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Inspiring Students Changing Lives ANNUAL REPORT 2015
Young Enterprise offers teachers and students a
chance to do things differently. Our experiential
education programmes let students learn by
doing, while our financial education resources
help students prepare for the future. We know
we’ve made a difference when teenagers tell us
about the impact of credit card debt. We love it
when secondary students tell us their experience
has helped them choose whether to go to uni.
And we know we’re doing our job when primary
students tell us why it’s important to save.
Inspiring students, changing lives. It’s what we do.
Number of schools Number of teachers
14% 18%
INCREASE
INCREASE
2015 = 611 2014 = 535 2015 = 1028 2014 = 870
Staff in 2015 Number of volunteers
17 1725
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Contents
6
Chairman and
CEO’s Report
8
Highlights from 2015
12
The Digital Frontier
14
Roaming Teachers
16
Outcomes for Students
18
Our Resources
20 21
Patron & Board Supporters’ Council
22
Staff and Facilitators
23 24
Regional Partners Our Schools
28
NZ Business Hall
of Fame
30 32 42
Financial Summary Audited Accounts Sponsors and Funders
Page 3 Young Enterprise
Stephanie’s story
Stephanie Benseman is a YES alumna and
an amazing multi-tasker. Every day she juggles
university study, running her own business,
managing a small army of Young Enterprise
volunteers and mentoring young people.
Stephanie took part in The Lion Foundation Young At Venture Up, Steph created her next business,
Enterprise Scheme (YES) in 2013 at Marlborough Girls’ Filtr. Filtr connects tertiary students and graduates
College. Steph worked with four other students to with roles that suit their skills and experience.
create Reverb. The company created and sold dresses The company aims to make life easier for businesses
which were made using secondhand fabrics, with a wanting to hire graduates. Filtr launched in 2015 and
percentage of the profits going to the World Vision is now working with organisations including NZTA,
Micro scheme. Banqer and Properly.
Stephanie believes that doing the YES programme Alongside her studies and her business, Steph is
changed her life. She is currently working towards giving back to Young Enterprise as the national
a Bachelor of Commerce at Victoria University with alumni manager. More than 7000 people have
a double major in Management and Information registered as Young Enterprise alumni, and Steph
Systems, and a minor in Commercial Law. leads their voluntary work.
Stephanie also took part in ‘Venture Up’ which
was held for the first time in early 2015. Venture Up
is a business accelerator/incubator programme
designed specifically for young people. It was run
by Creative HQ with support from Victoria University
and Wellington City Council.
“ Everything I do now started
because I took part in the
Young Enterprise Scheme.
Thank you for providing me
with the opportunities that
you have.”
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“ Young Enterprise is hands
down one of the best
experiences I’ve had to date.”
Stephanie Benseman, YES Alumna
Page 5 Young Enterprise
YEAR IN REVIEW
Chairman and CEO’s Report
The 2015 year for us was one of transformation as
we embarked on our next phase of organisational
change. It was also a year of financial investment as
we chose to use reserves built up over the last four
years to help propel this change.
In recent years, we had moved from being a good classes, assist with how to do assessments, and share
organisation that was individually focused and best practice they see across multiple schools.
individually driven, to one that was externally focused The evidence and anecdotal feedback has been
and collaborative. But the question remained, fantastic. With this role we have seen an increase
where to from here? The next logical step for us was in the number of participating schools and students
to transition to a truly innovative organisation that and an increase in NCEA achievement.
had greater engagement, scale and reach.
We were fortunate to receive funding from Minister
Towards the end of 2014, the Board of Trustees Kaye and the Youth Enterprise Fund in 2015 to fund
challenged the team, asking us ‘if money was an additional 3 x roaming teachers for 2 years.
no object, what would you do?’ That was a defining
moment as it made us evaluate what we needed Digital Strategy
to change to take us to the next level. The whole concept of digital engagement and
e-learning has really taken off over the last few years,
We identified two major initiatives we wanted to
and we wanted to make sure we were at the forefront
do: more roaming teachers and our digital strategy.
of this movement.
We knew both would help us to reach more students
and support more teachers, but we didn’t have the Our vision is quite simple – how do we use technology
specific funds to do either. to better enable what we do? How do we use to it
better support our teachers? To give our students a
Roaming Teachers platform they prefer? To better connect our networks
For several years with the support of the Ministry of students, teachers and business people?
for Pacific Peoples, we have trialled the concept
of an expert roaming teacher. This role takes a star We mapped out a three-stage strategy and set about
teacher, and moves them into a role supporting in 2015 to implement stage one with a focus on
teachers. They assist schools new to Young Enterprise accessibility and connections. While on the face of
and support existing schools. Roaming Teachers it, we’ve given our website a facelift, it’s in fact much
help teachers plan the structure of programmes into more than that. We’ve developed a full membership
site for teachers and students which allows them to
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find and instantly access our vast array of resources. Our Purpose and Our Culture
We revamped many of our resources for the digital We recognised that for us to best help others, we had
world and the end result is 8 programmes, 9 games to look internally as well as externally. So we took
and 41 units of work. the time to work on our own organisation, defining
As we didn’t have the specific funding to do this, the our culture and our purpose. We talked about what
Board proposed that this be funded out of our cash students tell us made a difference to them and
reserves. We were also lucky to have two delivery decided that our purpose was to inspire young
partners (Heyday and Fujitsu) who came to the party people to develop their full potential in business and
with significant in-kind sponsorship contributions. in life. We do this by helping young people to unleash
their entrepreneurial spirit, develop critical life skills
Our Best and Worst Year and realise that good financial decisions give more
When we look back at 2015, we had the best year choices in life.
organisationally but our worst year financially.
We took time to define our brand values and agreed
We achieved so much in addition to the Roaming that the following statement reflected what we
Teachers and Digital Strategy. Overall, we increased wanted to be, and what we wanted to encourage:
the number of teachers, schools and students we make it real, love what you do, try new stuff, aim for
worked with. We ran a very successful second awesome, connect & collaborate.
‘It’s Business Time’ conference, where 150 teachers
from around the country came together for two Our Village
days of inspiration and professional development. As a final reflection on the year, we could not make
We extended our work in Teen Parent Units. a difference to so many lives if it weren’t for our large
We introduced a new series of “Pick Up & Go” extended family of supporters – our YES regional
resources for primary and intermediate schools. coordinators, our BP Business Challenge presenters,
We strengthened the work we are doing in junior our sponsors and funders, our donors, our volunteer
secondary schools with our EPIC Challenge and mentors and judges, our teachers and our Council.
BizNinja programmes. We quantified the impact We are lucky to have almost 2,800 people helping us
of the work we do through our YES student survey to inspire tens of thousands of students each year.
which measured not just business skills learnt, From our Board and dedicated staff to each and every
but life skills, confidence, impact on pathways and one of you, we offer our heartfelt thanks. And to our
entrepreneurial spirit. Our students succeeded students, we offer our appreciation because you are NIGEL GOULD ONZM, JP
yet again on the international stage, winning the our inspiration every day. And with you as our future, Chairman, April 2016
Asia Pacific title at the FedEx/Junior Achievement we know that New Zealand is in good hands.
International Trade Challenge. Needless to say,
it was a busy but rewarding year.
Our challenge for 2015 was financial. Separate to
the investment in our digital strategy, we returned a
deficit of $30k. This deficit would have increased to
$95k if it weren’t for our international contracts and
we continue to rely on these contracts to subsidise
our shortfall in domestic income.
TERRY SHUBKIN
CEO, April 2016
Page 7 Young Enterprise
YEAR IN REVIEW
Highlights from 2015
Number of schools Number of teachers Number of volunteers
611 1028 1725
More schools and more teachers In addition to teachers and students, the website also
More and more schools chose to use Young Enterprise provides information for members of the public who
resources in 2015. Over 600 schools worked with us want to find out about Young Enterprise, sign up to
during the year, an increase of 14% compared to the public events, and become a volunteer. See page 12
previous year. Teacher numbers also increased and for more.
we achieved a major milestone, with more than 1000
More roaming teachers
teachers working with us. By year end we had 1028
Thanks to support from the Ministry of Youth
teachers using our resources, an increase of 18%
Development, we appointed a second Roaming
from 2014.
Teacher in 2015. Jane Watson is based in Wellington
We grew our school numbers in 11 of the 16 regions and works with schools across the Wellington,
around the country. Growth was particularly strong Manawatu and Horowhenua regions. Jane, who is
in Auckland, Bay of Plenty, Marlborough, Southland, on secondment from Tawa College, is a longtime YES
Tasman and the West Coast teacher and has also used our financial education
“Wow, wow, wow
– the website is New website launched resources for many years.
amazing. A huge One of the biggest external changes we implemented Jane joins Lucy Wymer, who is our first Roaming
thank you to all of in 2015 was our new website, which launched in Teacher and focuses on Pasifika schools based
you and the passion December. The website comes as part of our larger in Auckland. Two more Roaming Teachers were
you show towards digital strategy, designed to align Young Enterprise with appointed late in 2015 - Simon Murray from
the changing needs of students and educators alike. Pakuranga College supports schools throughout
enterprise.”
The website allows teachers to access resources Auckland, and Rachel Sherry from Villa Maria College
in real time, search through our resources using will be working with schools in Canterbury. Check out
filters, and sign up for events in one centralised spot. more details on page 14.
Jarrod Aberhart,
Teacher, Feedback from teachers has been very positive.
Nelson College
Young Enterprise Page 8Teachers connect at It’s Business Time 2015 Making insurance fun for kids “Thank you so much
In December 2015 we held our second bi-annual Insurance is not often the first thing that comes for all the time and
It’s Business Time conference. The conference is a to mind when you think ‘fun’, but that didn’t stop effort you put into
professional development opportunity for secondary 40 students from having a great time at our first the ‘It’s Business
school teachers, to help them upskill, network and be ever Insurance Day. The event brought 11 and 12
Time’ conference.
inspired. 150 teachers converged in Wellington for 2 year-olds from around Auckland together for a
We came away from
days to immerse themselves in Business Studies and facilitated challenge to learn about insurance and
the two days with
enterprise education. risk management. The brainchild of Young Enterprise
and the Insurance Council of New Zealand, students some inspiring and
The conference included a networking event, site
who showed creative thinking and reasoning won dynamic company
visits at the Xero, Trade Me and NXZ Head Offices,
spot prizes, and everyone got to use the amazing case studies that
and speakers from both the education and business
educational software offered by Banqer. we can use to
worlds. Business speakers included Vaughan Rowsell
(founder of Vend), Justine Ross (Co-founder of 42 Insurance Day was run as part of Money Week, to help motivate, encourage
Below), Dan Radcliffe (Founder of IVHQ and 2014 educate and excite students about the importance and stimulate our
EY Entrepreneur of the Year), Norm Thompson of insurance in managing their risks. They took part students. It was
(formerly Deputy CEO at Air NZ), and Sarah Gibbs in workshops to learn about the different types of also a great two days
(Founder of Trilogy). insurance, before working in teams to pitch to judges for networking.”
about the importance of having insurance. Each team
was supported by volunteers from insurance firms
“I loved the course from start to finish including AIG, Vero, AA Insurance and FMG. Jude Maurice,
Teacher, Tauranga
- quite possibly the best thing I did at
Girls’ College
high school.”
Carlos Bagrie, YES Alum and co-founder of My
Food Bag, speaking at It’s Business time 2015
Page 9 Young EnterpriseYEAR IN REVIEW
Highlights from 2015
Manawatu students win The EPIC Challenge CEO Kobe Huang was ecstatic about the win. “I’m so
Students from Manawatu and Northland were excited for the future. For us, winning this prize means
invited to Parliament for The EPIC Challenge Awards we’ve been recognised by businesspeople who have
ceremony in December. Proventus from Palmerston so much experience. There are so many opportunities
North Girls High School won the Ministry for Primary ahead of us.”
Industries Award, and Boys’ Own Primary Zone Each member of the winning team received a
from Huanui College won the DairyNZ Award. scholarship to the Massey University Business School,
Proventus were named overall winners of the 2015 and the team also received a $3000 cash award.
EPIC Competition.
Two finalists for Women of Influence Awards
The EPIC Challenge saw students throughout New
Two members of the Young Enterprise team were
Zealand work in teams to research the primary
announced as finalists for the 2015 Women of Influence
industries and examine career options. They then
Awards. Terry Shubkin, our Chief Excitement Officer,
created a promotional strategy to market one career
was a finalist in the Community & Not-for-Profit
to their fellow students. Proventus created a quirky
Category. Terry was nominated for her inspirational
video advertisement illustrating a student’s decision
work at the helm of Young Enterprise over the past 5
to become a Beef Manager after seeing what a typical
years. Terry is also a voluntary board member for the
day is like, while Boys’ Own Primary Zone created a
Wellington Culinary Events Trust, and has been on the
series of e-magazines aimed at educating Year 9 and
Foundation Advisory Board setting up the Manurewa
10 students about the dairy industry.
High School Business Academy.
Pakuranga students named YES National Champs Stephanie Benseman, our YES Alumni Coordinator,
A Brilliant Signature from Pakuranga College won was named a finalist in the Young Leader Category.
The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Company of Steph was part of YES in 2013, and was so amazing
the Year Award for 2015. The team created custom we brought her on to run our YES Alumni Programme.
designed signatures for their customers, supplying Steph was nominated because of her leadership
each customer with samples of three different role and her ability to inspire people to volunteer.
signature options, a slow motion video and tracing Check out Steph’s story on page 4.
paper. The team sold to clients both in New Zealand,
Australia and Singapore. International work continues
Our international work continued across the Pacific,
To win the national title, A Brilliant Signature beat
with two of our team working on a project in Samoa
17 other student businesses in the National Final.
in 2015. Sharron Buer and Yolande Rosario worked
Each student business had just five minutes to pitch
with a number of partners to scope the integration
their business to a panel of judges. The judging panel
of financial education into the Samoa School
included Simon Whyte, Chair of Lion Foundation;
Curriculum. The mission was undertaken with our
Graham Shaw, Professional Director; Sarah Gibbs,
partners United Nations Development Programme
Founder of Trilogy; Rachel Taulelei, CEO of KONO NZ;
(UNDP) through the Pacific Financial Inclusion
and Mark Vivian, Partner from MOVAC Venture Capital.
Young Enterprise Page 10Programme (PFIP), with support from The Central and sold bath bombs and bath salts. Judges were “The Lion Foundation
Bank of Samoa, the Samoa Ministry of Education impressed with their tenacity, commitment and Young Enterprise
and Sport and Culture. ability to cope with challenges. Scheme lets us deal
An implementation strategy has been prepared, The boys sold all of their products through a targeted with real businesses.
and funding is currently being secured for a project sales pitch, and donated a share of their profits to the We make real products
that will benefit children, families and communities John Paul College learning support centre. and handle real
right across Samoa. money and get a taste
More New Zealanders honoured at NZ Business
This work follows on from our 2013-14 work in Hall of Fame of this other world….
the Cook Islands to integrate enterprise and financial Eight amazing Kiwis were inducted into the I learnt to trust in
literacy. Our international work is hugely important New Zealand Business Hall of Fame at the annual myself and take a
as it benefits Pacific Islands that are closely gala dinner in July. The Langham was brimming stand for what I think
associated with NZ and contributes money towards with guests who turned out to celebrate our is right. To say what
our salary costs. Laureates, and listen as they shared stories about needs to be said, even
Rotorua students win Start-Up competition their journeys to the top of their respective fields. if it means stepping on
Body Soak from John Paul College came out on We hold this event annually to recognise and some toes.”
top as our 2015 Start Up Champions. Start Up is a celebrate individuals who have made a significant
programme designed to introduce entrepreneurship contribution to the economic and social development
Susie Colbatz,
and enterprise to Year 11 students. Teams had to of New Zealand. Laureates were officially inducted
Student, Kerikeri
create, plan and run a business. 12 entries were into the Hall of Fame by Lt Gen. Rt Hon. Sir Jerry High School
selected as finalists, of which 6 teams pitched via Mateparae, Governor General of New Zealand.
Skype to a panel of judges. Inductees included Lloyd Morrison, founder of Infratil;
Body Soak shaped their business venture around the Dame Alison Paterson, the first woman appointed
Māori proverb ‘He waka eke noa’, meaning ‘we are to a Board of a listed company in New Zealand; and
all part of one community, and all in this together’. Neville Crichton, motoring and superyacht mogul.
With a strategic focus on connecting with customers Find out more about each of the 2015 Laureates on
and building networks, the boys successfully created page 28.
Page 11 Young EnterpriseThe Digital Frontier
With technology fast becoming an integral part of
the modern education system, we recognised early
in 2012 that Young Enterprise had to make changes.
We knew we needed to offer relevant and engaging
services to a wide range of stakeholders.
Woohoo! It’s like From 2012-2014 we made a number of steps towards The work was broken down into three phases:
an early Christmas our goal. These included: 1. Introduce a platform that suits the needs of our
present for time ›› Moving from paper-based to electronic users (2014-15)
poor teachers!!” communications 2. Create online tools and resources to support
›› Making all resources electronically available to students and teachers (2015-16)
teachers at no charge 3. Produce interactive resources which engage
Karen Morine,
Teacher, ›› Offering online ticket sales to key events today’s students (2016-17)
New Plymouth Girls’ ›› The introduction of a bona fide CRM system, Leading digital agency Heyday worked with Fujitsu
High School thanks to support from Fujitsu. to create our website as a platform for future growth.
But several critical problems still remained. We were The first stage of the site went live in December 2015,
struggling to show teachers all of our resources in with work continuing over the Christmas and New
a clear and coherent way, which meant that many Year period.
teachers used only a fraction of the resources Initial results are hugely positive. We have far more
available. We had no sustainable way of offering users visiting our new website and engaging on
resources directly to students, and were only able site for much longer. Queries from international
to directly connect with students taking part in teachers are increasing, providing potential revenue
The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme. streams in future. Anecdotal feedback is also positive,
Funding constraints meant only incremental changes with teachers embracing the changes and finding
could be made each year, when what was needed resources with much greater ease:
was fundamentally larger.
“Could you please forward my thanks and great
In 2013 and 2014 we worked with leading consultants appreciation to the team at Young Enterprise for a
to look at possible solutions. With buy in from both wonderful user friendly website! Makes it so much
the Board and our staff, Young Enterprise invested easier to access what is useful with the search
the surpluses generated from 2011-2014 into our capabilities and I love how you can keep a track of
digital strategy. the resources that you want to use. Beats Mr Google
anytime!! Woohoo! It’s like an early Christmas present
for time poor teachers!!”
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Teaching Guide
The Lion Foundation
young enterprise scheme
Young Enterprise Scheme
Teaching Guide
Resources overhauled
Many of our resources also needed to be modernised, The benefits so far
both in design and content. Working groups focussed Better for teachers: Teachers now have instant access to the entire
on these throughout 2015 to have them ready for Young Enterprise resource collection. Once they sign up, teachers can
launch with the new site. The two largest resources to browse and download any resources they need. Simple filters enable
be overhauled were for our PREP primary programme teachers to quickly see resources that will suit their students, and they
and The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme. can preview every document to see if it is right for them.
The Hot Topics series on financial education was
Better for students: For the first time, we now offer our resources directly
also upgraded and we introduced a number of
to students. Students who are particularly interested in learning about
resources to suit Personal Financial Management
enterprise and financial education can now work directly with us. This is
unit standards.
particularly important for students in schools where Young Enterprise does
“OMG amazing resources. Have just spent not yet have a presence.
a large number of hours putting together Making Young Enterprise more efficient: The new website links directly
a resource on student loans, so have spent to our CRM system, a change which has removed a huge amount of manual
lots of time in the IRD website and Studylink. administrative work. The significance of this is huge - the Young Enterprise
The Young Enterprise Hot Topic covers team can now spend more time working with teachers and students up and
everything that I found and considered down the country.
important so a huge thank you to your Sustainable and fit for purpose: The custom built website has been
organisation. These are going to be wonderful designed specifically to suit Young Enterprise. No other organisation works with
resources!!!!! THANK YOU for making them such a dynamic and varied range of stakeholders. The platform was also built
available to schools.” using Silverstripe, which is the preferred model for all Government departments
and is fast becoming one of the leading platforms worldwide.
Sue Laurenson, Teacher, Ruapehu College
Page 13 Young EnterpriseRoaming Teachers
We introduced the concept of a Roaming Teacher in
2013. The aim was simple: to provide hands-on support
for teachers new to enterprise and financial education,
and share best practice across a wide network.
A Roaming Teacher is an experienced enterprise ›› NCEA data collected from schools offering YES
teacher who shares their experiences and advice one- to Pacific students showed that the students are
on-one with other teachers, and provides support performing well and earning NCEA Level 3 credits
that is tailored to that teacher’s specific needs. through their involvement in YES.
Roaming Teachers also visit schools not delivering ›› Three Pasifika YES alumni were successful in
our programmes to encourage them to introduce gaining a place in the Venture Up 2015 business
enterprise, and help teachers to plan their curriculum. accelerator programme, with a further two
Roaming Teachers are released to Young Enterprise accepted into Venture Up 2016.
under a paid secondment from their school and focus Teachers who were supported by the Roaming
on targeted schools. Teacher were very positive about her impact.
Lucy Wymer was appointed as our first Roaming “Lucy is providing exactly what I need - the support
Teacher in 2013 with funding from the Ministry and sharing expertise and experience of teaching this
of Pacific Peoples. Lucy has focused on 30 schools subject has allowed me to offer our students Business
with high numbers of Pasifika students in Studies, where they are able to learn skills which will
Auckland and Wellington. The results of this pilot be an asset for any student.”
have been significant:
“[Her] expertise and support has been a real asset and
›› The number of Pacific students participating in instrumental in the setting up of Senior Business at
The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme our school. Through her support we also changed the
(YES) increased by 32% in 2015. content of our Junior Business and the students are
›› 10 YES teachers from the targeted schools were enjoying our course now.”
new to the programme in 2015.
Based on the success of this role, we received
›› 8 new targeted schools will participate in YES funding through the Ministry of Youth Development’s
in 2016. Enterprise Fund. This gave us the opportunity to
›› 100% of the schools targeted in 2015 will appoint 3 more roaming teachers, with the first
continue to offer enterprise at senior secondary joining us in 2015. Jane Watson is based in Wellington
level in 2016. and works with schools across the Wellington,
Young Enterprise Page 14Lucy Wymer Jane Watson Simon Murray Rachel Sherry
2013 2015 2016 2016
Manawatu and Horowhenua regions. From the start of How do Roaming Teachers help more students
2016, Simon Murray from Pakuranga College has been experience enterprise education?
supporting schools throughout Auckland, and Rachel Each school chooses whether to include enterprise
Sherry from Villa Maria College works with schools in or financial education in their school curriculum.
Canterbury. Three additional 1-year secondments will Often schools will tell us they do not have a teacher
be offered in 2017. who is experienced or confident in enterprise
Why are Roaming Teachers needed? education, and with limited budgets there is little
Business Studies is one of the newest subjects scope for professional development to upskill existing
available at secondary school, and the number of teachers. The Roaming Teachers provide practical
trained Business Studies teachers is very limited. and hands-on assistance to teachers, supporting
In addition, there are a variety of ways that them throughout the year as they develop new skills.
Business Studies teachers can choose to deliver the This development contributes to the sustainable
curriculum. We believe in the experiential approach delivery of enterprise in schools across the country,
that YES offers, but it can be daunting for teachers which will result in more students getting access to
who are delivering the programme for the first time. enterprise education.
Students are working with real concepts, real money
and connecting with the community outside the
classroom so anything can happen! This is a huge
change for teachers, who move from offering a more
traditional model to facilitated learning.
“I’ve learnt life-long skills out of this
To grow teacher capacity and capability in enterprise
programme - skills I hope to continue
education, our biggest challenge is to increase the to use for the rest of my life.”
level of support we provide. Roaming Teachers are
the perfect model to solve this problem.
Wendy Nguyen, Student, Papatoetoe High School
Page 15 Young EnterpriseOutcomes for Students
The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme
has been changing students’ lives through real life
business experiences for 35 years. In October 2015 as
the YES year wrapped up, we surveyed YES students
to find out what impact the programme had on them.
YES increased
Nearly 500 students completed the survey, which “YES has honestly been one of the best
measures both the business skills and life skills learnt experiences of my life, full of excitement and
students confidence
92
through the programme. new opportunities that will undoubtedly help
%
Results show that last year’s students believe YES me in the near future with any career choice
has made a significant difference to their lives. 92% I choose.”
of the survey respondents said YES increased their
confidence, while 80% said that YES impacted their Venture Up
future pathway. Venture Up is a full immersion entrepreneurship
Students resoundingly agreed that YES provides them accelerator delivered by Creative HQ in Wellington
with experience in specific business ‘hard skills’, and for young people up to 25 years. Young Enterprise
YES impacted
the more transferable ‘soft skills’. collaborated in the inaugural 2015 programme, and
students’ future
continues to support it in 2016. We see Venture Up as
pathway Excitingly, YES students also said that our programme
80
a great pathway for YES alumni keen to continue their
%
influenced their future choices. When considering entrepreneurial journey.
their future pathways, 34% said that YES had
influenced them to change their plans. Another 46% Venture Up 2015 ran for six weeks in January
of respondents said that YES had re-enforced their and February. 27 YES alumni created new start-
original decision. That means a total of 80% said that up businesses and pitched them to potential
YES had impacted their decision making in some way. investors. The alumni were mentored by leading
75% said they were more interested in starting their businesspeople and heard from a huge range
Students were own business as a result of YES. of guest speakers including Vend CEO Vaughan
more interested in Rowsell, NZX Chief Executive Tim Bennett and
“The things that I have learnt throughout the Trilogy’s Sarah Gibbs.
starting their own
business as a result year have been so helpful. No matter what
of YES field I go into later in my life, these skills will
75
be helpful.”
% Young Enterprise Page 16What hard skills did you learn through YES? What soft skills did you learn through YES?
Business Team work 85%
planning
80% Communication
80%
Sales and
marketing Decision making
74% 75%
Market
research
67%
Seven business venture were formed during Venture When Emily heard about Venture Up, she realised
Up 2015: this was her opportunity to grow the business. Emily
›› El Paleo, who created sweet treats for those with attended Venture Up and teamed up with fellow YES
special dietary needs alumni Kryten Vlug. Together they relaunched the
Flatpak business.
›› Filtr, an online platform to connect tertiary
graduates with employers Today the Flatpak Quady provides a flexible, durable
›› Flatpak, who offer innovative storage solutions and water-resistant storage solution. Designed and
on quad bikes manufactured in New Zealand, it is ideal for any farm
›› Illuno, who created Tribe energy drinks for the or lifestyle block and can even be used to transport
health conscious the farm dogs, lambs or calves.
›› Kudos, an online space to mark the life of those Emily now works fulltime in the business, having put
who have passed away her university studies on hold. “I did university for
›› Notifr, an app which provides teachers with a year and am definitely a person who likes to learn
feedback from students from their mistakes and learns more from doing,
›› Sohler Homes, who offer mobile room solutions and I feel like I accomplish more and can see the
to combat housing shortage difference by doing this. I don’t want to do anything
else and now that we have got the Flatpak up and
Flatpak goes nationwide running, it will be really cool to see how far it will go.”
Flatpak Farming began as a YES company in 2012. The Flatpak Quady is now stocked in 39 Farmlands
The team created a large, multi-use bag designed stores and is displayed at agricultural events
specifically to transport and secure equipment on around the country. The company recently received
the back of quad bikes. The YES company won two funding from the Ministry of Youth Development’s
national excellence awards in 2012 and one of the ‘Opportunities for Young People Fund’. With this they
students, Emily Tasker, was keen to continue the plan to finalise their supply chain and push their
business beyond the YES programme. active channels. Check out www.flatpaknz.com
for more details.
Page 17 Young EnterpriseOur Resources Primary (Year 1-8)
PROGRAMMES
PREP (Year 1-8)
Young Enterprise offers a huge
Create your own ‘country’ with the PREP programme. Students will earn wages,
range of resources for students run their own ventures, and hold a market day.
of all ages. Teachers can choose Enterprise 4 Kids (Year 4-8)
from detailed programmes, board Students set up businesses and become producers, consumers and citizens
in their society. Includes resources and weekly lesson plans.
games and individual units of Junior Enterprise Challenge (Year 5-8)
work. The collection includes: Introduces primary and intermediate students to enterprise and finance.
Teams create products and services and hold a market day.
UNITS OF WORK
Pick Up & Go collection (Year 1-8)
Resources to enhance common school activities. Choose from five topics
including Overnight Camp and School Gardens.
Financial Education collection (Year 1-8)
One-hour lessons to introduce financial capability. Choose from ten topics
including Our Notes & Coins and Budgeting Fun.
Webquest (Year 5-8)
An online activity where students learn the costs involved in buying and
caring for a pet.
GAMES
Climb the Money Tree (Year 2-4)
Snakes and Ladders meets financial literacy.
Concentration (Year 2-6)
Our financial education version of the popular card game, Memory.
Success Saver (Year 3-6)
Help students learn about balancing savings with volunteer work.
Balance The Books (Year 4-6)
Designed to help students learn to manage their money.
Goal 300 (Year 5-8)
Students aim to save $300 towards a family holiday. They can choose
low, medium or high-risk pathways to achieve their goal.
Decisions (Year 5-8)
Teach students to balance saving money and volunteer work.
Tactix (Year 5-10)
Tactix helps students learn how to make good financial decisions.
Young Enterprise Page 18Junior Secondary (Year 9-10) Senior Secondary (Year 11-13)
PROGRAMMES PROGRAMMES
Enterprise Studies (Year 9-10) Start-Up (Year 10-11)
Students learn about New Zealand entrepreneurs before forming A 9-week programme where students learn how to run a small
teams to create products or services that are sold at a market day. business. Can be integrated with a Level 1 Business Studies course.
The EPIC Challenge (Year 9-10) BP Business Challenge (Year 11)
Help your students learn about the wide range of careers available Your students will create and research a business idea before
in the primary industries. Big prizes to be won! pitching it to judges from your local community.
Start-Up (Year 10-11) The Lion Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme (Year 12-13)
A 9-week programme where students learn how to run a small Students set up and run a real business over a school year. Each YES
business. Can be integrated with a Level 1 Business Studies course. company creates and sells a product or service to customers.
UNITS OF WORK UNITS OF WORK
Financial Education (Year 9-10) Hot Topics (Year 10-12)
Introduce financial capability with Money Matters, and choose from Get your students ready for life beyond school. 12 topics including
five short activities. Student Loans, Kiwi Saver and Flatting, plus an integrated case study.
Hot Topics (Year 10-11) Webquest (Year 10-13)
Get your students ready for life beyond school. 12 topics including An online activity focused on buying and maintaining a car. Can be
Budgeting, Credit Cards and Banking, plus an integrated case study. used with Accounting Achievement Standard 90981.
Webquest (Year 10-13) Are You Covered? Your first Guide to Insurance (Year 11-13)
An online activity where students design and furnish a room then Developed in conjunction with the Insurance Council
calculate the costs of paint and carpet. of New Zealand.
Personal Financial Management unit standards (Year 11-13)
Choose from eight packages. Each package includes workbooks,
assessments and assessor’s guides.
GAMES GAMES
Tactix (Year 5-10) Credit Crunch (Year 9-12)
Tactix helps students learn how to make good financial decisions. Players race to pay off a debt that they’ve created on their
InEx (Year 9-10) credit card.
Students earn wages and decide how to balance their needs,
wants and savings.
Credit Crunch (Year 9-12)
Players race to pay off a debt that they’ve created on their
credit card.
Page 19 Young Enterprise1 2 3 4 5
We would like to thank Bryan
Gundersen who stepped down
as a Trustee in February 2016.
Bryan has been a Trustee for
over 14 years and remains a vital
part of our Supporter’s Council.
6 7 8 9
Patron & Board 2 Nigel Gould ONZM,
JP (Chairman)
3 Lilias Bell
Lilias retired from a successful
4 Mark Eglinton
Mark is currently CEO of NDA
1 Governor-General, Nigel is a Fellow of the NZ career as an international Engineering, one of New
Our Board of Trustees
Institute of Chartered executive search consultant in Zealand’s leading engineering
are passionate about Lt Gen The Rt Hon Sir
Accountants and the Institute 2014. In addition to executive businesses. Mark previously
Jerry Mateparae
youth development, and of Directors. He has established leadership, her focus now lies held a number of senior
The Governor-General, Lt Gen businesses in a range of in the graduate space and positions within Fletcher
see the development
The Rt Hon Sir Jerry Mateparae industries, including what Universities need to Challenge Building, Fletcher
of enterprising young is the Patron of Young information technology and do to meet business needs. Aluminium and Tenon
people as critical to Enterprise Trust. His Excellency tourism. Nigel was previously Lilias is a member of New Limited. Mark is a Director of
regularly attends the annual Chancellor at Massey University Zealand Global Women. Snapperrock International,
New Zealand’s future.
National Awards celebration, and is Past President of the NZ Tenon Limited and a former
As a charity, all of our and also inducts Laureates Chamber of Commerce. He is Trustee of the First Foundation.
Trustees are volunteers into the New Zealand Business currently Chair of the Civil
and generously give their Hall of Fame on behalf of Aviation Authority of NZ and
Young Enterprise. was recently appointed as a
time and expertise. Commissioner of the Tertiary
Education Commission.
5 Sheena Henderson 6 Phillip Meyer 7 Rachel Taulelei MNZM 8 Norm Thompson 9 Mark Vivian
ONZM
Sheena is the Managing Phillip is an experienced Rachel is the CEO of Kono, Mark is a partner of venture
Director of Cluster Consulting company director and one of New Zealand’s top Norm joined Air New Zealand capital firm MOVAC. His current
Group. She has a strong investment banker. He is 100 food and beverage in their Finance Division in directorships include 1Above,
background in a range of areas Chairman of Australian company at the forefront of 1968 and rose to become their Zeosoft, New Ground Media,
including business leadership, Financial Services Group, Māori enterprise. Her current Deputy Chief Executive Officer New Zealand Registry Services,
global branding and corporate Director and Trustee of directorships include Aotearoa from 2007 until his retirement in and he is board advisor to
advisory work at Board and Crimestoppers and Zealandia Fisheries Limited, Headwaters 2013. He is currently a Director a number of high growth
Senior Management level. and Director of CRS Software. New Zealand Ltd, Yeastie of Queenstown Airport, Tourism businesses. Mark has built
Sheena currently has several He is also the National Boys Ltd, Wellington Regional New Zealand and Dot Kiwi; and successful companies in the UK
governance roles including Chairman of the Salvation Stadium Trust, The Sir Peter is the Deputy Chair of ATEED and US, and was the Founding
Radio New Zealand, Smiths City Army Red Shield Appeal Blake Trust, Westpac External (Auckland Tourism Events and Executive Director of The Kiwi
Group, K9 Natural Group and Committee, Councillor of Sustainable Business Panel Economic Development). Expat Association (KEA). Mark is
the NZ Pork Board. Finsia and Chairman of the and Wellington Culinary also a YES alumnus and Judge
Royal New Zealand Returned Events Trust. Rachel is also of YES National Awards.
& Services Association. a YES alumna and Judge
of YES National Awards.
Young Enterprise Page 20Supporter’s Council
The Supporters’ Council is made up of key sponsors Diane Maxwell, Retirement Commissioner,
Commission for Financial Capability
and influential business people who believe in
Ian Miller, Director, Kaimira Estate
our work. The Council meets each year to provide
Mavis Mullins MNZM, Director
feedback, support and advice. Each Council member
James Ogden, Director, Ogden Consulting
is elected for a term of six years. Our 2015 Supporter’s
Phil O’Reilly, Chief Executive, Iron Duke Partners
Council included:
Brett O’Riley, Chief Executive, ATEED
Tim Alpe, CEO, JUCY Group Anne Pankhurst, Operations, Events and Training Manager,
Paul Baines, Company Director, Finchley Holdings Tauranga Chamber of Commerce
Michael Barnett ONZM, Chief Executive, Tim Pankhurst, Chief Executive, Seafood New Zealand
Auckland Chamber of Commerce Kirsten Patterson, NZ Country Head,
Tim Bennett, CEO, NZX Limited Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand
Sharon Bryant, Independent Director Marc Potter, President,
Harvard Business School Alumni Association of NZ
Ross Buckley, Executive Chairman, KPMG
Murray Reade, Chief Executive, The Lion Foundation
Tony Caughey ONZM, Chairman, Smith & Caughey
Ken Rintoul, Chair, Northland Youth Development Trust
John Christie, Director, Enterprise Dunedin
Catherine Savage, CEO, CMS Capital
Rick Christie, Independent Director
Ed Schuck, Director, Fidato Advisory
Corinne Cole, Partner, A J Park
Graham Shaw, Independent Director
Giff Davidson CNZM OBE JP
Russell Shaw, Chief Executive, Top Energy
Andrea Davies, Registrar, Massey University
John Shewan, Former Chairman, PWC
Jane Diplock, Company Director
Peter Shirtcliffe CMG, Chairperson,
Sir Eion Edgar KNZM, Chairman, Forsyth Barr Group
The Margaret and Peter Shirtcliffe Foundation
Matt Elliott, Managing Director, BP New Zealand Ltd
Suzanne Snively, Managing Director, MoreMedia Enterprises
Sir Tony Falkenstein KNZM, CEO, Just Water
Barry Spicer, Professor, University of Auckland Business School
Charles Finny, Consultant, Saunders Unsworth
Annah Stretton, CEO, Stretton Clothing Company
John Fisk, Partner, PWC
Cecilia Tarrant, Independent Director
Angus Fletcher, Chairman, The Fletcher Trust
Dave Tibby, Trustee, David Levene Foundation
Hideaki Fukutake, Trustee, Global Future Charitable Trust
Peter Townsend, Chief Executive,
John Gallagher CNZM, JP, Director, Glenice & John Gallagher Canterbury Employers’ Chamber of Commerce
Foundation
Stuart Trundle, CEO, Venture Taranaki
Stan Gregec, CEO, Tauranga Chamber of Commerce
Ted Van Arkel, Director, Auckland Chamber of Commerce
Bryan Gundersen, Commercial Barrister, Gundersen Chambers
Graeme Wheeler, Governor, Reserve Bank of New Zealand
Ali Hughes, CEO, CORE Education
Malcolm Whyte, Deputy Chair, Todd Corporation
David Irving ONZM, Honorary Professor, Auckland University,
Sarah Wickens, Founder, Trilogy
Richard Janes, Director, Gallagher Group
Ken Williamson, Director, Crombie Lockwood
Bruce Le Pine
Pauline Winter, Chief Executive, Ministry for Pacific Peoples
Stefan Lepionka, Director, Lepionka & Company
Paul Lockey, Non-Executive Director, Auckland Transport
Tim Mackle, Chief Executive, DairyNZ
Page 21 Young EnterpriseStaff and Facilitators
The Young Enterprise team is a blend of experienced In the Field
teachers and professional leaders, and is led by our Our field team includes our new Roaming Teachers
‘Chief Excitement Officer’ Terry Shubkin. We bade and our Wellington Regional Coordinator for The Lion
farewell to two staff in 2015, with Katie Glover Foundation Young Enterprise Scheme.
heading off on her OE and Jennifer Reilly returning ›› Gavin Miller - Wellington Regional YES
to Scotland. We have four core teams for 2016: Coordinator aka ‘Wellington Trailblazer’
Corporate Team ›› Simon Murray - Roaming Teacher, Auckland
Our corporate team works right across the aka ‘Helping Hand’
organisation providing support for schools, ›› Rachel Sherry - Roaming Teacher, Canterbury
supporters and media. aka ‘Helping Hand’
›› Terry Shubkin - CEO ›› Jane Watson - Roaming Teacher, Wellington
aka ‘Chief Excitement Officer’ aka ‘Helping Hand’
›› Leo Austin - Corporate Services Manager ›› Lucy Wymer - Roaming Teacher, Pasifika
aka ‘Grand Master’ aka ‘Helping Hand’
›› Robyn Frey - Head of Special Projects Support Team aka ‘Mission Control
aka ‘Head of Random Stuff’ The Support Team keeps our office running smoothly,
›› Paul Newsom - Relationship Manager – Schools manages queries from teachers and students and
aka ‘Change Agent’ provide onsite support at events across the country.
›› Sasha Webb - Communications Manager ›› Jo Faulkner - Enterprise Support Officer –
aka ‘Chief Storyteller’ Accounts aka ‘Numbers Wizard’
›› Shane Wratt - Training Manager ›› Victoria Crawford-Flett - Project Coordinator
aka ‘Keen Bean’ aka ‘Curator of Happiness’
Programme Managers ›› Sophie Parlane - Project Coordinator
Our Programme Managers are responsible for aka ‘Word Herder’
the strategy, creation, content and delivery of our ›› Catherine Oddie - Project Coordinator
enterprise programmes and financial education aka ‘Arranger of Awesome’
resources nationwide. ›› Stephanie Benseman - Project Coordinator/
›› Sharron Buer - Head of Primary Programmes National Alumni Coordinator aka ‘Alumni Fairy’
aka ‘Miss Moneypenny’ BP Business Challenge Facilitators
›› Leah MacDonell - Head of Young Enterprise Our extended family also includes contractors who
Scheme aka ‘Student Wrangler’ facilitate many of the BP Business Challenges that
›› Yolande Rosario - Head of Enterprise & Financial are held across the country:
Literacy aka ‘Master Juggler’ ›› Greig Caigou › Marijke Caigou
›› Deb Hipperson › Shaun Libeau
›› Hilary Robotham › Wayne Prince
Young Enterprise Page 22Regional Partners
We partner with 14 amazing organisations
throughout the country which support students
and manage local events for The Lion Foundation
Young Enterprise Scheme. Our 2016 coordinators are:
Bay of Plenty/Coromandel
Tauranga Chamber of Commerce; Emma Harvey
Northland
Eastern Bay of Plenty
Northland Youth Development Trust; Gary Larkan
Eastern Bay of Plenty Chamber of Commerce; Jo Finlay
Auckland
Rotorua/Taupo
Auckland Tourism, Events & Economic Development;
Grow Rotorua; Brigitte Nelson
Lungi Morrison and Hilary Robotham
Waikato/King Country Gisborne & East Coast
Smart Waikato Trust; Levinia Paku Gisborne Chamber of Commerce; Rachel Hogan
Taranaki Hawke’s Bay
Taranaki Chamber Manawatu/Whanganui Hawke’s Bay Chamber of Commerce; Karla Lee
of Commerce;
The BCC; Dave Craig
Miranda Williams
Nelson/Marlborough Wellington
Nelson Marlborough Institute
Young Enterprise Trust; Gavin Miller
of Technology; Anne Harvey
Canterbury
South Canterbury CORE Education; Judith Tatom
Aoraki Development; Janet Hogan
Otago
Southland Otago Chamber of Commerce; Paul Allen
Southland Chamber of Commerce; Joanne O’Connor
Page 23 Young EnterpriseOur Schools There are more than 600 New Zealand schools that chose to work with Young Enterprise in 2015. We work with a greater proportion of secondary schools than primary, but both rates are increasing steadily. We thank each and every one for choosing to work with us. Auckland Epsom Girls Grammar School Mangere East School ACG New Zealand International College Fairburn School Manurewa High School ACG Parnell College Finlayson Park School Manurewa Intermediate ACG Senior College Flat Bush School Maraetai Beach School ACG Sunderland Gladstone School Marcellin College Albany Junior High School Glamorgan School Marist College Albany Senior High School Glen Eden School Marlborough School Alfriston College Glenbrook School Massey High School Al-Madinah School Glendowie College Massey Primary School Aorere College Glenfield College Matakana School Ardmore School Glenfield Intermediate Meadowbank School Auckland Girls’ Grammar School Green Bay High School Mellons Bay School Auckland International College Greenmeadows Intermediate Milford School Auckland Seventh Day Adventist High Grey Lynn School Mission Heights Junior College School Hato Petera College Mission Heights Primary School Avondale College Henderson High School Mt Albert Grammar School Avondale Intermediate Hobsonville Point School Mt Roskill Grammar School Balmoral School Homai School Northcote College Baradene College Howick College Northcross Intermediate Belmont Intermediate James Cook High School Oaklynn Special School Belmont School Kaipara Flats School One Tree Hill College Birdwood School Kedgley Intermediate Onehunga High School Birkenhead College Kelston Boys’ High School Ormiston Senior College Botany Downs Secondary College Kelston Deaf Education Centre Otahuhu College Browns Bay School Kelston Girls’ College Owairaka District School Bucklands Beach Intermediate Kings College Owairoa School Campbells Bay School Kingsway School Pakuranga College Carmel College Kohia Terrace School Papakura Central School Churchill Park School Kohimarama School Papakura High School City Impact Church School Kristin School Paparimu School Clevedon School Leigh School Papatoetoe High School Cockle Bay School Lincoln Heights School Papatoetoe Intermediate Colwill School Liston College Patumahoe Primary School Dawson School Long Bay College Peninsula Primary School De La Salle College Macleans College Ponsonby Intermediate Destiny School Mahurangi College Pt England School Diocesan School for Girls Mangere Central School Pukekohe High School Drury School Mangere College Randwick Park School Young Enterprise Page 24
Rangeview Intermediate Bay of Plenty Christchurch Girls’ High School
Rangitoto College ACG Tauranga Christchurch South Intermediate
Red Beach School Aquinas College Cobham Intermediate
Robertson Road School Awakeri School Darfield High School
Rodney College Galatea School Ellesmere College
Rosebank School Greenpark School Geraldine High School
Rosehill College John Paul College Geraldine Primary School
Rosmini College Katikati College Glentunnel School
Rutherford College Katikati Primary School Governors Bay School
Rutherford School Matahui Road School Hagley Community College
Sacred Heart College Mt Maunganui College Halswell School
Sancta Maria College Nukuhou North School Heaton Normal Intermediate
Selwyn College Omanu School Highfield School
Silverdale School Opotiki College Hornby High School
Sir Douglas Bader Intermediate School Oropi School Kaiapoi High School
Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate Senior School Otakiri School Kaikoura High School
Somerville Intermediate School Otumoetai College Karanga Mai Young Parents College
Southern Cross Campus Otumoetai School Kingslea School
St Cuthbert’s College Pahoia School Ladbrooks School
St Dominic’s College Papamoa College Leeston School
St Kentigern College Papamoa School Linwood College
St Mary’s College Pyes Pa Road School Mackenzie College
St Peter’s College Rangitaiki Independent School Marian College
Stanhope Road School Rotorua Boys’ High School Marshland School
Sunnybrae Normal School Rotorua Girls’ High School Medbury Preparatory School
Sutton Park School Rotorua Intermediate Merrin School
Takanini School Rotorua Lakes High School Methven School
Takapuna Grammar School Rotorua School Middleton Grange School
Takapuna School Selwyn Ridge School Mountainview High School
Tamaki College St Mary’s Catholic School New Brighton Catholic School
Tangaroa College Tauranga Boys’ College Oaklands School
Target Road School Tauranga Girls’ College Our Lady of Fatima School
Te Kura Maori o Waatea Tauriko School Oxford Area School
The Gardens School Tawera Bilingual School Papanui High School
Tomarata School Te Mahoe School Paparoa Street School
Torbay School Te Puke High School Pleasant Point Primary School
Valley School Te Puna School Rangi Ruru Girls’ School
Vanguard Military School Te Whakatipuranga School for Young Rangiora High School
View Road School Parents Rangiora New Life School
Waiau Pa School Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Hurungaterangi Roncalli College
Waikowhai School Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Kura Kokiri Russley School
Waimahia Intermediate School Trident High School Somerfield School
Waitakere College Western Heights High School South New Brighton School
Waiuku College Whakatane High School St Andrew’s College
Waiuku Primary School Whakatane Intermediate St Bedes College
Wellsford School St Margaret’s College
Canterbury
Wentworth College St Patrick’s School Kaiapoi
Addington School
Westlake Boys’ High School St Patrick’s School Waimate
Aidanfield Christian School
Westlake Girls’ High School St Thomas of Canterbury College
Amuri Area School
Westminster Christian School Timaru Boys’ High School
Aranui High School
Westmount School Timaru Girls’ High School
Avonside Girls’ High School
Whangaparaoa College Te Kura Kaupapa Maori o Te Whanau Tahi
Beaconsfield School
Wilson School Villa Maria College
Breens Intermediate
Woodhill School Waiau School
Broadfield School
Yendarra School Waimate Centennial School
Burnham School
Zayed College for Girls Westburn School
Cashmere High School
Westmount School
Catholic Cathedral College
Winchester Rural School
Chisnallwood Intermediate
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