The Shaped by Solent project brings together Solent Academies Trust, Shaping Portsmouth and a range of high-profile businesses to mentor and provide experience in business and public speaking to classes of Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) students.
Their task is to brainstorm, create, and present products that the students will then sell at the Shaping Portsmouth Conference, with profits from funds raised going to the schools to benefit their students and facilities. This year the winning product will also be sold in the Mary Rose Museum shop.
Objectives
- To provide mentoring and experiential learning opportunities to SEND students.
- To promote creativity and innovation among SEND students.
- To teach entrepreneurial and business skills to SEND pupils and promote their employability to Portsmouth businesses.
Current Initiatives
- Team mentoring
- Dragons Den-style pitch session
- Manufacture and sales of student-designed products
Impact
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7 groups of special education needs students from Solent Academy Trust schools took part in 2023
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The groups were supported by 7 mentors and 4 judges from the Portsmouth Business Community
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Shaped By Solent Shop ran at the Shaping Portsmouth 2024 Conference, raising £791.42 for Solent Academy Trust
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New retail outlets at Spinnaker Tower & Collective Shop
Shaped By Solent is delivered in partnership with:
The latest news from Shaped By Solent:
Shaped By Solent winning product to go on sale next month
Shaped By Solent partners with the Mary Rose Museum
The Friends of Mary Rose are seeking help with fundraising for a new minibus
Shaping Portsmouth Is Disability Confident
Shaped By Solent is back!
A new Lead for the Shaped By Solent programme
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