Wings of Hope Achievement Award (WOHAA) participants celebrate in style at the WOHAA Award Ceremony 2012 hosted by the Wings of Hope at Wembley Stadium.

On the 19th of April 2012, 700 students from different schools attended the WOHAA Award Ceremony 2012 at Wembley Stadium. This years theme was ‘Heroes and Heroines’ and students did not fail to deliver some amazing costumes in order to represent their favourite hero or heroine.

Dr Sri Ram (CEO & Co-founder Wings of Hope) and Rajni Sriram (CEO & Co-founder Wings of Hope) hosted the evening at Wembley Stadium where every student who participated in the Wings of Hope Achievement Award this year was recognised and rewarded throughout the evening for all their efforts and hard work. The 32 teams that had got through to the semi-finals at the House of Lords waited with anticipation as Babita Sharma (BBC World News Presenter) opened the ceremony. Throughout the ceremony Babita kept the audience entertained as everyone waited in anticipation to see which teams would win an award.

Teachers, corporate partners: Arup, Capco, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, supporters: Baroness Verma, House of Lords, Loveable Rogues (Musicians: Eddie Brett, Te Eugene, Sonny Muharrem) and MP Barry Gardiner – Brent North amongst others, also attended the event and were overwhelmed by the achievements of the students and by how much they had been able to accomplish throughout their WOHAA journey.

Guests commented on the event:
‘It was an absolute delight to be there yesterday. The students have been brilliant and I really cannot wait to meet all of them and have them for our work experience’
Nupur Singh & Anshu Kapoor, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd.

‘It was a great pleasure to see such fantastic talent, well done for this wonderful vision, our very best wishes to you all’ Baroness Verma, House of Lords.

‘It was a lovely evening. I’m so pleased I was able to be there for the award. I was also pleased to see how many other students from Preston Manor came along’ Ms Wilding (Preston Manor School).

‘We have lots of charities that we support at Malvern College but I was looking for a particular charity that would offer the pupils the opportunity to develop skills and that’s certainly what’s happened, they’ve learnt so much’ Ms Godsland (Malvern College).

Baroness Verma, House of Lords, Dr Sri Ram (CEO & Co-founder of the Wings of Hope), Loveable Rogues (Musicians), MP Barry Gardiner (Brent North), Nupur Singh (Tata Consultancy Services Ltd) gave speeches and presented different awards. All the guests were amazed by the event and pledged their continued support for the Wings of Hope.

Entertainment was also provided throughout the evening with students from different schools giving various performances. These included various upbeat songs performed by the 88’s – a six piece band, Kathryn singing Beyonce – Love on Top, Becky performing a Queen Dance Tribute and Sahil playing the Tabla.

Loveable Rogues, a new upcoming band that will be taking part in Britain’s Got Talent also wowed the crowd with their fresh talent and original songs. DJ Harrybo (previous resident DJ at Ministry of Sound) closed the evening by playing some amazing music for all the students to dance to.

Awards were given to the following teams in the following categories:

Best Presentation:
- Winners: Asha, Heathfield School
- Runners Up: Athena, Kendrick School

Most Innovative:
- Winners: Alantus, Surbiton High School
- Runners Up: Fashionistas, Francis Holland School

Most Awareness Raised:
- Winners: Aquila, Malvern College
- Runners Up: Tired Nutters, Archbishop Tennison
- Runners Up: Euphoria, Tormead

Most Funds Raised:
- Winners: SMiLE, Merchant Taylors
- Runners Up: Difference, Newstead Wood Grammar School

Special Recognition:
- Be Positive, Stay Strong – Preston Manor School

Overall Winning Team: SMiLE

Innovative student entries from this year included: a world record 61 hour radio show, a walk around the monopoly board, creating a signed birthday card for the Queen, Fashion Show, Golf Day and much more.

The overall winning team will receive an all expenses paid trip to India to see first-hand how the money they have raised provides and maintains the education of disadvantaged children. Winners will receive unique and valuable work experience placements with selected corporate partners including Saatchi & Saatchi, Edelman, Tata Consultancy Services and CAPCO.

WOHAA Award Ceremony 2012 ‘Heroes & Heroines’ photos:

Group of students with Dr Sri Ram (CEO & Co-founder Wings of Hope) and Rajni Sriram (CEO & Co-founder Wings of Hope) in front of Wembley Stadium:

Team Halo in front of Wembley Stadium:

Babita Sharma (BBC World News Presenter)

The 88′s

Baroness Verma, House of Lords

Loveable Rogues

Team Be Positive, Stay Strong with Rajni Sriram (CEO & Co-founder Wings of Hope)

Team Aquila with Nupur Singh (Tata Consultancy Services Ltd)

Team SMiLE with MP Barry Gardiner, Dr Sri Ram (CEO & Co-founder Wings of Hope) and Rajni Sriram (CEO & Co-founder Wings of Hope)

Kathryn singing Beyonce – Love On Top

Team ASHA with Baroness Verma, House of Lords

Loveable Rogues performing

Becky performing Queen Dance Tribute

Team Alantus with Babita Sharma

Team Fashionistas with Dr Sri Ram (CEO & Co-founder Wings of Hope)

DJ Harrybo

Mario and Luigi – winners of best dressed:

Students

Wings of Hope Achievement Award (WOHAA) semi-finalists aim for a once in a lifetime winning prize of an all expenses paid trip to India when presenting their projects to a distinguished panel of judges.

On the 22^nd of March 2012, 32 teams, 173 students from 28 different schools participated in the semi-finals of WOHAA 2011-2012 at the House of Lords. The day commenced early in the morning with teams promptly arriving at the River Room in the House of Lords to present their WOHAA journey to top CEOs and celebrity judges. This year’s judges included: Sir David Jason (award winning actor), Jackie Cooper (Vice Chair at Edelman PR), Charlie Egerton-Warburton (Head of UK & Eire Private Banking at Credit Suisse), Jordi Ferrer (Managing Director UK Service Provider and Media at Cisco), Dr Sri Ram (CEO & Co-founder Wings of Hope), Steve Duncan (Former Boots Chairman), Lady Verma (Politician), Clarke Carlisle (Chairman, Professional Footballer’s Association), Sarah Carvar (Capco), Rami Ranger (Entrepreneur) and Vindi Banga (Former President of Unilever).  The day also allowed students to hear inspiring speeches from Rt Hon. Baroness D’Souza (Lord Speaker).

Each team was given a 5 minute slot in which they had the chance to present their creative WOHAA achievements and even failures to the judges. Innovative student entries from this year included: a world record 61 hour radio show, a Take Me Out event, a walk around the monopoly board, creating a signed birthday card forthe Queen and much more. This year’s standard was exceptionally high and judges were left extremely impressed by student’s efforts throughout the day. Teams differed in their method of delivering their presentations with some students painting their faces like Avatar, doing their presentation in an interview style, dressing uporpresenting their efforts through the medium of video.

Rajni Sriram, CEO and cofounder of the Wings of Hope comments on the event:

“Every year I see students from different schools in different parts of Britain come together at this event to showcase the new skills they have learnt from participating in the WOHAA programme. I have been particularly impressed by student-participants as young as 13 years old involved. Their energy and enthusiasm makes such a difference to the lives of other children less fortunate than themselves. We are incredibly grateful to all the students and schools who have participated in the WOHAA 2011/12 programme and look forward to receiving their continued support in the year to come.”

Every team was unique and it will certainly be hard for the judges to decide on the winning team and the runners up. Student’s projects will be assessed and the winners will be announced at the annual award ceremony at Wembley Stadium, on Thursday the 19th of April 2012. The overall winning team will receive an all expenses paid trip to India to see first-hand how the money they have raised provides and maintains the education of disadvantaged children. Runners up will receive unique and valuable work experience placements with selected corporate partners including Saatchi & Saatchi, Edelman, Tata Consultancy Services and CAPCO.

Students commented on the event:

‘The team and I really enjoyed going to The House of Lords to present our presentation. We would once again like to thank you and the judges forallowing us to take part in such a prestigious event’ Fosiya from team Funducation.

‘We had a lot more fun and achieved more that we thought we would during the process. The presentation yesterday was interesting, and we couldn’t believe how well some of the other teams had done and how much of a difference that it is going to make’ Hiran from team Change.

Watch an overview of the semi-finals 2012 at the House of Lords here.

WOHAA semi-final photos:

Snapshot projects

Judges and students watching WOHAA DVD

Team ASHA

Dr Sri Ram (CEO & Co-founder Wings of Hope), Jackie Cooper (Vice Chair at Edelman PR) and Sir David Jason(award winning actor)

Team Change

Vindi Banga (Former President of Unilever), Rt Honourable Baroness D’Souza (Lord Speaker) and Lady Verma (Politician)

Team Alantus

Jackie Cooper (Vice Chair at Edelman PR), Jordi Ferrer (Managing Director UK Service Provider and Media at Cisco) and Charlie Egerton-Warburton (Head of UK & Eire Private Banking at Credit Suisse),

Team Helpin’ Hand

Steve Duncan (Former Boots Chairman), Rami Ranger (Entrepreneur) and Sarah Carvar (Capco)

Spread a Lil Magic

Clarke Carlisle (Chairman, Professional Footballer’s Association) 

Team Led Helpin’

Sir David Jason(award winning actor)

Team Angels in Aid

Three Men and the Beard

Schools and teams that got through to the semi-finals:
Archbishop Tenison – Tired Nutters
Burnham Grammar School – Spread a Lil Magic
City of London Academy – Passage to India
Clapton Girls Academy – Altruistic
Claremont High School – Aspire
Featherstone High School – Led Helpin’
Francis Holland – Fashionistas
Francis Holland – Angels in Aid
Hatch End High School – Helping Hand
Heathfield School – ASHA
Heathland School – Angels of Faith
Illford County High – Change
Kendrick School – Team Athena
Kingsbury High School – Dynamic
Lady Margaret School- Team Fortitude
Latymer Upper School – Kickstart
Malvern College – Aquila
Merchant Taylors – SMiLE
Newstead Wood – Team Difference
Newstead Wood – Halo
Nonsuch High School – Dynamic
Nonsuch High School – LOL (Lots of Love)
Norbury Manor – Funducation
Preston Manor – Be Positive, Stay Strong
Surbiton High School – Team Alantus
Sydenham High School – VIVA
Tiffin Boys – They See Me Rollin’, They Donatin’
Tormead School – Asariel
Tormead School – Euphoria
Tunbridge Wells Grammar – Three Men and the Beard

The Wings of Hope team are currently sifting through the masses of ‘snapshot projects’ that have been sent to us by WOHAA 2011-2012 participants. The Semi-finalists will be announced by the end of this Friday the 16th of March. We have received an unprecedented amount of projects this year and the standard is unbelievably high, we would like to thank everyone who participated and put so much effort into supporting us.

The Semi-finals will take place in the prestigious River Room at the House of Lords in Central London on Thursday the 22nd of March. Semi-finalists will meet and present their projects to a distinguished panel of judges including Sir David Jason.

Students participating in WOHAA 2011-2012 have also been invited to the annual Wings of Hope Achievement Award Ceremony held at Wembley Stadium on Thursday the 19th of April. This is an opportunity for every WOHAA participant to celebrate their achievements by recognising and rewarding every student for their participation in WOHAA. The overall winners of the competition will also be announced and will receive a once in a lifetime all expenses paid trip to India during the Summer holidays. More information and free tickets to this event can be registered here: http://wohaaawardceremony.eventbrite.co.uk/

Check out the flyer for the WOHAA Award Ceremony:

Last week students were lucky enough to attend a workshop at the BBC Television Centre in White City. The focus of the workshop was about all things media, with students gaining a valuable insight into the industry of Journalism and what it would be like to work in the News department of the BBC.

The students were privileged to have the afternoon hosted by BBC World News presenter and supporter of the Wings of Hope Babita Sharma. They were able to hear directly from Babita and a few of her colleagues about the various career roles available in the BBC. This included meeting a Director of the News, Editor of the News Website, News Presenter and Script Writer. It was interesting to hear about their daily tasks and activities but to also hear about their career paths and how they got to where they are today. Students were then given the unique opportunity to see the BBC World News studio and surrounding office in action whilst they were live on air.

The day finished off with a tour around the BBC Television Centre where students got to see props including the TARDIS and a Dalek from Dr Who, the studios provided for the filming of Miranda, Match of the Day, 10 O’clock Live…, the dressing rooms used by Coldplay, Red Hot Chilli Peppers, The Wanted… and much more. Students also got the chance to become weather forecast presenters, news readers and participants in a ‘Weakest Link’ style competition.

Feedback from the workshop was extremely positive, all in all the students found the experience enjoyable and beneficial:
Did the workshop live up to your expectations?
‘Absolutely! It was a great day with really lovely people, helpful tour guides and speakers and a lot of things to think about…It really was brilliant.’ Jess from Harlington Upper School.

‘Yes, the workshop did live up to my expectations however I was really glad about the BBC tour around the building as I am a more practical individual and find it easier to learn on my feet. I learnt a lot’ Bianca from Norbury Manor Business and Enterprise College.

During the February half term students had the amazing opportunity to go on a trip to visit Christ’s College at Cambridge University. Wings of Hope was lucky enough to secure two separate visits to the university allowing even more students to take part in a unique and personalised visit of Christ’s College.

The day did not start as planned with many students getting delayed and being obliged to take rail replacement buses due to London underground trains not working. Once all the students had finally gathered everyone set off in the minibus to Cambridge.

Rajni comments on the trip:

‘It was a privilege and honour to take several Wings of Hope students to The Yusuf Hamied Centre at Christ’s College on a very cold February morning.

Upon arrival, we were greeted by Ed Sharpe who looks after school visits and were quickly whisked away straight to The Yusuf Hamied Centre.

The Centre, a modern impressive building sitting comfortably alongside the old college buildings, proudly houses a state of the art theatre with a huge screen!  We were also able to visit the JCR and the other social spaces.’

Ed spoke to the students in detail about the admission procedure at Christ’s College as well as Cambridge University as a whole. The talk ended with a Q & A session with the students enthusiastically asking many questions.

Following this, Rajni proceeded to give a brief talk to the students explaining her connection with Dr. Yusuf Hamied and his contribution to Christ’s college and the Pharmaceutical industry as a whole.

After the talk everyone set off to the College Dining Hall where a delicious three course buffet lunch was served to everyone who attended the trip.

Unfortunately the weather continued to be dismal with rain setting in but this did not deter the students from having a look around the College and seeing the excellent facilities provided. All the students were extremely impressed by what the College had to offer.

The tour then continued with a visit around Cambridge University by foot to see the other Colleges, The Library and the building where Watson and Crick discovered DNA.

The day was polished off by a lovely walk along the river and a visit to the town square market where everyone was able to pick up some souvenirs.

All in all, it can be said it was a memorable trip.

The students who attended found the trip beneficial, enjoyable and provided us with some great feedback:

‘I would thoroughly recommend such trips to any other future WOHAA participants – it really is a great opportunity to discover how to make the right choices and tailor your university application so that you can achieve the best results. I am grateful to the Wings of Hope for offering me this brilliant opportunity’ Krithi from Heathfield School.

‘Thank you very much for organising the trip to Cambridge University. It was very beneficial as it was the first university I have ever visited so it was an eye opener as to what universities are like.  I particularly enjoyed the session we had with the interactive presentation as I learnt a lot of what universities are really like. The Yusuf Hamied Centre – a contribution by a past student, was certainly impressive.I also enjoyed walking around and seeing the sights as I have never been to cambridge before’ Jamie from Lady Margaret School.

‘The trip to Cambridge University was both educational and fun. I learnt a lot about the campus, the application process and campus life. This was a wonderful experience and I recommend it to anyone who may be considering applying to Oxbridge’ Rochelle from Heathfield School.

Speed Mentoring not Speed Dating

Wings of Hope Charity Enlist Top Young Professionals to Mentor Teenagers About the World of Work In One Afternoon, as Youth Unemployment Reaches 19-yr high

On Saturday 11^th February over 400 teenagers gathered, at the prestigious Royal College of Surgeons in Holborn for an afternoon of innovative speed mentoring by over sixty top young professionals. The event was hosted by The Wings of Hope Children’s Charity whose mission is to “Empower through Education”, with projects in the UK, India and Malawi. The event was targeted at 14-20 year olds who had exclusive access to professionals from over thirty industries including banking, law, accountancy, fashion, PR, event management, sustainability, music production, acting and enterprise. With eight-minute slots over a two-hour period, the students were able to get key insights into a wide variety of industries.

With youth unemployment at a 19-year high, entering the world of work is a daunting task. This event differs from usual career fairs, with useful interactive advice coming directly from the professionals – most of whom were under the age of 30. Smruti , 25, the organiser of the event says, “I have been involved with Wings of Hope since I was 17-years old and have grown up with the charity. I am privileged to have some great friends in top industries, all of whom have always wanted to mentor, but just haven’t found a route to do it or have very time-pressured jobs. I thought that we could replicate the speed-dating model for mentoring. That way the students get access to a large variety of industries, and mentors get to impart advice to a large number of students, all in one afternoon.”

Invitations of the event were sent out by YouTube video to all past and current participants of The Wings of Hope Achievement Award, as well as teachers. The up-take was huge, with teachers rushing to sign up the few remaining places for their students. Garry Bowe, Headmaster of Wellingborough School chartered a mini-bus from Northampton to Central London so that his students could attend the weekend event. “Our young people are entering an increasingly competitive jobs market and the greater understanding they can gain from young professionals the better informed they will be.  This mentoring event will contribute towards that”.

The Rt Hon Lord McNally, Deputy Leader of the House of Lords launched the event, commending Wings of Hope on the innovation and ambitiousness of the event. “When Rajni told me about the event, I thought gosh how are they going to pull this off, but I should not have been surprised – what a fantastic turnout for a Saturday afternoon!”

Feedback from the event was incredibly positive, with over 53% of student-mentees rating the event either 9 or above out of 10 and over 87% rating it 8 or above. Popular industries included entrepreneurship, acting, fashion, accountancy, medicine and law.

The Wings of Hope Speed Mentoring Workshop, Feb 11th 2012

The Wings of Hope Achievement Award (WOHAA) is a social-enterprise programme that gives over 15,000 secondary school students in years 9-13 in the UK, the opportunity to lead and organise events and projects whilst developing essential transferable skills in enterprise, leadership, communication, and teamwork. Examples of student projects include 72-hour football matches, lobbying the High Commissioner to Malawi, crossing every station on the London Underground and Quidditch matches. Supporters of the charity include Sir David Jason, Simon Bird from the Inbetweeners, Lord McNally, CEOs of Saatchi & Saatchi, Tata Consultancy Services and Edelman. Winners of WOHAA get an all expenses paid trip to India to teach at the partner schools and see first-hand where their funds are being used.

The industries covered at the event were:
Architecture and Arts
Acting & Theatre
Fashion & Event Management
HR & Headhunting
Entrepreneur
Trading and Equity Research
Academia and Politics
Accountancy
Banking
Consulting
Consulting & Finance
Economics
Media & Advertising
Music
Journalism & Publishing
Law: Solicitor
Law: Barrister
Engineering
Sustainability
Dentistry
Medicine
WOHAA Winners & Fundraising

Wings of Hope, Speed Mentoring – World of Work event photos:

60 top professionals, mentoring 400 students.

The Rt. Hon Lord McNally, launched the event. The backdrop of youth unemployment at a 19 year high highlighted the importance of the event for students of today

Founders of The Wings of Hope Dr Sri Ram and his wife Rajni Sriram at the Royal College of Surgeons event

Dawn Butler, Former Minister for Youth Enterprise and Civil Engagement closed the event, with a motivational rendition of “I know I can, be what I wanna be, if I work hard at it, I’ll be where I wanna be”

Smruti, Head of the Professionals’ Network for the Wings of Hope, organised the event

Everyone say “WOHAA!”

Speed Mentoring Countdown Clock and Gong. 8 minutes per industry station were given to mentors and mentees.

View from the Top: Balcony view of the Edward Lumley Hall at the Royal College of Surgeons

Students giving an interview about the event to WOHAA winner 09/10 Georgina Robb

Architecture and Arts – Kate Jones from the Royal Institute of British Architects and The V&A museum

Acting & Theatre – Youtube sensation Matt Lacey (“Gap Yah”) tells students about his acting and stand-up comedy experiences

Fashion & Event Management – teams from Topshop, Jackson Couture and Instinctif

HR & Headhunting – teams from Fashion Fair, and Whistles

HR & Headhunting

Entrepreneur – Tom Latchford, Raising IT being interviewed about his experiences of setting up his own business as a graduate

Entrepreneur – Siddharth Singh, Made with Joy, tells students about the thrills of setting up a business and the reality of sustaining it

Trading and Equity Research – Jerome and Zvetelina abour their experiences on the trade floor at top Investment Banks in the City

Trading and Equity Research – Mayan Uthayakumar on his experiences of further study in finance and now in Equity Research

Academia and Politics – Dawn Butler, former Minister of Youth Enterprise on running elections. Temi from the University of Cambridge on a career in academia.

Accountancy – Seita and Neil from top accountancy firm PwC on their experiences on the graduate programme

Banking – Charlie Spencer, from top investment bank, Rothschild, on life as an investment banker in the current economic climate.

Consulting – Business Strategy Consultants, Jennifer and Amit from Deloitte and British Airways

Consulting

Consulting & Finance – Sagar and Raj on their experiences in financial consulting and their previous roles in consultancy roles at the Clinton Foundation and Bain & Co

Consulting & Finance

Economics – top economists from the Bank of England, and Her Majesty’s Treasury, Amar Radia, Sagar Shah and Nitika Agarwal

Economics

Feedback from student attendees

Media & Advertising – Samira tells the packed student table of her experiences in the Future Media team at the BBC

Music – James Anderson giving students the “real-deal” on music production and working in the music industry with a variety of artists.

Journalism & Publishing – Bella tells students about life in Publishing at top publishing company Random House, and Madhu on life as an assistant editor at Wired Magazine.

Law: Solicitor – Deepak, Cameron and Nikita were mentoring the very popular law table – all working at top city law firms, including Clifford Chance, and Fox Williams

Law: Solicitor

Law: Barrister – Adam spoke to students about life as a student for the Bar, whilst Clare and Annabel spoke about their jobs working in different courts as real-life barristers

Engineering – Pulkit and Ritika enthused students about the importance of engineering in all aspects of life.

Sustainability – Ed and Luke spoke about their differing roles in sustainability, with Ed talking about working at energy company BP. Luke talked about the importance of sustainability on all corporate agendas

Dentistry – Binita and Rajan had a very popular table. With students grilling them about how to get into university as well as working in a real life dental practice.

Medicine – Romelie and Sarah offered practical and useful advice to students, from gaining work experience at GP practices to working in a fast-paced hospital environment

Medicine – Mandy and Mel spoke of their experiences as doctors, having trained and studied at Imperial College London

WOHAA Winners & Fundraising – Hamza and Georgina inspired other students to participate in the Wings of Hope Achievement Award. Hamza was a winner in 08/09 and travelled to India to visit to the school

The World of Work

• DATE: Saturday 11th February 2012
• TIMINGS: 1.30pm registration. Prompt start at 2pm. Mentoring ends 4pm.
• VENUE: Royal College of Surgeons, 35-43 Lincolns Inn Fields,  London, WC2A 3PE
• GETTING THERE: Nearest Tube Station: Holborn (Central Line, Piccadilly Line)
• MAP
• OPEN TO: current WOHAA participants, WOHAA alumni and friends of WOHAA participants aged between 14-20 years old. Limited places for teachers and parents – available upon request.
• No entry will be permitted without pre-registration online

The Wings of Hope is so pleased with everyone’s efforts for WOHAA this year! All the teams have done amazingly so far and we can’t wait to see what’s in store for the New Year. We’re sure all the teams are going to do a great job and come up with some brilliant ways to fundraise to support poor and orphaned children in India and Malawi!

One team called the Tired Nutters from Archbishop Tenison’s High School are currently trying to break the broadcasting record! This means they have to broadcast a radio show for a continuous 61 hours! You can listen to it live on: http://www.teenfm.co.uk/ and you can read more about their efforts by clicking the image of the News article below.

We wish everyone participating in WOHAA the best of luck and thank you for all doing a tremendous job!

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‘I chose to support WOHAA because I loved the entrepreneurial and educational aspect of the awards. The structure of the awards encourages the entrants to call upon a raft of skills including brainstorming creative initiatives, fundraising and encouraging participation from consumers, peers and support via media. The teams really bond and learn a great deal about planning events, supporting each other and working through issues. The fact that there is a tangible deliverable at the end of this process, beyond these learnings, makes the awards even more terrific. Awareness is raised and funds are nailed for this wonderful educational resource for kids in India and Africa.

I have been lucky enough to see this at first hand as a panellist for the Awards. Seeing the sheer effort and enthusiasm from such a wide spectrum of schools and pupils has been heartening. I also ran a PR workshop for some of the pupils and their desire to learn and to be commercially and marketing aware as part of this process was extremely motivating – even more so when I saw them take their key learning’s from the workshop and implement them in their award submissions’.

Jackie Cooper
Creative Director & Vice Chair
Edelman