Faith and Football

On Tuesday 3 November Year 9 students heard about an exciting Social Enterprise and Business Challenge that will kick off in January 2016. The challenge is run by a charity called Faith and Football and representatives from the charity visited our school to launch the campaign during assembly. To compete in the challenge the girls must create a company, consisting of four to six team members, and develop a business idea and plan that can be turned into a practical and real way of generating income. Enterprise skills such as teamwork, communication, problem solving, risk taking, sales and marketing will be honed together with financial and economic literacy. Each team will be supported by a Christian Business Mentor, who has a wealth of business experience and knowledge and will be able to provide individual support to the team.

All profits made from the companies will go towards supporting the work of Faith and Football, a Christian charity which works with professional footballers to promote the gospel through positive role models and community projects, in the UK as well as in India and Africa. The prize for the winning team is a trip to India, where the girls will be invited to participate in some of the work that the Faith and Football charity does there. This is the first time our school is offering the challenge and 29 students have successfully been selected to participate from our school. Divided in to six teams the girls are looking forward to starting the campaign, which promises to offer the girls a unique and enlightening experience, in January.

Good luck to each of the teams entering themselves for selection for this great campaign.