24 Jan

Upstart Enterprise volunteers in Benwell organise a launch event

We’re really pleased to be working with a group of volunteers in Benwell in Newcastle. It’s on a launch of new office spaces at Carnegie Building. The office spaces lend themselves well to like-minded charities and social enterprises who want a Newcastle base. The project will help build the volunteers’ skills in marketing, enterprise and […]

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22 Jan

Awesome feedback from Upstart after school kids

We’re bowled over by the awesome feedback from parents, children and teachers so far for the after school clubs we run across Newcastle. Our 7 week programmes focus on ideation, smart thinking and the development of entrepreneurial skills. We’ve got loads of testimonials but these children perfectly sum up what the clubs are about:

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24 Aug

Shy bairns get nowt – Throckley jobs fair 2019

Community Lottery Awards for All enabled us to work in Throckley in 2019. We worked with community volunteers who identified a need for a jobs and skills fair for the young unemployed and returners to work which attracted over 80 visitors. We’ll let Councillor Linda Wright explain in her own words how successful the jobs […]

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1 Jan

How the Gatsby Benchmarks influenced the start of Upstart

In 2018, I volunteered to help in PSHE classes for Year 7, working on an enterprise challenge. What I found was that the teachers were great at teaching the curriculum but teaching a class of 30 kids enterprise skills (when they have no experience themselves) was tough. I was also a North East LEP Schools […]

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