Bringing together business, education and students

Eastbourne Youth Radio is once again registered as one of the ‘high impact’ projects that is being held during Global Entrepreneurship Week that runs from 14^th -20^th November.

Every day in the UK people talk about making a change in their life and consider starting up a business. By connecting individuals to practical support and those who have done it already, Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011 will help turn these exchanges into the businesses of tomorrow.

This year the week is being hosted in the UK by Youth Business International, and their Chief Executive Andrew Devenport says: “There is a great need to provide opportunities today that help entrepreneurs pursue their dreams and build the businesses of tomorrow. Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011 is kick-starting the conversations that are needed to make this happen.”

If you’re a budding entrepreneur on Twitter then you can use #GEWask plus #insertlocation, for example, #Eastbourne, to share your anxieties, post queries about starting a business and get support back from others. Similarly, if you can offer practical support or advice please make it available to entrepreneurs by using #GEWoffer plus #insertlocation as above.

If you’re not on Twitter, then you can still join in. Send your hints, tips and concerns to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it and they will be fed into the conversation.

In 2005 we wrote that, “EYR is not about giving young people playing at being radio presenters. It is about giving them a platform for employing a whole range of skills, and talents useful in all walks of life, whether it’s writing, researching, interviewing, performing, organising material, or just having ideas and seeing results. They are also engaging with local businesses and organisations and acquiring valuable local information as young Eastbourne citizens”. This still holds true today as the next generation prepares for the 11^th annual broadcast commencing on Wednesday 16^th November.

Eastbourne Education Business Partnership works year-round to encourage and support entrepreneurship and is proud to have received Global Entrepreneurship Week ‘High Impact’ Awards for Eastbourne Youth Radio in both 2009 and 2010.