26 Aug

Throckley Jobs & Skills fair 24th September 2020

We’re pleased to be working with Throckley Community Hall to be holding a jobs and skills fair on 24th September. The exhibitor list below gives an idea of the sorts of exhibitors who will be there so far. It is free to exhibit so if you know any organisations – either training or jobs/recruitment please […]

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26 Aug

A big thanks so far for supporting the Pizza Base socially distanced garden

A big shout out to all the volunteers, businesses and organisations who have helped with the development of the Pendower Good Neighbour Project. Huge thanks to: All the local volunteers who have worked really hard (socially distanced) to prepare the garden area. It was back-breaking work! To all the lovely local people and supporters who […]

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12 Jul

Can you help ‘the pizza base’ socially distanced garden in Pendower?

Weeks 1-3 of the Pizza Base socially distanced garden in Pendower have been a blast. In week 1 we had 15 local volunteers who all helped to dig up and shift tonnes of soil over 3 days and they did a great job. This is one of our funded Enterprise in Disguise projects whose aim […]

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28 Jun

Upstart Enterprise helps create a socially-distanced outdoor food social area

Pendower Good Neighbour project works with the residents of Pendower Estate in the West End of Newcastle upon Tyne. They help to improve their quality of life and support initiatives which contribute to the estate’s sustainability. These are very uncertain times for both families and older generations who were dropping into Pendower Good Neighbour Project […]

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13 Apr

Throckley Jobs & Skills fair Thursday 24th September 2020

Throckley Jobs & Skills Fair is now on Thursday 24th September 2020. We once again thank the exhibitors and people who have registered a free space so far as they have been really flexible, moving the date to September. Exhibitors so far include; Bell Group Ltd., MPCT, Royal Navy, Sainsbury’s, Princes Trust, Newcastle UXL and […]

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9 Apr

Awesome parent and teacher feedback on our afterschool clubs

“Helping children achieve real life skills” is just one of the many comments from our latest Upstart Enterprise afterschool club. “It’s made him determined to run a business” – parent of a 10 year old. “My daughter was very proud of her team’s final pitch” – parent of a 12 year old. “Our children really enjoyed […]

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3 Apr

Our First virtual weekend enterprise club – free to attend!

Upstart Enterprise is well known for delivering afterschool enterprise clubs develop entrepreneurial skills, increase confidence and focus on selling, pitching and smart thinking. The clubs (normally paid for by parents and Grant applications) run a 7 week enterprise programme which often ends with a dragons den style pitching contest. Look at a short video of feedback from […]

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25 Mar

It’s not business as normal – Covid 19

More of us are now working from home and vital community centres in the most disadvantaged communities have had to close. For those still working we’ve had to adapt to home working and working with volunteers and groups has become challenging. This week I’ve started to use Zoom and Houseparty, which means Upstart Enterprise can […]

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28 Feb

2020 sees Upstart’s delivery of more Enterprise in disguise projects in Newcastle

We are delighted to have been awarded funding to deliver more ‘Enterprise in disguise’ community action projects across Newcastle. We’re kicking off with a jobs and skills fair in Throckley on Thursday 30th April, followed by a further jobs and skills fair in Fawdon in June 2020. The jobs fair in Throckley will be focusing […]

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21 Feb

The benefits of sponsoring an afterschool club

Upstart Enterprise has a proven track record in delivering quality afterschool and during school clubs to years 5-8 (ages 9-13). Funding is hard to come by for running these clubs in deprived areas of Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland. Sponsoring a club can be great for company CSR and by doing so your staff can […]

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