OnTarget Sheffield

By Lydia Warden Earlier this year, I was selected to be part of Enactus Sheffield’s National Expo presentation team. Taking place in April, the National Expo is a yearly competition in which Enactus teams from up and down the country come together to present their projects and compete for the trophy, with the winner progressing to the world competition. In order to progress to Nationals, you must first take part in the Regional competition, at which the 32 competing teams are selected. Both Regionals and Nationals presented an opportunity to present two of Enactus Sheffield’s projects (one of which was OnTarget) to a mixture of Enactus sponsor company employees and Enactus UK alumni. On the 5th of March this year, myself and the rest of the team journeyed to Arla HQ in Leeds to take part in the regional competition. We delivered our 12 minute presentation before proceeding to Q&A. The judges took a great deal of interest in OnTarget and its potential to have a large and lasting imp...

When Cole came into OnTarget he struck me as a quiet lad who didn't come across as particularly troublesome. However, once some time had passed, I saw that he was influenced by his peers and started to behave differently. After my first one to one interaction, I realised that Cole was actually a very focussed individual with a clear plan in life. He took care of many responsibilities outside of school life, and also tried his best at school with a clear career plan in mind. On top of this, he was a very talented footballer and spent a lot of time outside of school doing this hobby. I realised that Cole had the correct mindset in life, and just needed a bit of encouragement. Over the next few weeks, I worked with Cole to raise his confidence in himself, and saw him becoming a much stronger individual who was less easily influenced by his peers. Also, with the sessions provided by Sheffield Wednesday, he was able to show off his footballing ability, and was even offered the opportun...

By Grant Edgar Social enterprise is primarily concerned with delivering a social objective. Social entrepreneurship is the innovative use of business practices for social improvement of underprivileged and marginalised groups. Differentiated from conventional businesses by their social mission, social enterprises in the UK tackle a wide range of pressing social and environmental issues. These types of businesses are in a unique position to tackle social problems as they differ from conventional businesses in that: - 40% are led by women, compared to 17% SME’s and 5% of FTSE 100 - 35% of social enterprises have BAME directors, compared to 5% SMEs (SEUK). - 88% of social enterprises actively minimise their environmental impact, with 75% considering that environmental impact outweighs cost, compared to 24% of SME’s. - 73% work with disadvantaged individuals, with 28% operating in the most deprived communities in the UK. - 85% recruit locally (Figures pr...