Barnsley and Rotherham Chamber of Commerce
John Lewis, Chief Executive of the Chamber in Yorkshire is keen to support the Localbiz Project initiative. He believes that this could be an exciting new initiative that many of the local Young Chamber branches could undertake throughout the UK.
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John recognises that the local nature of the community activities,being centred around the school, will be of significant help to the smaller operator. Easy usage, with national advertisers excluded, will encourage people to use local tradesmen and services and will therefore help keep revenues within their own community.
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Young Chamber
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Key facts about Young Chamber and how it operates within the school network.
Young Chamber – developing minds for developing business.
Young Chamber’s core focus is to help young people develop their own potential by understanding how business and commerce works.
It is an organic framework, not a rigid system.
It is non-prescriptive because each school has its own student body, the Young Chamber Council, and this decides what type of business engagement is desired.
Access to businesses is provided by the local Chamber of Commerce whose membership represents the immediate business community.
The lines of communication are short and simple and therefore the likelihood of a successful and relevant relationship is significantly enhanced.
The Young Chamber idea was born in 2001. Within two years pilot schemes were being run on the Isle of Wight and these were extended to Rotherham, Milton Keynes and Surrey by the end of 2005.
In 2007 DCSF funding was secured and 51 Young Chambers were established across England. A programme of national roll-out continued and by 2008, 145 Young Chambers were underway.
Young Chamber also became a founding partner of the IEBE (formally the NEPBN).
By 2009, 260 Young Chambers had signed up. This number is expected to grow to over 400 during 2010 with an industrial scale roll out anticipated of up to 2000+ by the end of 2015.
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John Lewis Chief Executive of the Chamber is keen to support the Localbiz initiative in his region. He sees that this can become one of the key activities
of the local Young Chamber programmes. This is now being developed in most schools. Link to B&C CoC
Key Facts About Young Chamber Link
Young Chamber – developing minds for developing business
It is an organic framework, not a rigid system.
It is non-prescriptive because each school has its own student body, the Young Chamber Council, and this decides what type of business engagement is desired.
Access to businesses is provided by the local Chamber of Commerce whose membership represents the immediate business community.
The lines of communication are short and simple and therefore the likelihood of a successful and relevant relationship is significantly enhanced.
In 2007 DCSF funding was secured and 51 Young Chambers were established across England. A programme of national roll-out continued and by 2008, 145 Young Chambers were underway.
Young Chamber also became a founding partner of the IEBE (formally the NEPBN).
By 2009, 260 Young Chambers had signed up. This number is expected to grow to over 400 during 2010 with an industrial scale roll out anticipated of up to 2000+ by the end of 2015’.