Fingal Student Enterprise Awards 2010

Since September, students have been setting-up and running their own enterprises as part of the Fingal Student Enterprise Programme. Fingal Student Enterprise Awards, which will be held in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Blanchardstown.

The winners from the Junior, Intermediate and Senior Categories will go forward to represent Fingal at the National Student Enterprise Awards in April.  The winners of the Fingal Student Awards will fly to Barcelona as part of a three-day educational trip, thanks to Fingal County Council. The Spanish town of El Prat de Llobregat, which is twinned with Fingal, will host the winners. 

The Fingal Student Enterprise Awards are co-ordinated by the Fingal County Enterprise Board and supported by GameStop.ie, Fingal County Council and SMART Technologies. The Fingal Student Enterprise Awards is part of the National Student Enterprise Awards Programme, co-ordinated by the County and City Enterprise Boards around the country. Set-up with the aim of fostering an enterprise culture within classrooms, the Student Enterprise Programme gives students a real-life opportunity to set up and run their own businesses.

                                        

Participating Secondary Schools:

Blakestown Community School Castleknock College Castleknock Community College Coláiste Choilm, Swords Fingal Community College, Swords Hartstown Community School Loreto Secondary School, Balbriggan Loreto Secondary School, Swords Malahide Community School Portmarnock Community School St. Joseph's Secondary School, Rush St. Mary's Secondary School, Baldoyle Sutton Park School Participating Primary Schools: Balbriggan Educate Together Castaheaney Educate Together, Ongar Donabate & Portrane Educate Together Rush & Lusk Educate Together Rush National School Scoil Phadraic (Cailini) Donabate Scoil Realt na Mara, Skerries St. Catherine's National School, Rush St. Cronan's National School, Swords St. George's National School, Balbriggan St. Nicholas of Myra NS, Kinsealy www.studententerprise.ie