ENGAGING STUDENTS IN COMMUNITY AND ENTERPRISE

the

Helping to build strong,

prosperous and vibrant
project communities
and prepare young people
for the world of work
Introduction

S ociety’s new values, increased global competition, and

latest IT developments should be encouraging school
leaders to recognise the increasing importance they play
in creating future wealth, and continued prosperity within
their own community.

What is The LocalBiz Project

Students manage the contents of a community website. The educational
value of the Project comes from the research, information gathering,
publication and promotion of the website, providing real activities from
which students produce real outputs, to the benefit to everyone.

The easy-to-use, ready-made website contains templates which allows

the information to be published and updated with no requirement for
HTML skills. Students simply type in the words, select an optional
Covering picture, and click on ‘Save’.
Enterprise,
The website is built around the key elements of community life, including
Community, Forthcoming Events, Local News, and Business Adverts, with a built-in
Key Skills, search engine to find local businesses and organisations quickly.
Citizenship, and Where the concept began
a whole lot more The idea developed on from a chance meeting of the two founders
of LocalBiz at Carpetright, in Keighley, West Yorkshire. The idea
sounded ‘enterprising’, and with support from the Learning and Skills
Council in Yorkshire and a small grant from the DTI, the LocalBiz
concept was born. The LocalBiz Project plans to grow into a national
network of student managed websites.

Working with Local Business People

The Project provides a great opportunity for young people to contact
local businesses, start-ups, and home workers, learning about how they
work and identifying local job prospects. In return, these businesses can
gain some valuable advertising space in the community website - a great
thank you to supporting the school’s work experience programme.

Making Smart Career Choices

The goal is to help young people gain an insight into the workings of
the local community and help prepare them for the world of work, or
make smarter decisions on a course choice of further study at College
or university.

Real World Sustainability

Real Customers Each year, as new students take over and introduce new ideas, the
community website gets bigger and better. The LocalBiz team works
Real Website
closely with teachers and EBPs to enhance and expand the Project’s
for a activities.
Real Community
The Project offers a new route for forward thinking teachers and
heads to broaden their leadership role within the community
they serve and, indirectly, help to make a positive contribution
towards the future prosperity of UK plc.

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Contents

Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2

A message from Skipton Building Society . . . . . . . . . . . 3

The Enterprise Quiz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Examples of Activities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Learning Programmes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Case Studies - Enterprise Day (Mixed Year Groups). . 7

Case Studies - Enterprise Day (Whole Year Group). . . 8

Case Studies - Key Skills & Curriculum Enrichment. . . 9

A
Case Studies - Extended Challenges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 fundamental part of what
Teacher Support – Q & A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 we do is to support the
communities in which
Ordering The LocalBiz Project. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 we are based and we enjoy playing
an active role. In fact our strapline
Primary School Enterprise Programme. . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 – mutualmatters – says just this.
Secondary Schools Supporting Primary Schools . . . 13 We have mutual matters with our
local communities and we care
National Business Community Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 passionately about the issues which
matter to them. We are proud to
Education Business Partnerships. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
support The LocalBiz Project as
Contact the LocalBiz Team. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 it shares this ethos and encourages
students to play an active part in
the continued development and
The LocalBiz Project is for KS2 Upwards prosperity of their communities.
It is a flexible learning programme that can be student directed or
Matthew Cox
teacher led, and run at either primary or secondary school – from Year 6
to 6th Form. Events & Sponsorship Manager
Skipton Building Society
It can be delivered to small groups, or launched involving a whole year
group. Schools can work independently or in clusters. For example,
secondary schools can decide to support a set of linked community
websites, developed within their feeder school network.

The activities can be combined to create interesting learning programmes

meeting a wide variety of educational needs and learning outcomes.

Young people are encouraged by everyone in their community

to undertake the creation of the community website and then help The community
manage the content, style and graphics using the easy to use templates. website includes:
The outcome is a new style of community resource which is carbon NEWS, EVENTS
friendly, always up-to-date and, most important, useful and interesting
to all its community members.
and
LOCAL BUSINESS
Students are encouraged to make contact INFORMATION
with businesses, work with the school’s PTA and
all other local non-for-profit organisations
within the community.

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The Enterprise Quiz

The Enterprise Quiz is a great starting point for schools and students
to develop their understanding of a LocalBiz community website. It is
the easy to undertake and can be used by students of all abilities, from Years
6 to 13. Questions are graded with the first two questions designed
to be teacher-led, the remaining questions require users to access our
demonstration website to find answers to questions about News, Events
and Businesses. The final question is quite a challenging one and asks
students to compare the services offered by the Demotown website with
project the services provided by existing national directories – the potential
competition!

The Enterprise Quiz can be downloaded from the Project Website

www.thelocalbizproject.com. Try it out with groups of students
of different abilities – the answers can also be downloaded from
our website.
“This is an enjoyable
project as we Demotown Directory – www.demotown.localbiz.co.uk
are giving back This demonstration website provides a mixture of real and made-up
to the community examples of organisations that students can choose to add to their
which gives a unique community website.
rewarding feeling.”

 enefits to
B
Community
Members
➥
➥
Members of the community
can keep up to date with
forthcoming events in the
Events Diary
The Demotown website, when used as the starting point, helps students
➥ People can source local to develop a quick understanding of the community website concept.
products and services Using student worksheets, one group can start to build their own
quickly and easily using business information services, whilst another group can develop the
the business information News and Forthcoming Events pages. These are dynamic pages, and
section need more active attention by being updated regularly. They can be
used to promote and report on items of community interest, such as car
➥ Potential employers have boot sales and sports results.
the opportunity to recruit
competent new starters Each Community will have its own unique website, selected from
already equipped with a choice of template skins. Together with the ability to add pictures
valuable ebusiness skills quickly and easily, no two websites will ever look the same.
➥ 24/7 advertising for Sue Downes, an Exam Board Area Co-ordinator commented, “The
businesses, charities and Project offers something of real value to the community. It’s an
local clubs. interesting learning activity which genuinely helps students to prepare
for the world of work.”

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Examples of Activities

A number of activities can be viewed by registering for a free trial,

and working through the Evaluation guide. The Project contains a “The Project gave
wide variety of student worksheets and books, laid out in a ready-to- me confidence
use style.
when speaking
Community S
urvey to adults.”
The Enterprise Quiz

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Other activities developing “This project has

include: soft skills: helped to better
➥ Marketing ➥ Research my understanding
➥ Sales ➥ Risk Assessment of advertising
➥ Press Releases and retail.”
➥ Role Play ➥ Problem Solving
➥ Talking to Real ➥ Can Do Attitude
Customers ➥ Risk Taking
➥ Search Engines ➥ Communication

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The LocalBiz Project Programmes
“Such an
experience is
really educational,
and an eye-opener
about how
businesses
operate.”
Developing
Enterprise in Three
Different Ways
• Learning through work
– applying academic theory
to solving practical business
problems e.g. in English,
writing business letters or
advertising copy.
• Learning about work
– through active research into
local businesses, students gain
a broader understanding of the
career opportunities which exist
in the different industry sectors.
• Learning for work
– students develop key
skills in problem solving,
communication and teamwork,
through the use of ICT in a
business context.
Students apply their learning in
business areas such as marketing,
sales, publication and operations.
As a result, they are able to assess
their competencies, talents and
interests, enhancing their career
management skills.
“Support from the
LocalBiz team has
been excellent.”
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The LocalBiz Project is an on-going set of activities, with students
working on the Project for a day, a week, a term, a full year - or even
longer. They can be involved in the handover process ‘inducting’ the
community website’s management to a new student cohort. This new
group can then decide their own aims and objectives, and go on to
make it even better.
Formal programmes are available, which you can further adapt to suit
your specific requirements.
Primary
• The Primary School Enterprise Programme Small groups
10 - 15 hours
Secondary
• The Short Enterprise Programme
Small groups 8 - 12 hours
• The Teamwork Programme
Small groups 20 - 30 hours evidencing Key Skills
• The ICT (L2) Programme - small groups
20 - 30 hours evidencing Key Skills
• The Enterprise Day Programme
30 - 250 students
Work can be integrated into existing examination programmes
to provide suitable work-related portfolio evidence (for Edexcel,
ASDAN’s CoPE Award, ICT etc.) or simply run as a lunchtime
club or after school activity.
Programmes can be developed for combined student/adult use.
The LocalBiz Project helps to deliver learning
outcomes in the following areas
✓
WRL ✓ Social Enterprise
✓
Business Enterprise ✓ Citizenship
✓
Curriculum enrichment
Visit www.thelocalbizproject.com to find out
more details and review our case studies.
Benefits to Students
• Young people learn about the importance of healthy communities,
good community practice and how important their part could play
in promoting its continued wellbeing.
• It’s enjoyable, practical and all activities are work related.
• Real world with real customers and a real website.
• Develops teamwork, risk taking and ‘can do’ attitudes helping young
people better understand local work opportunities.
• Builds confidence as young people meet and talk with adults.
Case Studies – Enterprise Day (Mixed Year Groups)

Bebington Community Website – Launched in One Day

Students at Wirral Grammar for Boys successfully launched their own
community website in just one day during Enterprise Week 2006.
The school was looking for a competitive one day activity which could
be run in teams consisting of students from Year 8 to Year 12, one
which linked to the school’s aims, and one which could be built upon
year after year.

Dr. Lynne Warren (English Teacher)

“We decided to launch our LocalBiz community website using the
Enterprise Day programme during Enterprise Week. Our group of
30 students, in five teams of six, adopted a ‘can do’ attitude early on,
rising to this challenge and showing a real determination to succeed.
The Sixth Form supported us, helping us to achieve our goals,
through mentoring the students, videoing the day, and marking/
Robert Anson (Sixth form student)
providing feedback for some of the day’s competitive elements. helping Year 8s

“A new community website provides an opportunity through

which the school, local businesses and the local and wider
community can move forward together. The majority of the
Enterprise
students have put themselves forward to be interviewed for the activities to
various roles needed to develop the community website further as enable pupils to
an extra-curricula activity.” gain practical
experience of
how the local
economy works

Make a difference
in your school and
local community

The Bebington case study was

featured as a case study on the
Specialist Schools and Academies
Trust, in February 2007 – visit
their website and download
full details:
www.specialistschools.org.uk

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Case Studies – Enterprise Day (Whole Year Group)

Burnside Business & Enterprise College, Wallsend

Neil Heron (Enterprise Co-ordinator) took a radical approach to
Takes a Day vocational learning with Year 10. By the time they get to the end
Lasts a Lifetime of Year 11, they will have obtained the equivalent of 3 more GCSEs
(at grade B).

Central to their work is ASDAN’s Certificate of Personal Effectiveness.

For one of the modules, the entire year group of 248 students participated
in an Enterprise Challenge Day in December 2006.

Neil commented: “The Enterprise Day Programme fits perfectly

within the overall CoPE course, which our entire year group is
following.”

An essential part of the day involved students meeting and talking with
local business people.

After learning about their business operations - they created suitable

advertising copy for these businesses and then added these details to the
community website.

Working in teams of 5 or 6, the students also undertook research

The Enterprise Day
Programme contains:
• Full Teacher Guide
about other businesses in the area and began to develop their ebusiness
skills by adding this information to their LocalBiz Community website.
Sample slide from
Teacher Pack

• PowerPoint
Presentation
• Student Workbook
• Outline Student
Presentation

Local support
The following local businesses
supported the Enterprise Day
by coming in and talking to
the students. The students then Sample slide
created adverts for these from Student
Presentation
businesses on the website.
➥ ComEcon Kath Grant. ASDAN, North Tyneside
➥ The Tyne Tunnel “The LocalBiz programme provides a useful framework for Section
Authority C credits in CoPE (Certificate of Personal Effectiveness) either
in the Communication module, the Community module or the
➥ Segedunum IT Services Technology module. The young people certainly seem to have
➥ Prontaprint been very motivated and have produced a high quality website
– I look forward to seeing the evidence of the Burnside students
➥ SportsCoach when the portfolios come to moderation.”

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Case Studies – Key Skills and Curriculum Enrichment

Students of all abilities can secure Key Skills qualifications worth up

to the equivalent of ¾ of a GCSE. Key Skills programmes currently
include Working with Others and ICT. Others can easily be created
using The LocalBiz Project as the central theme for the generation and
collection of the required evidence.

Challenge College
As part of their BTEC Business course, in 2005/06, students at
Challenge College, Bradford, took on the task of building their
community website www.manningham.localbiz.co.uk. At the end
of the year, a short video was made, and to quote Shabih Bashir, what
they did was “Absolutely brilliant”.
The Project was opened up to more students in 2006/07 and included
as one of the Year 12 Enrichment options.
“I have contributed to
this exciting programme
Lorne McNeill (Senior Strategic Leader by using my computer,
– Business, Enterprise & Vocational) communication and
“I have seen the Project grow from the outset, and have been organisation skills to
delighted with the impact it has made on the students. They are ensure that the project
so keen to be involved, and take great pride in what they produce. has been successful.”
Being Year 12 students, I have been able to let them get on with it, Masoom Miah
and the support from the LocalBiz team has been excellent. (Webmaster,
Manningham LocalBiz)
“I have a plan for the future which will involve Year 10 students
being managed by Year 12. They will be continuously striving to
improve the website and also be analysing a Community Survey.”

Salt Grammar School

Salt Grammar School is a comprehensive serving Shipley in West
Yorkshire. When searching for an ICT course to complement the
GNVQ business that Year 12 currently study, they came across The
LocalBiz Project. Andrew Brownless, Head of Faculty: “The LocalBiz
Project allowed us to capture the pupils imagination of what real life
business problems are and how to overcome them.”

Max Robinson (ICT Teacher)

“I feel the structure of the programme kept pupil interest at all
“It was a great way
times and gave them a full view of the different skills they might
require in any job they may get in this field. This meant that of working towards
the Project exceeded my expectations in building knowledge, my ICT Key Skill
motivation, group work skills and the sense of responsibility it certificate, as well
put on the pupils. This ICT Programme is excellent, and I would
certainly use it again.”
as using a lot of my
business knowledge.”
Joel Greenald
(Salt GS)

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Case Studies - Extended Challenges
Enhancements
The webmaster at Penistone
made full use of his ICT skills
by adding ‘Flash’ images to the
site, and kept in touch with the
LocalBiz technical support team
to identify other improvements.
The team at Tonbridge gave a
multimedia presentation at the
NEN national conference, which
included a short video which
‘sold’ their website, and at the
same time, demonstrated how
the project could be extended.
“I am delighted
with the entry. The
students have done
superbly well with
this website, and they
have all been able to
use their talents for
the benefit of the
whole community.”
Mrs Samantha
Knowles, Manager,
The Fountain Inn
“LocalBiz is becoming a huge
success. We have been watching
the students develop their
organisational, communicative
and administrative skills to
a high level in a short space
of time.”
Charlotte Lane, Outreach
Support Co-ordinator
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Penistone Grammar School
Penistone Grammar School is a comprehensive in a rural part of South
Yorkshire. It has been running the Project since 2004 with each team
building on the previous successes. Integral to the school’s desire to
forge links with local businesses, they hold a business breakfast each
term. The LocalBiz community website plays a prominent part in
showing what the school can do, both to support local enterprise, and
to prepare students for the world of work.
Tonbridge
Grammar School
Tonbridge Grammar
girls receiving their
certificates from Bob
Jones, Director of the
National Enterprise
Network, at a recent
NEN conference.
Tonbridge Girls are
now supporting the
development of a Tunbridge Wells website assisting Meadows School (a
Barnardo’s special school).
The girls have been very forward thinking and have taken on
alternative options to promote this website, for example going
beyond the High Street, and visiting units within an industrial estate,
discovering businesses outside the retail world.
Team member Tori said, “This is an enjoyable project as we are giving
back to the community, which gives a rewarding feeling”. Reem
added, “This project has helped to better my understanding of
advertising and retail”.
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Teacher Support – Q & A

Having worked closely with several schools over a number of years,

the LocalBiz team has created, reviewed and updated a wide array of Telephone and
teacher support materials to make it as easy as possible for teachers to get
started. Available for the primary and secondary school teachers, these
email support is
are in the form of comprehensive Teacher Guides, Student Workbooks freely available at
and PowerPoint presentations. All materials are available in electronic
format on CD and from our on-line Project Library (Word, Excel and 01943 434343
PowerPoint) for immediate use. Teachers can use lesson plans “as is”, or support@localbiz.co.uk
adapted to suit specific circumstances.

For some student groups, such as Young Enterprise or gifted and talented
A full Project Library
children, teachers can simply pass over much of the documentation to is available 24/7
the students and let them get on with it. All programmes can be easily
extended, using further support materials also available in the Project
Library. Issues covered include ‘Helping create Press Releases’ and Your website and data are
‘Dealing with Awkward Customers’. kept on our secure servers.
If it breaks we fix it!
Q. Do I need access to IT equipment?

A
Yes, access to the Internet is essential. Teachers and students need to
be able use a web browser (for example, Internet Explorer) to use the
Teachers, Enterprise Coordinators,
system, and fill in forms on-line (but not at every class). However,
Key Skills Practitioners and EBP
students with appropriate HTML skills can have the opportunity to
staff can discover how easy it is
extend their learning further e.g. by adding Flash to the web pages.
to create their own community
website.

A
Q. Do I need to add any software to the school network?
No additional software is needed on the school’s IT network – all Visit thelocalbizproject.com
information is stored and maintained on our own Servers. We maintain and register on-line for a free trial.
these and fix if broken. The extensive teacher support
materials can also be inspected
Q. Can I really run the Project on my own?

A
during the trial period.
Teachers need only the ability to use Word, PowerPoint and a Browser.
Some Primary schools have involved their Learning Mentors. They “Inset Days can
have also contacted their local secondary school, to obtain support from be arranged, if
ICT, Media, and Business Studies students, which further reduces the
workload of the lead teacher.
required, individually
or through EBP
Q. Is the Project sustainable? What happens next year? Networking”

A
Nothing in the community stays the same. Organisations need updating
with new words and pictures every year. As each group of students
make their mark, the site will grow and get
better, making the teachers initial investment
of time worthwhile (it also opens up new
opportunities). Teachers have taken the Project
with them to other schools and developed the
concept in their new location.

Q. How do I order The LocalBiz Project?

A
Register at www.thelocalbizproject.com
for a free evaluation, or speak to us at our “Register for a
Ilkley office, on 01943 434343. We know that Free Evaluation”
every school is different, and we can help you (it takes about five
to decide which programme is right for you.
minutes on-line)

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The Primary School Enterprise Programme

From the launch of the Project, educationalists have encouraged the

development of a Programme which could be used by Primary schools,
“Excellent allowing them to develop their own community website focusing on
Teacher Support the community immediately surrounding their school. In 2007, pilot
material and Projects are running at a number of primary schools in Yorkshire
– either in conjunction with secondary schools, independently, or in
Workbooks … informal clusters.
telephone and Bradford Primary Schools’ Pilot
email support Run in conjunction with Education Bradford, this Programme, for
always available.” which extensive teacher support notes are available for each session,
is designed to be completed in around 10 hours as an extra-curricula
activity. It is flexible and can be run with up to 20 children during
lunchtime or after school.

Primary schools
involved: Zoe Mawson (Deputy Head, Heaton Primary School)
Heaton, Hill “The LocalBiz project has provided a fantastic opportunity for our
Top, Oxenhope, Year 6 pupils to engage in something with real meaning for our
community. As well as developing their ICT skills, it has really
Shirley Manor, encouraged thought and discussions around enterprise! Some of the
Woodlands, and pupils are now even talking about developing their own ‘businesses’
to advertise on the site!
Worth Valley
“I have been very impressed with the pupils’ enthusiasm for
developing the website – every time I walk down the corridor, the
pupils are asking for more time to work on it! Whether it involves
calling local companies to see if they can be added as an entry
or designing posters to advertise the service, the project has really
captured their imaginations! As a result of the pupils’ commitment,
I am sure that the website will continue to grow and will be a
valuable resource for all members of the Heaton Community.”

Programme Outline
The Enterprise Quiz & Price Challenge - fun activities, finding
the cheapest source of a popular book or computer game.
Introduction to website – add some basic information about
your school and website, by updating the ‘Home’ and ‘About Us’
“Extensive pages.
teacher support Adding News Items and Business Information – publish
students’ news stories and add information from the ‘Business
notes and Information Starter Pack’.
worksheets are Community Information – by writing to parents, gather
available for information about events, voluntary organisations and small
businesses, and add them to the website.
each session.” Broadening the Scope – schools will use the enterprise
programme to decide on how best to utilise the programme to
create a sustainable feature within their local community.

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Secondary Schools Supporting Primary Schools

Wirral Grammar School for Boys are helping Brakenwood Junior

School create an active school website. Their aim is to support the “School Web
primary school by helping them develop a sustainable, easy to manage Designs is a
website, using the framework provided by School Web Designs, which
is built on the same principles as The LocalBiz Project. no-nonsense easy
to run and manage
Tony Boustead (Community Manager, Wirral GS) said: “ As Community
Manager, I have to find as many ways as possible to engage and
website template
interact with our partners, and with the communities they serve. One requiring no
of our partner schools, Brackenwood Junior, has recently launched HTML skills.”
a new website, and looked at the possibility of developing a unique
link to a community site that would provide information on school
events and activities that would in some way impact on the local and
wider community.”

“Working with the School Web Designs team, James Cowgill, a Year 9 “It is so easy to
student, and several Year 6 pupils from the junior school, we were able
to design a no-nonsense, easy to run and manage website, requiring no create pages of
HTML skills, and that has helped to raise the level of ICT skills for all pictures and text.”
the learners involved in the project.”

www.brackenwoodjunior.localbiz.org.uk
Gordon Morris (Headteacher, Brackenwood Junior School) said “As
a junior school sited very close to a number of secondary schools
where our pupils transfer to after year 6, we are always interested in
every opportunity for pupils to get a chance to familiarise themselves
with what the next stage of their education may be like. When Tony
Boustead, Community Manager at WGSB, contacted the school and we
discussed the opportunities that were available, it became clear that real
links could be forged that would benefit both schools. Having recently
created a school website, it was decided to use the Schools Web Design
link to create a ‘Community’ section, which would allow the pupils of
our school, supported by an older student from the grammar school, to
develop and maintain a site that reflected the pupil’s voice, and profiled For further details visit
some of the activities that were going on in the school which could be www.schoolwebdesigns.co.uk
presented in any format the pupils decided. The team of year 6 pupils Note: SWD websites can be built
are now beginning to establish web design roles, and will hopefully be easily, and without the need for help
able to sow the seeds for groups in the future to take over.” from other schools. They can be used
by all schools, not just Primary.

Lesley Durrans, Sandy Lane

Primary School
“We have been using SWD for our
website for over three years. It is
so easy to create pages of pictures
and text, without the need to get
any professional web designers
involved. It is very good value for
money, and we think it is ideally
suited for primary schools.”

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National Business Community Support

One of the key support documents available from the Project Library
is the ‘Starter Pack’. This document contains words describing national
businesses who are supporting the Project, and have already agreed the
wording. Adding this information provides the opportunity for students
to gain experience in the ‘back office’ area of their website, learning a
range of ebusiness skills, including adding text and graphics.

The students are then better able explain the Project to the local
businesses and organisations they meet. This overcomes any initial
scepticism about the ability of young people to run (secondary students),
or help to run (primary students), a successful community website.

Providing hard copy examples of work to show work already completed

will help convince many doubters that it can actually be achieved.

Please contact National Supporters

us if you would ASDA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.asda.co.uk
like to support Countrywide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.countrywideplc.co.uk
further
Going Places. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.goingplaces.co.uk
development of
HMV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.hmv.co.uk
this enterprising
learning Link Telecom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.linktelecom.co.uk

programme Lloyds Bank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.lloydstsbbusiness.com

Morrisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.morrisons.co.uk
Post Office. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.postoffice.co.uk
Skipton Building Society. . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.skipton.co.uk
WH Smith plc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . www.whsmith.co.uk

Demotown website
If you visit the Demotown website
and type ‘plc’ in the Keyword
Search, you will see a list of the
national businesses, who have
already agreed to be included
in every LocalBiz community
website.

Clicking on their name will

display the entry, such as the one
for Skipton Building Society
(right).

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Education Business Partnerships

The LocalBiz team is constantly seeking ties with leading educational

bodies in the UK.

Bradford EBP
Bob Jones and Catherine Halliwell have supported the work of the
Project from its outset. From the original pilot, which launched the
basic concept of developing community websites, created and run by
young people, Education Bradford has actively encouraged further
development of the concept. This includes; development of Key Skills
and the Enterprise in Primary Schools programme enabling KS2 pupils
to get 10 hours of ‘enterprise’ outside of the normal curriculum.

Essex EBP
Norman Humphrys and Gill Culley are exploring ways in which their
own staff can deliver some of the LocalBiz Programmes, especially the
Enterprise Day programme. Initially they are looking to integrate this
into their 5 Star support package, but then to expand delivery to other
secondary schools throughout the region.

Halton EBP
Andy Page has eight schools working with, and supported by,
Widnes and Runcorn City Learning Centres. The two managers are
working to develop a support systems to help make better use of their
technical resources.

Leeds EBP
We are also working with Curriculum Development Adviser (Enterprise)
Christine Marsden, and have created a WRL and Enterprise Checklist,
based on the QCA specification, which clearly shows which learning
outcomes can be achieved through students doing The LocalBiz Project.
This document can be obtained as a download from our website.

North Tyneside EBP

Julia Cantwell is working with a number of schools in North Tyneside
to produce a cluster of independent local websites linked into a master
website for the area.

Accredited Qualifications
The following examination boards have reviewed our key skill
programme The LocalBiz Award for Teamwork, and have
confirmed it can be used to generate evidence for the QCA Key Skills
Award Working with Others – and obtain 48 points at level 2. Innovative Ideas?
The LocalBiz Project can be used
in a variety of situations, and
we are keen to work with any
organisation in the development
of new website features, and
extending the portfolio of
Programmes, for example the
new Diplomas.

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