Youth STEM 2030 Selected to Join Lloyds Bank and School for Social Entrepreneurs Programme
We’re delighted to share that Youth STEM 2030 has been accepted into the The Lloyds Bank Social Entrepreneurs Trade Up Programme, in partnership with the School for Social Entrepreneurs, and jointly funded by The National Lottery Community Fund.
The year-long programme, for which Youth STEM 2030 Founder Mhairi McCann has been selected as one of 20 participants in the SSE North West cohort, gives social entrepreneurs access to a learning programme, peer development through ‘action learning sets’ and the support of a mentor.
With the support of the Trade Up programme, we’ll be able to take the next big steps in growing the opportunities, platforms and support we create for young people to use STEM to tackle the world’s biggest challenges, ultimately increasing our impact here at Youth STEM 2030.
Acceptance to the programme also provides Youth STEM 2030 with a £4000 Trade Back grant - a new type of grant (developed by SSE and a Task Force of 20+ social sector funders and support organisations) that incentivises social organisations to trade, while supporting them to recover and rebuild.
On being selected for the Trade Up programme, Mhairi said:
“I’m hugely grateful to School for Social Entrepreneurs, Lloyds Bank and The National Lottery Community Fund for their support, and have already found the programme hugely useful to my own development, and that of Youth STEM 2030 as a social enterprise. It’s challenged me to think differently about our strategy and helped us to take our next big steps as an organisation, including hiring our first employee.”
Speaking on the impact of the Trade Up programme so far, Mhairi continued:
“The Trade Up programme’s support is enabling us to really work on maximising the impact we can create, at all levels; for young people who are part of our programmes, the STEM sector, and in addressing the world’s most pressing challenges.”
Find out more about the Trade Up programme on the School for Social Entrepreneurs website.
