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Leaders of Tomorrow
56 NETWORKING SUPPORT
Leaders of Tomorrow

Promoting

Excellence

g. a. p networks vision is to Grow Aspiring People by promoting excellence, leadership and bringing business, education and financial success to the heart of the BME community

We need to take action now!

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Our Mission: To present the BME Leaders of today and develop the BME Leaders of tomorrow. To educate, inspire and cater for BME young people and senior citizens.
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To create opportunities for the
What a boost it would be to
BME community to develop and
the BME community if even
succeed in business, education
a quarter of this consumer
and employment.
spend was spent in the BME
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To influence the BME community
community each year. We at
g. a. p. c. i. c. plans to continue
to utilise BME businesses to
g. a. p( growing aspiring people)
promoting such events to
ensure sustainability & growth
CIC( Community Interest
increase the confidence of black
by using our BlackPoundOnLine.
Company) in partnership with
consumers in the reliability
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our sister Company The Black
and efficiency of BME business
services and products and to
Pound On Line. Com. and in
people and professions in the
gain the support of major
support of Equanomics UK’ s
UK. By promoting such events
corporations to have a strong
agenda believe that the time
g. a. p c. i. c and The Black Pound
Corporate Social Responsibility
for talking about the mere
On Line. Com initiative hopes
Programme.
potential for the Black Pound
that BME consumers will be
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encouraged to help and uplift
capacity building and the sharing
g. a. p and The Black Pound
their own community thus
of information and best practice.
On Line. Com believes in
enabling some of the more
highlighting the success of black
negative aspects of the BME
Black & Minority Ethnic people in the
businesses, entrepreneurs and
community portrayed by the
UK represent a significant cultural
professionals in the UK. In June
media to be displaced by
consumer force with a combined
2007, Tim Campbell- Winner
positive success stores and
disposable income of approximately
of the Apprentice, Wilfred-
showcasing positive BME role
£ 32 billion, according to research by
Emmanuel Jones – The Black
models for our burgeoning
the Institute of Practitioners
Farmer, Levi Roots – Winner of
business community and
in Advertising –
Dragons Den, Reggae Reggae
BME youth.
source Blacknet. co. uk
Sauce and Alexander Amosu
- Ringtone Millionaire, revealed
For more information
the secrets of their business
please see our website
success.
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engage | uk ISSUE FIVE 2007