Young Innovators Project
Young Innovators Project
Inverclyde’s Community Enterprise Project (EPIC) is a regeneration project focused on strengthening existing social enterprises and supporting the development of new social enterprises across Inverclyde.
Through our work, we identified a need to encourage social and entrepreneurial thinking at an earlier stage in life, helping young people develop the practical, entrepreneurial and transferable skills that can support them into employment or enable them to create opportunities of their own.
The EPIC Young Innovators Inverclyde programme was developed to empower young people to explore business ideas with a strong social purpose, while building the skills, confidence and mindset needed to become future social entrepreneurs.
This is particularly important as more young people in Inverclyde are choosing to move directly into the workplace rather than further education, at a time when local employment opportunities have reduced. At the same time, third sector organisations across Inverclyde can face challenges recruiting locally.
Young Innovators aims to help bridge this gap by creating stronger pathways between schools and Inverclyde’s third sector, while giving young people practical experience and opportunities to develop ideas that could lead to future employment or enterprise.
Through workshops, mentoring and community-focused activities, participants develop real business ideas with a social mission while gaining SCQF-accredited qualifications.
Delivered in partnership with Kibble’s Skills Academy, the programme provides a supportive, trauma-informed environment for young people who may face barriers to education or employment.
Programme Showcase
