Richard Campbell is the founder of BLESST centre youth and Community Hub base in Birmingham Aston B19 area and has worked across Birmingham with Dr Martin Glynn in youth empowerment and initiatives immersive educational creative learning, which come from Dr Martin Glynn book data verbalisations, and BLESST became the main community hub for the Digital Tycoon. We are part of CRÈME co-chairing community business support leading expertise on business support for ethnic minority entrepreneurs, and have transformed perceptions by working with business policy-makers and influential organisations to engage collaboratively with overlooked or disregarded business communities headed, by Professor Monder Ram and Angela Jeffery from Aston University. The HAF Digital Tycoon has massive potential for grassroots community lead which the project can transcend all expectations that creates a solid foundation and framework for young people, to engage with the challenge of creating a business but with the right support from community key workers and professional working, to support young participants allowed young people to operate has credible intergenerational support in essence what took place was co-produced intergenerational culturally responsiveness at is best.

Kind Regards,

Richard Campbell, CEO of BLESST Centre

 

Pauline Wright has been working with the youth of Handsworth for over 30 years. With almost 30% of the population in Handsworth being under 18 and unemployment over 14%, compared to the National average of only 5.8%, Pauline is eager to support more initiatives like ‘DigitalTycoons’. Pauline, Manager at Law Leisure and Learning said, “We need more direct funding to local NGO’s to develop these schemes by the people on the ground who really understand the deprivation and hardships of the community we work in. ‘Digital Tycoons’ has really fired up the imagination of our young entrepreneurs of tomorrow, but we need more locally inspired initiatives to reach out to more of our young people. Many will miss many employment opportunities without proper funding and investment."

Kind Regards,

Pauline Wright

 

Kadi is a dedicated foster carer who works with young people from diverse backgrounds to inspire the next generations through various projects and workshops to help raise their aspirations. She started The Q K Projects as a way to facilitate the personal, social and educational development of young people and women to help find their voice to influence and make positive change in the world. She is also an entrepreneur who co-owns a creative Hub called Dime Studios, which helps up-and-coming creatives incubate and develop their businesses.

Kind Regards,

Kadi