Greener Futures HACKATHON

GREENER FUTURES - HACKATHON

Are you interested in helping to create a brighter future for Liverpool?

The aim of the event is to come up with lots of new, exciting & creative social enterprise ideas to tackle a range of challenges linked to climate change, sustainable development & eco social enterprise.

Run by School for Social Entrepreneurs North West funded by Our Bright Future.      

A  free mini-one day hackathon challenge for 16 - 24 yr old young people from across Liverpool & the North West.

Drinks, snacks and lunch is provided for free.

Pitch your idea at the end of the day for a chance to win a place on Environmental Social Enterprise Fellowship programme starting May 2018.

Hackathons are tools used by designers, social entrepreneurs, engineers, creatives & industry leaders to co-design new products and services solving some of the world's most difficult challenges.

You'll be

• Passionate about changing the world

• Practical

• Full of brilliant ideas

• A problem solver

• Interested in developing your leadership & employability skills

• Interested in meeting new people
  

Ideal if you've

• Already been part of our BEE You project

• You are on a degree linked to enterprise, the environment, waste management

• You already study land management, Lantra bee keeping
  

• You are a budding social entrepreneur

Date: 6th March 2018

Time: Starts from 9.30am for prompt 10am start. Ends by 4pm

Venue: Blackburne House, 3 Blackburne Place, Liverpool L8 7EP

Access: Blackburne House is an accessible venue.

If you have any specific needs please contact us in advance so we can make your visit as smooth as possible.

This event is part of a 5 year BEE You Programme funded by Our Bright Future run in partnership with Blackburne House and School for Social Entrepreneurs North West.

For more information email Anna B. Sexton, Learning Facilitator, BEE You Project

annabsexton@blackburnehouse.co.uk