Asghar Ali
The winning design
Bradford students
celebrate ‘The Magic
of Christmas’ in eCard
design competition
E3 Bradford, for the second year running, invited
primary schools from across the district to ‘Design
our Christmas Card’, a competition that sees the
winning image placed on an electronic Christmas
card and sent to all of E3 Bradford’s business and
education contacts.
The competition received the support of
Bradford-based businesses; Kirkgate Shopping
Centre, Watson Buckle, Naylor Wintersgill and
BASF. Kirkgate Shopping Centre, the main
sponsors, set the theme of the competition by
asking students to depict in their designs ‘The
magic of Christmas’ whilst also incorporating the
cube from the E3 Bradford logo.
Over 180 pictures were received, displaying
a colourful array of designs using different
materials. Entries were narrowed down to
potential winners with the help of Catherine
Riley, Kirkgate Shopping Centre Manager and
Paul Mackie, chair of E3 Bradford. The design
produced by a student from Horton Park Primary
School won because of its great attention to
detail, design flair and meeting of the design brief.
They were awarded a framed certificate, vouchers
and a trophy in a school assembly.
Participating schools were: Barkerend Primary
School, Clayton C of E Primary School, Heaton
Primary School, Horton Grange Primary School,
Horton Park Primary School, Lower Fields Primary
School, Parkland Primary School, St Columba’s
Catholic Primary School, St Josephs’ Roman
Catholic Primary School and St Oswald’s C of E
Primary Academy.
Are you the
next young
entrepreneur
in Bradford?
A new film encouraging local
young people to consider
becoming entrepreneurs has
been made.
The film, ‘Bradford Born, Bred
and in Business’, includes
interviews with eight local
people, discussing how they
became entrepreneurs and
promoting the idea to others.
Event inspires students
about careers in STEM
One of the entrepreneurs
featured in the video is Asghar
Ali, CEO of the award-winning
cafe bar chain, MyLahore. Asghar
commented: “A successful
business story told well to young
minds can be the catalyst and
inspiration to great businesses
of the future. Great businesses of
the future are the lifeblood and
heartbeat of the economy.”
Skills for STEM - a 2-day event to inspire
young people about taking up a career
in the science, technology, engineering
and maths based industries - took place
at Kala Sangam in Bradford in December.
The event welcomed over 100 14-16 year
olds through the door over the two days,
each of them able to have a go at practical
activities to help them understand the skills
and techniques used in business, and the
potential opportunities each industry sector
can offer.
The film can be watched on
YouTube at the following
address: http://chmbr.co/bbbb
There is also an accompanying
Facebook page called
‘Bradford Talent’ to find advice
and information on how to
start a business.
Workshops were delivered by four different
organisations. Incommunities introduced
students to basic electrical, plumbing and
joinery skills; Leeds College of Building
used simple materials to produce a small
electromagnet; City Training Services
tasked students with testing their own
lung function and checking their peak
flow readings; University of Bradford
worked with students to explore the useful
molecules we get from bees by making
lip balm, and also demonstrated how
valuable programming skills are in the world
of work by setting a challenge to build
and program a robotic vehicle. Askham
Bryan College, who exhibited at the event,
spoke to students about careers in animal
management and gave a demonstration on
animal resuscitation. Careers advisers from
Prospects were also on hand to talk to the
young people about the training and career
opportunities available.
For information on the film, or
activities supporting young
people with enterprise and
employability skills, contact
Janette Gudgeon on 01274
230089 or Janette.gudgeon@
bradfordchamber.co.uk.
The film was made by
Clockwork Eye Productions
on behalf of E3 Bradford and
Prospects, the employment
and training company.
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West & North
Yorkshire Chamber
of Commerce
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Yorkshire