wood after Sami contacted us , we quickly saw the potential of her programme and wanted to do more . That ’ s why we offered to provide funding that has ensured places on the Creative Enterprise Challenge have been subsidised to date , and we hope to continue supporting Sami as her scheme grows .”

Sami is a successful product designer and workshop

instructor who founded her Just Lovett Design business five years ago . She also runs Just Lovett Workshops where she empowers people to get creative to boost their wellbeing .

Sami added : “ The Creative Enterprise Challenge aims to educate and inspire children , who will walk away at the end of the week with so much more than a product and a business plan . We ’ ve seen the transformation that ’ s possible in just one week , with the children often starting out a little nervous , but by the end of the week they ’ ve made new friends and really built their confidence .”

Further details about

the programme can be

found at https :// www .

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