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And the winners are...

The winning teams of LEAP 2025 are Flourish and The Money Mindset.

Flourish is an app developed by Emily, Karin, Kitty, Lauren and Samantha to allow teenagers to gain back their life by enabling them to get "rewards" for every good habit completed.

The Money Mindset is a website developed by Ayaka, Jasmin, Matilda, Miya and Sienna to help young people from ages 8-18 with financial education.

Congratulations to all the teams for their hard work! Both panels reflected on how well all had presented and how interesting their ideas were!

Pitching time!

This morning saw the culmination of LEAP! Our 10 teams presented their social enterprises projects to a panel of “investors” after spending 8 days developing them, with the help of 40+ speakers from a variety of industries.

Our thanks to PwC Careers Channel Islands and ITV Channel TV for hosting the pitches “Dragons’ Den” style and to the 17 professionals who gave their time to listen to the presentations and shared insightful feedback!
Aaron Chatterley, Karen Rankine, Ope Olaleye, Shelley Cassidy, Shakera Rolle Manuel, Julie Acey, Karolina Pilcher, Aine O’Reilly, Shani Clark, Tori Davis, Anna Terry, Ryan Lambotte, Denise Heavey, Giorgina Lister, Hannah Mitchell, Michelle Le Blond and Tom Wheeler

The importance of leading authentically

This morning, Sophie Alexander, Head of Sustainability & Community Value and Hannah Gleave, Chief People and Sustainability Officer, at Ports of Jersey came to speak to the LEAP delegates about authenticity.

We are very grateful for their support and that of Ports of Jersey, who generously sponsored the LEAP workbook which all delegates received.

Working on our pitches

Teams are finalising their pitches today ahead of their presentation Dragons’ Den-style!

Jo Ferbrache came back for another workshop on how to brave the nerves and Douglas Krugger gave a talk about the art of thinking very differently.

Pitching with purpose

LEAP delegates received a boost from Hannah Shellswell this afternoon.
She gave a talk about how to pitch with purpose, discussing how the delegates should talk to make the biggest impact, what to avoid and how to make an impression.

How do you deal with nerves?

For some of our delegates, the answer is jumping! Not long to go now before the Networking Event!

LEAPing across islands

This afternoon, we received a lovely visit from the Under 19 and Under 23 Antiguan cricket team.
As part of efforts to build more links between Jersey and Antigua & Barbuda, the Antiguan team will be playing against Jersey tomorrow and Friday.

LEAP is delighted to be part of these efforts. This week, four Antiguan delegates are spending the week at LEAP, along with Dr Greene, the Deputy Director for Education. We are also delighted to be welcoming the High Commissioner for Antigua and Barbuda to the United Kingdom, Her Excellency Karen-Mae Hill, OBE, on Thursday. She is returning to LEAP to speak at our awards ceremony, following her commencement speech in 2024.

Speaking up and leading change

Our LEAP delegates had the honour of hearing from Deputy Raluca Kovacs this afternoon. Deputy Kovacs is a member of the States Assembly in Jersey and was the first British-Romanian elected in a British Parliament. In 2024, she received the New Parliamentarian of the Year award from the Commonwealth Association.

Quiet Power, Loud Results

This morning, we had the pleasure of welcoming Charlotte Howe, Sector Lead for Arts, Culture and Heritage at the Government of Jersey for a talk about the five influential moves every future female leader should know about! Some great advice to remember ahead of the Networking Event and the pitches later this week.

You are your USP

This morning, Dave Crossland of Odyssea gave a talk to our delegates to help them reflect on their projects’ Unique Selling Proposition and Unique Selling Points.

The teams then worked on their projects with the help of Heidi Gibaut of Law At Work and Dave.