18 Dec

School business enterprise clubs a hit with 9 and 10 year old’s

  Most of the Year 5’s in our recent enterprise clubs are still aged 9 and some are 10. It’s absolutely amazing how brilliant how they have been throughout our 7 week business enterprise challenge in school. Smart Glasses – featured in their promo ad above, were one of the overall winners who not only […]

14 Dec

Help the unemployed re-build their lives in 2021

The Covid-19 Pandemic has pushed many households who were just making ends meet to the very edge. With more individuals across the North East losing their jobs due to the catastrophic combination  of recession and Covid-19, Upstart Enterprise has teamed up with Play In Newcastle to host more of the much needed local community jobs […]

15 Nov

Thebelterbunch.com is live this week

We’re pleased to announce that The Belter Bunch website has gone live this week. SEN 6th formers from Sir Charles Parsons School, supported by Walker Riverside Academy Careers have been working on an enterprise project every week with the young people. The group of 8 students came up with their own name – The Belter […]

9 Nov

Wow! Upstart Enterprise’s Impact so far – thanks for everyone’s support

30 Aug

Thank you Lord Hire Centres

A big thanks to Lord Hire Centres who donated a cement mixer, complete with tools and wheelbarrow for the final part of our garden project in Pendower. Lord Hire Centres is one of the largest independent tool hire and sales companies in the UK operating in the North East of England for over forty-five years. […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]