The SKILL! Programme is a series of interactive, high energy workshops that help young people to learn fundamental employability skills through a range of focussed enterprise and entrepreneurship activities.
Since launching in May 2008, we have reached 1000 young people through 15 workshops in London and Bristol. These workshops have been produced with corporate partners including:
- Addleshaw Goddard
- Allen & Overy
- BMS Group
- BT
- EDF Energy
- Europe Arab Bank
- FTI Consulting
- J.P. Morgan
- Merrill Lynch
- Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy
- Nomura
- Oriel Securities
- Osborne Clarke
- PwC
- Simmons & Simmons
- Standard Bank
Every SKILL! Workshop features a variety of expert facilitators and successful entrepreneurs, imparting knowledge and advice to the students participating. Speakers at the workshops to date have included:
- Jay Bregman – Co-founder of eCourier
- Michelle Dewberry – Entrepreneur; Winner of The Apprentice Series Two
- David Hathiramani – Co-founder of aSuitThatFits.com
- Katie Ledger – Communications consultant
- Julie Meyer - Panellist in BBC Dragons’ Den Online; Founder of Ariadne Capital
- Tim Weller – Founder and Group Chief Executive of Incisive Media
- Simon Woodroffe – Serial entrepreneur; Founder of YO! Sushi and Yotel