Learn 2 Earn

Watch out Sir Alan and your so-called Apprentices, the Fairbridge Learn to Earn (L2E) graduates will be snapping at your heels before too long. The course is a flagship for basic skill provision, giving a team of young people a budget of £500 to start their own small business.

With the cash in place, our budding entrepreneurs must select a product, design and produce it, and then sell it for a profit. On a recent L2E course, young people chose to produce t-shirts, which they sold at Elephant and Castle market in London. The venture attracted local press attention and made a net profit of over £300 – a L2E record.

Run over four weeks, the course provides an innovative way for young people to sharpen up a whole host of key skills including literacy, numeracy, planning, team playing and business management.

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