School Programme

The Twenty Ten Club is excited to unveil the Interview an Entrepreneur programme, providing the opportunity for pupils of all ages to interview Black female business role models they admire.

The Twenty Ten Club is an award-winning organisation committed to connecting, inspiring and supporting Black female entrepreneurs and the enterprising women of the future.

Named one of the UK’s leading social enterprises at the Future 100 awards, the Twenty Ten Club was also a Best Business Blog finalist at the 2010 Black Weblog Awards in America.

The Twenty Ten Club is currently inviting schools to apply to take part in the 2011-2012 Interview an Entrepreneur programme.

St Matthew Academy pupils receiving certificates of achievement

Testimonial

“The Twenty Ten Club has been a source of inspiration and incalculable support to St Matthew Academy.

“The ‘Interview an Entrepreneur’ programme has enabled our students to access inspirational business women and this has had a marked effect on their own goals and self-esteem at a very young age.

“St Matthew Academy has used Octavia Goredema’s influence to promote social entrepreneurship, self-esteem, female aspiration and good global citizenship.”

– Martin Nirsimloo, Deputy Principal, St Matthew Academy.

How it works

The Twenty Ten Club Interview an Entrepreneur programme invites pupils to take over the reins of the award-winning Twenty Ten Club website.

Participating schools will have the opportunity to nominate a team of pupils to conduct interviews with Black female business role models they admire. The interviews will then be published on the Twenty Ten Club site along with profiles on the participating schools and their student journalists.

Recent examples of interviews conducted by school pupils include:

• Jessica Elliott of J’s Dance Factory & Dancing After School
• Claudine Reid, MBE, of PJ’s Community Service
• Fatima Wesson of Lovebrown
• Eryca Freemantle, celebrity make-up artist

The Interview an Entrepreneur school programme includes:

• Feature interviews with inspiring Black female entrepreneurs, conducted by the participating school, published on the award-winning Twenty Ten Club website.
  • A special feature on the participating school and pupils with photos and links to the school’s website.
  • The opportunity for pupils to participate in the publication of 1, 3 or 9 distinct feature interviews with Black female business role models.

• Editorial guidance from the Twenty Ten Club on interview techniques and feature creation.

• Certificates of achievement from the Twenty Ten Club acknowledging the pupils participation in the programme.

The Interview an Entrepreneur school programme fees start from £350. The programme is open to pupils of all ages and backgrounds. Following completion of the programme application form, the participating school children will be nominated and selected by their own schools.

To find out more about the Twenty Ten Club Interview an Entrepreneur school programme please contact the Twenty Ten Club office on 0207 193 4615 or email info@twentytenclub.com

About the Twenty Ten Club

Each week the Twenty Ten Club features in-depth interviews with Black female business role models, covering how the entrepreneurs’ business ideas were conceived; highlights from their career; difficulties they’ve faced and advice for others who want to follow in their footsteps.

Over 65 inspiring entrepreneurs have been profiled to date and recent interviewees include:
• Kanya King, founder of the MOBO Awards
• Natasha Faith, CEO of luxury jeweller La Diosa
• Annika Allen, CEO and Editor-in-Chief of Flavour magazine

Based in London, the Twenty Ten Club strives to support the next generation of Black businesswomen while raising the profile of Black female business role models across the UK and beyond.