Overview

This competition is an opportunity for young people who may be aspiring to become self-employed or work in a business related role to develop work-readiness skills and progress to gain paid employment.

During the competition, competitors will work as a team on a project with a sustainable theme.   The competition will focus on taking an everyday item that is readily available in abundance and asking the students to create an Enterprise project around this.

The skills you need to demonstrate

  • Teamwork

  • Problem solving

  • Communication

  • Presentation Skills

  • Research skills

  • Money Management skills

     

  • Analytical

  • Creativity and Design

Entry criteria

  • This competition is for learners with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), additional learning needs (ALN), or who require additional support for learning (ASL) on a vocational, employability or work readiness programme. Learners should be working at:
  • Entry Level 3 to Level 1 (England and Wales)
  • Level 2 (Ireland)
  • Access 3 (Scotland)
  • Competitors must be 16 years of age or older
  • 3 competitors per team

 

How it works

Registrations open 09:00am Monday 3rd of March and will close midnight Friday 28th of March.

Entry Stage will be released between Monday 3rd of March with a final deadline of 2nd of May 2025 (Exact dates will vary by competition).

Qualifiers will take place between 5th of May 2025 to 27th of June 2025 (Exact dates will vary by competition).

To help finalists prepare ahead of the UK Final, we will provide relevant technical training and share mindset development techniques, to support them to remain focused on achieving success.

National finals will take place during a week in November 2025 in Wales.

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