This information session is aimed at highlighting how its various delivery partners can aid your route into gainful employment. This discussion, chaired by Challenges Worldwide, will provide an overview of economic development and the role young people can play through ICS programmes in developing countries.
We will also hear from our professional guest speaker for the night, Julia Brown who has worked in a variety of healthcare businesses before starting her own service-based business that she ran for 8 years. She then moved into economic development and is a currently a Senior Director with Scottish Enterprise and is involved in helping a variety of businesses in Scotland to grow.
By attending this event, you will learn how involvement in International Citizen Service programmes can be useful in increasing experience, and employability prospects of young students and graduates.
Speakers:
A representative from Scottish Development International
Ryan Pugh, Volunteer Business Support Associate , Challenges Worldwide
An increasingly globalised world needs companies to have a workforce with an international outlook.
Challenges Worldwide as a wealth of experience in helping businesses, with one successful method being the placement of young people into a business overseas.
Currently working across Sub – Saharan Africa, these young professionals return to the UK with international, hands-on and capacity building experience that has allowed them to become effective employees in their respective fields.
Working in partnership with SDI and Scotgrad, Challenges Worldwide helps to internationalise businesses with these young professionals who have first-hand experience in international business environments.
Ryan Pugh joins us to talk about his experience of a 12-week placement in Zambia through Challenges Worldwide and International Citizen Service (ICS), the difference he made to the business, as well as some unexpected additional benefits to the local community.
Scotgrad helps businesses grow through graduate staff who are part-funded by the Scottish Government.
Challenges Worldwide has particularly extensive experience in Ghana and with the Chamber and SDI’s growing relationship with multiple Ghanaian businesses and governmental bodies, now is the time to become involved.
Join us to discover how your business can benefit from this project, and tap into this valuable source of global talent.
Challenges Worldwide will be attending an evening of discussion, networking, and chocolate tasting!
Edinburgh is a hub for fair trade, alternative living, eco-consumerism and campaigning for social justice, but a lot of this is sadly unknown to so many people. We want to change that.
Don’t miss out on this great opportunity to come together with some of the best local ethical organisations and some of the most passionate students, to share perspectives on ethical living and discuss how this can be achieved together.
There will be free hot drinks and cake, along with a chocolate tasting of Equal Exchange chocolate.
No direct participation is required – feel free to just turn up with or without your friends and hear about what Edinburgh has to offer!
The role of an ICS selector/ assessor is vital to the volunteer assessment process. Selectors will assess the suitability of applicants against the ICS selection criteria through structured one-to-one interviews and observing group activities. This is a great opportunity to engage with the leading international volunteering programme in the UK and to support young people at the beginning of their Challenges Worldwide ICS journey.
Assessment days generally run from 9.30am – 6pm, and can be full on and tiring days, therefore we require selectors to have stamina, flexibility, and enthusiasm. Selectors will be able to utilise skills and information gained through previous voluntary experiences, and have an opportunity to build strong assessment and facilitation skills.
We will reimburse travel expenses up to £50.
If you cant attend this event but would like to join our ICS Assessment team please see the link to the Edinburgh training session:
Please send your CV and a cover letter detailing why you are interested in and suited to the role of a selector to Amelia Hunt – Amelia.Hunt@Challengesworldwide.com
The role of an ICS selector/ assessor is vital to the volunteer assessment process. Selectors will assess the suitability of applicants against the ICS selection criteria through structured one-to-one interviews and observing group activities. This is a great opportunity to engage with the leading international volunteering programme in the UK and to support young people at the beginning of their Challenges Worldwide ICS journey.
Assessment days generally run from 9.30am – 6pm, and can be full on and tiring days, therefore we require selectors to have stamina, flexibility, and enthusiasm. Selectors will be able to utilise skills and information gained through previous voluntary experiences, and have an opportunity to build strong assessment and facilitation skills.
We will reimburse travel expenses up to £50.
If you cant attend this event but would like to join our ICS Assessment team please see the link to the London training session on 19th September:
Please send your CV and a cover letter detailing why you are interested in and suited to the role of a selector to Amelia Hunt – Amelia.Hunt@Challengesworldwide.com
Over the weekend of the 11th-13th June, RESULTS UK will be hosting their annual National Conference in London, this year entitled‘Global development in a changing world’. It will bring together expert researchers, advocates, policy-makers and campaigners to discuss some of the current challenges to ensuring a more prosperous, secure and healthy world for all. With public support for international development waning and other issues at the forefront of people’s minds from Brexit to migration, now is the time to join the debate. To find out more about this years event and to register, visit:http://www.results.org.uk/
Young Enterprise Scotland is a registered charity that has been working to inspire and equip young people to learn and succeed through enterprise in Scotland for over 40 years.
They have invited Challenges Worldwide and its Alumni to attend their national finals in Glasgow on the 15th June 2016.
The Young Enterprise Scotland Awards will take place on the 15th June 2016 at the City (Thistle Hotel), Glasgow.
The Awards celebrate the success of the businesses set up by young people aged 16-18 who participated in the Company Programme in 2015/16
Schools across Scotland participated in the programme and all schools are invited to exhibit their businesses at regional final events across Scotland between March and April 2016. Judging panels across the country selected the most innovative and successful businesses and the 17 finalists who participate on 15th June 2016
All the finalists set up their trade stands; submit a business report and deliver a business presentation to a panel of judges. The scores for these elements determine the Barclay’s Scottish Company of the Year who travel to London to compete in the UK Finals. A number of other awards are given out by independent judges for excellence in different areas of business such as marketing, leadership, innovation and more.
There will be an opportunity for a member of the Challenges Worldwide Alumni to speak at the event and tell the young attendees about their experience on ICS. We will also be running a stand on the day alongside Barclays Lifeskills, PWC and other youth employment organisations.
Checkout the 2015 Enterprise of the Year: Fjara from Orkney
Challenges Worldwide will be attending the international forum for disability research and practice
In an increasingly interconnected world, the RI movement is the best international vehicle to raise awareness and help change the lives of people with disabilities for the better.
The congress in Edinburgh is designed to build on RI’s achievements to promote accessibility and inclusion across countries. Join 1,000 of the world’s leading disability researchers, advocates, government agencies, politicians and practitioners at the 23rd RI World Congress. Held every four years, RI creates practical solutions through inspirational projects and programmes.
This is a unique opportunity to build a stronger international coalition to help eradicate socioeconomic barriers, promote independence and facilitate an open dialogue between world leaders to improve the lives of people with disabilities.
To see our volunteer roles click the relevant link:
Challenges Worldwide CEO Eoghan Mackie, and Challenges Worldwide Director of Impact Madeleine White have both been invited to speak at the 3rd Annual Commonwealth Africa SUMMIT alongside over 18 heads of State and Government.
1,500 other leaders from business and society are expected at the Commonwealth Africa Summit 2016 from the 14th – 16th March in London, United Kingdom under the theme: Shared Prosperity, Mutual Security.
The presence of political leaders at the highest level at the Summit as in the past 2 years will be a testimony of the importance of the development of Africa in the growth of the Commonwealth.
With hundreds of high-level participants from Europe, Africa and other parts of the Commonwealth and the presence of major African personalities, the Summit will confer a high-level platform to start a constructive discussion on how to use the shared commonwealth values for meeting today’s challenges. Africa, European and other Commonwealth companies will also have a unique opportunity to network and exchange views on Intra-Commonwealth business and investment relations.
Thinking of Exporting but not sure how to get started?
Are you a first time exporter looking for one-to-one advice?
The Exporting is GREAT Roadshow is coming to a city near you
Sign up for workshops, one-to-one meetings with experts and advice from companies who are already successfully selling abroad.
Launch event , Glasgow – Monday 29 February
Glasgow – Tuesday 1 March
Aberdeen – Wednesday 2 March
Dundee – Thursday 3 March
Edinburgh – Friday 4 March
Research shows that exporters, of all sizes, are more productive, innovative and resilient to economic downturns. As the world becomes ever more globalised and digital, the potential for Scottish businesses to reach out to new customers and lucrative new international markets has never been greater.
Exporting is GREAT will showcase live export opportunities, and provide advice and support to help your business begin exporting. Every day around the world, someone somewhere wants or needs your product or service. The demand is out there. You could be too.
Export Hub tour
Exporting is GREAT’s Export Hub – a mobile flexible events space – is travelling the length and breadth of the UK giving face-to-face support and guidance to first-time exporters, using the latest technology to connect businesses with export opportunities.
As the Export Hub makes its way around Scotland – 29 February to 4 March – regional staff from UKTI, Scottish Enterprise and Exporting is GREAT partners will be on hand to engage and support Scottish companies at a local level.
Also you will find Challenges Worldwide staff and volunteers at the launch event giving insight into how we have seen export work for the businesses we support in Africa and how businesses can harness the power of young people to make a change for a brighter tomorrow.
Grab some time away from the office to come and chat with trade and market experts. Get practical advice on all aspects of doing business overseas, including:
Market insights and live opportunities
Market entry essentials
How to research and analyse your target market
How to innovate your business and start selling internationally
How to use international ecommerce to maximise your digital reach
International banking, freight and logistics
And much more
On-board facilities
Two meeting rooms will offer more private areas for consultations, with specialist advisers and refreshment facilities available.
Large screens throughout the truck will highlight market opportunities and next steps you can take for your business.
Exporting is GREAT Scotland launch
Come along to our launch event at Hampden Park Stadium, Glasgow on 29 February.
Hear Scottish business leaders – including Andrea Pozzi, Managing Director International, Tennents (C&C Group) and Jim Stewart, Managing Director, Clicknetherfield – share their exporting experiences and advice.
There’ll be plenty of opportunities meet specialist advisers, network with like-minded companies and access live sales leads from across the world.
There will be free hot drinks and cake, along with a chocolate tasting of Equal Exchange chocolate.
