Enterprise Lowestoft cic - one of the first community interest companies established in England – is dedicated to raising aspirations and enterprising outlooks in the young people of Lowestoft, Waveney district and countrywide. 

Being a Community Interest Company is important to us as we seek to invest time, energy and the profits the company makes into the community out of which we have arisen. 

We work for and with a variety of businesses and agencies at local, regional and national level seeking to find opportunities to:

Enhanced WorkWise

Admin

February 2007

Year 10 and 11 students from the Ashley School took part in a day of activities centered around the development of employability skills. The photo shows students taking part in a fun workshop designed to encourage students to promote themselves in a positive manner.

"How To" at Sir John Leman High School, Beccles

Admin

29 November 2007

Enterprise Lowestoft delivered a 1  day enterprise activity to  Year 10..
The year group was split and delivery  took place over two weeks. Students developed a board game based on issues of concern to them either locally or globally.

The concepts were taken through to construction and overall winners chosen at the final presentation of each  year group.   A guest was invited into the school for the judging.

At the final Presentation the Head of Year 10 announced  that further development  of the ideas  shown on the board game would be explored in class.

Fishin for local history

Dugald Ferguson

30 August 2007

A successful bid by Enterprise Lowestoft cic means that young people of the schools in Lowestoft and Gt. Yarmouth will be asking all sorts of questions to find out what their mums, dads, grandparents and any one you care to name did in their younger days, what games they played and what life was like. Heritage Lottery Fund liked the Enterprise Lowestoft’s proposal so much that it has awarded a sizeable grant to enable the students in schools in and between Lowestoft and Gt. Yarmouth to work with Enterprise Lowestoft cic, local heritage organisations, The Seachange Trust and Waveney Arts and Heritage. The purpose of the project is to build an exhibition by the people of these places for the people of these places about themselves and where they come from. Next summer it will be on show simultaneously in both towns to celebrate differences, similarities and show off the richness of life on the east coast during the last 70 years or so.

Finding out where they have come from and how it was for older people in their families and neighbourhoods will be a source, not only of interest but also of reassurance and excitement for their own futures as well as enabling young people to understand and celebrate their own enterprising backgrounds. This has been an area of great enterprise down the centuries. The fact that it still is and has a great future as an area of enterprising people is something that tends to be downplayed or even ignored these days. This project will help to change minds and self perceptions. You could be the object of historical research for your child, your grandchild, a neighbour’s child or a younger brother or sister. Don’t behave like a relic. Shout your story from the rooftops and share it. If you have any interesting old artefacts lurking in the loft of interest, share those too – in picture form if they are too precious to let out of your sight. Several schools and youth organisations have already signed up for the project.