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Future 100 Award Winners 2011 Announced
Thursday, 17 November 2011 12:18
The winners of the Future 100 Awards 2011 have just been announced!
To find out who they are visit www.future100.co.uk
The Future 100 Awards were first launched in 2008 to recognise and profile young entrepreneurs running businesses, which have a triple bottom line. The definition of a triple bottom line, is a business that addresses people, planet and profit. They have a strong commercial foundation as well as a significant social and environmental impact.
The Future 100 Awards recognises the success of young entrepreneurs aged 18-35 who demonstrate entrepreneurial flair and innovation in progressing a responsible business venture.
Founder of Striding Out and organiser of the Future100 awards, Heather Wilkinson said: "The future of our world is in the hands of individuals who are committed to generating commercial and ethical returns. Challenging economic times can offer opportunities to question the way we operate as both a business community and a society. We have a history of profiling the 'Future 100' young entrepreneurs who are changing the face of everyday business and improving commerce's impact on the wider world."
The Future 100 awards encourages and rewards extraordinary vision, ethical business practice and social responsibility. They aim to showcase businesses that offer innovative and sustainable solutions to social problems. The Future 100 Awards is organized by Striding Out www.stridingout.co.uk, a social enterprise which is committed to supporting the development and growth of ethical entrepreneurs.
The Future 100 Awards are sponsored by Ernst & Young
and supported by PR and Media Partners - Do Your Own PR and Matter & Co
Heather Wilkinson, announced as a Young Gun in 2011
Thursday, 20 October 2011 18:20
Heather Wilkinson, founder of Striding Out is announced as a Young Gun 2011, by Growing Business
Young Guns 2011: UK’s hottest entrepreneurs aged 35 or under
Growing Business names its list of 30 companies with founders aged 35 or under for 2011. Each year Young Guns recognises the fastest-rising and most exciting young entrepreneurs running UK businesses.
The 2011 Young Guns were unveiled at an awards ceremony held at London’s Kensington Roof Gardens, with more than 50 of Britain’s top young business owners in attendance.
Now in its ninth successful year, this year’s Young Guns, sponsored by accountancy group haysmacintyre and law firm Farrer & Co, saw the ‘Class of 2011’ officially join an illustrious alumni featuring the founders of some of the UK’s most successful entrepreneurial businesses.
The founders of Innocent Drinks (2003), Extreme Group (2004), Glasses Direct (2005), Moo (2008), Firebox (2003), Printing.com (2003), Hawk-Eye (2004), and Miniclip (2007) have all received Young Guns recognition in the past.
The final 30, feature on GrowingBusiness at www.growingbusiness.co.uk/youngguns
Tackling Youth Unemployment
Friday, 14 October 2011 11:28
Tackling Youth Unemployment
Youth unemployment has hit the headlines once again this week, and the question is how do we solve the problem! It’s not just about creating new jobs….
Striding Out has engaged with over 4000 unemployed young people claiming job seekers allowance. Through this activity we have found the main barriers facing young people to be:- no or little real work experience on their CV, lack of clarity on what they want to do, and really low levels of motivation and confidence due to repeated rejection. These issues reinforce each other and create a spiralling negative outcome to hamper a young person’s progress and would even prevent them from securing a job even if one existed.
Coaching Skills Course in Birmingham
Monday, 03 October 2011 18:58
Training in Mentoring and Coaching Skills for working with young people
Three Day Course - 11th January 2012 - Birmingham
This course would suit those who..
- Advise, coach or mentor young people to achieve their potential.
- Want to understand the potential and impact of professional coaching skills.
- Want to add coaching techniques and tools to your skill set
Coaching tools can help you achieve the following:
- Understand your client’s interests and build a better rapport
- Help them to take responsibility for their own goals and actions
- Uncover real thoughts and feelings using skilled questioning techniques
- Create structured conversations with clients that achieve real outcomes.
- Understand how to give guidance rather than advice to empower your client.
Future 100 Awards 2011
Saturday, 24 September 2011 22:52
The Future 100 Awards 2011 are now open for entries.
The Awards recognise the talent and achievements of young social entreprenuers who are running a responsible business with a triple bottom line.
The Awards are being sponsored by Ernst and Young , and the celebratory event will be held at their central london office
Our PR Partner for the Awards are the The Broadcasters.
To find out more visit our dedicated website www.future100.co.uk
Check out what previous winners have to say about winning the awards below...
Tom Chance, Founder of Giveacar
“It was great to win. I actually got featured in the Times with a decent sized article. The journalist said he found out about me after looking through the Future 100 awards. Very handy.”
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