I am the Employment and Youth Enterprise manager for Hull City Council. In this role I take responsibility for
everything relating to supporting Hull’s enterprising young people including the establishment of the Hull Youth
Enterprise Partnership which has established an evidenced based Youth Enterprise Strategy for Hull
area based one stop shops throughout the city of Hull.
we have also established a Youth Enterprise Bank that gives grants to young people wishing to develop their enterprising idea.
I am an active advocate on behalf of the voluntary youth sector previously serving as the founder chair of the Hull Council for Voluntary Youth Service. In this position I advocated the adoption of an integrated delivery plan and partnership between the voluntary and public sectors, enabling joint working to provide improved services to young people. To enable them to move into the world of work from either full-time education or from a period of economic inactivity, by developing and supporting programmes that helps them to realise their potential, such as the establishment of a Youth Council in Hull.
I was also Co-Chair of the Yorkshire and Humberside Connect Youth International Exchange Committee for two years. In this capacity I represented the British Council in negotiation with Israeli Voluntary Youth Organisations, about exchanges and training opportunities, as well as the All China Youth Federation in terms of volunteering opportunities for young people and the developments of SME’s run by young people, when I visited that country in 1998. It was because of this experience that I became a member of Young Enterprise Board Humber.
For more info contact - www.youthenterprise.co.uk and www.youthenterprise-hull.co.uk
