community champions and mentors

WYEC has a network of young people who have passed through our programme and successfully set up in business and help out with presentations, seminars and conferences, markets and trading events, and business workshops.

These clients are utilised as role models during our courses to inspire, encourage and motivate those starting out on the programme. They play a proactive role in the workshops and at events and activities. This has been particularly effective for those young people falling into the ‘harder to engage’ category. We are currently establishing a mentoring programme that will formally identify community champions.