Ingredients: a pilot project at Langdon Park School, Tower Hamlets, lead by the Humanities Education Centre, that uses enterprise as a way of allowing students to take control of their school council.
Made by: Langdon Park School Council, Humanities Education Centre, Co-op Action, Dynamix, Tower Hamlets Inclusion Fund, Social Enterprise London
Date: December 2003-June 2004

Product: Enterprise
Ingredients: In 2005 every secondary school will have to give its students five days enterprise experience, focusing on year 10. This experience is linked to the world of work and business, offering students the opportunities to develop skills, knowledge and experience in real life situations.
Made by: DfES
Date: September 2005

Ingredients: Businesses that are run democratically and have as their main aim to contribute to their communities in terms of finance, health, cultural, social, environmental or educational.

Setting-up and running a co-operative, social enterprise will allow school students to contribute to improving their communities whilst experiencing the world of business.

A one year national pilot project with ten schools around the country using enterprise experiences to set-up and run mini-social enterprises or take over the management of infra-structures like school councils or peer mentoring schemes as social enterprises.
Made by: Co-op Action and Dynamix
Date: September 2003-June 2004

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