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The “Discover and Explore Entrepreneurship” Program, supported by the City of Greater Geraldton, has seen the youth of Geraldton and Mullewa create 17 youth-led social enterprise ideas to address local challenges. This program helped youth build an entrepreneurial mindset, skillset and toolset, explore entrepreneurial career pathways and drive positive change in their communities. Social Enterprise Discovery WorkshopsThe workshop series featured …
Luke founded Rusty Recycle Art, as a Year 8 student while participating in the $20 Boss program at his school. Rusty Recycle Art is a social enterprise that repurposes metal waste, such as old tools and garden furniture, and turns it into sculptural art pieces. Luke designs and welds every single product, and sells them at local nurseries, markets and …
Students of Tennant Creek High have showcased their entrepreneurial business skills at the recent $20 Boss school market day. The Young Change Agents $20 Boss program provides teachers with the resources, tools and training needed to support their students as they solve a real problem and develop their relationship with money. Teacher Charles Wylie has done a lot of behind …
There are only four weeks until the Future of Travel Youth Design Challenge ends on Friday 4 November. To find out more, and to enter the challenge, head to this link: Future of Travel Youth Design Challenge Here’s some more information on our special guest judges, prizes, categories and key dates: 👋 Meet our Special Guest Judges: 🗓 Key Dates: 🏆 Categories …
Last year we put a call out to schools across Australia to join us in co-designing our newest program at Young Change Agents: Digital Boss. After selecting five top entrepreneurial schools and one regional training centre for youth we launched the first kick off session on the 17th of February to begin the co-design process. The Digital Boss Pilot is …
Noah founded his social enterprise, Sticky Pronk while participating in the $20 Boss program as a Year 6 student in 2018. After learning about how damaging surf wax could be to marine ecosystems, Noah decided to come up with a surf wax that wouldn’t harm the environment. Sticky Pronk is a social enterprise that sells eco-friendly, non-toxic surf wax made …
In 2021, Young Change Agents hosted the Telstra Foundation-funded Bushfire Resilience Challenge in Geelong. Over 60 students from 5 schools in regional Victoria participated in the challenge, where they had the opportunity to learn design thinking and entrepreneurial skills. The participating schools were Mount Rowan Secondary College, Bellarine Secondary College, North Geelong Secondary College, Oberon High School and Geelong High …
Young Change Agents recently engaged 1,345 female students to foster their interest in entrepreneurship, develop their innovation and entrepreneurial skills, and build their professional networks. The programs, funded through the Australian Government’s Women in STEM Entrepreneurship (WISE) grant, were held across Queensland, New South Wales and Northern Territory and saw the development of over 400 social enterprise ideas. All teams …
Join us as a mentor for high-school teams who are developing their product-based solutions! Between April and July 2019, five teams of youth will be taking their social enterprise idea from paper-to-market and we are looking for 20 skilled young professionals (aged under 25) to be their brains trust and general cheer squad. Are you a marketing and customer acquisition legend, product/industrial design hero, branding …
PHOTO — MBA students and young entrepreneurs from the B.K.Shroff College of Arts (associated with the University of Mumbai). With Margaret O’Brien, CEO Young Change Agents, Ben Marcos, COO Seventh St Ventures, and Dr Anthony Jensen, Cojoint Lecturer of the Business School at the University of Newcastle. Dr Jensen coordinated the students’ visit from India as part of an international social entrepreneurship summer …
