Pupils from Dylan Thomas have taken part in an enterprising after-school business club, selling Joe’s ice cream to their friends and teachers.

The initiative was delivered in partnership with Gower College Swansea lecturer Lucy Turtle and former pupil Curtis Cana as part of the Kick Start Programme.
 

Big Ideas Role Model and multi-talented Welsh baritone Mark Llewellyn Evans delivered a day of workshops recently at the Broadway Centre.

“This was a wonderful opportunity for the new beauty therapists to gain an insight in the careers they could follow in the film and music industry," says the college's Enterprise Officer Lucy Turtle, who organised the event. 

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David and Gower College Swansea joined forces to support the Phoenix Fun Day on Sunday 22 May.

This annual family-friendly event, which regularly attracts over 1,000 people, is managed by Creative Bubble at UWTSD and funded by the Widening Access Forum.

UWTSD organised marquees offering music, entertainment and free craft workshops. Students from the college’s Bridge Programme collaborated with UWTSD students on stewarding duties and also helped out with some workshops.

Gowerton pupils taking part in the Kick Start Programme at Gower College Swansea held a Frosty Friday at the Gorseinon campus - selling Joe's ice cream as part of their Enterprise qualification.

“This was an opportunity for the pupils to put their theory into action," says lecturer Lucy Turtle, who organised the event alongside Kick Start Ambassador Curtis Cana. "They had put an awful lot of planning into this - creating a business plan, carrying out market research and working out the amount of profit they can make for Gowerton School.”

The Cardiff City FC Foundation and Gower College Swansea have each won a £35,000 share of NatWest’s £2.5million Skills and Opportunities Fund.

Both were chosen by public vote to benefit from the fund, which supports organisations in disadvantaged communities that help people develop, create or access the skills and opportunities they need to get into work or start a business.

Paul Durden, the co-writer of Twin Town, delivered a recent workshop to Vocational Studies students at Gower College Swansea as part of their media qualification.

During his visit to the Tycoch campus, Mr Durden discussed the making of the film and the different type of job roles involved in its production.

Twin Town is a 1997 British crime drama filmed in Swansea and starring real-life brothers Rhys Ifans (in his first major movie role) and Llŷr Ifans along with Dougray Scott.

An innovative new company set up to help creative young people develop their ideas has been officially launched.

The Centre for Entrepreneurial Education, or C4EE, held its first board meeting last week at Sketty Hall.

Bishop Gore School pupils organised a recent enterprise event at Gower College Swansea as part of their Kick Start qualification.

The concept behind 'Hot Diggity Dog' was to make and sell hot dogs to staff and students at the Tycoch campus in order to raise money for Llys Nini Animal Centre.

A specially selected team of enterprising students represented Gower College Swansea at the Global Enterprise Challenge finals in Cardiff last month, with an unusual futuristic concept that combines gaming with physical exercise.

The students - Alex Williams, Luke Williams, Hannah Moses, Ryan Evans, Joshua David Jenkins and Nia Griffiths – worked together in response to a brief to create an online business with a ‘disruptive’ slant.

The winners of the Global Enterprise Week activities at Gower College Swansea will swap the classroom for the beautiful North Gower coast as part of their prize.

Shane Hannan, Max Collis and Elysha Keirl were named the winning students during the week-long event in November.

They will now enjoy an action packed day of adrenalin sports and activities designed to test their problem solving and team building skills.