Youngsters head for Cloud 9
Dec 3 2008 by Sue Scott, Evening Gazette
YOUNG people across Tees Valley used the recent Enterprise Week to flag up the biggest summit of its kind for young people taking place in the North East next year.
Named Cloud 9 in a recent competition by Teesside University student Jay Arnott, the summit promises to be the biggest conference of its kind with more than 1,000 young people expected to take part.
The event will be hosted by the Entrepreneurs’ Forum, The Prince’s Trust, Make Your Mark, Young Enterprise, North East Enterprise Bond and One North East, and will offer a unique blend of inspiration and practical support based on personal experience from a line up of speakers, who will be revealed in the New Year.
The event will be held at Rainton Meadows Arena on February 25 and the day will include a Young Enterprise trading area, displays of enterprise projects from the region, interactive speakers’ corners with young entrepreneurs willing to share their skills and stories, a Live Challenge and live street art workshops.
Star of TV’s The Apprentice Tre Azam is the first confirmed speaker.
Stephen Green of the Entrepreneur’s Forum said: “Cloud 9 is the first event that brings together all of the key players in enterprise to light the spark of enterprise in young people. We hope it will mark the start of an exciting journey for the region’s young people. To have the best chance of success we need to encourage them to take advantage of the wisdom on offer from entrepreneurs of all ages who’ve been there and got the t-shirt and point them in the direction of the incredibly valuable support available across the region.”
Catherine Marchant, chief executive of Young Enterprise North East, said: “This is an exciting and welcome event for the region; a lot of time and money is invested in the young people of the North- east as we recognise that they are the future business leaders and employees who will grow our economy and bring more jobs, wealth and global investment to the region. It is fantastic that at long last our youth have their turn to learn, debate and talk about the future of the North-east.”
