‘Non-offending career!’ With Eureka - Life and Enterprise Skills for our next generation!

‘Non-offending career!’ - With Eureka - Life and Enterprise Skills for our next generation!

Combining a cognitive-behavioural approach with experiential methods, we create programmes, which involve participants in a series of group and/or individual games and exercises. These are designed to help individuals understand more about the values, behaviours and skills people need to begin and develop a non-offending career or business for them-selves, but in an enjoyable, accessible and memorable way!

This gives our facilitators an opportunity to identify the areas for development which is then the focus of the skills-practice based sessions designed to engage and motivate individuals and leave them with the confidence and understanding to take steps towards an exciting future!
Our work can last for anything from ½ a day to a 3 - month intensive programme and will address how to earn, manage, and enjoy money covering, issues such as;
An introduction to the possibilities of entrepreneurship

• The value of making smart money decisions while young
  
• The impact of advertising
  
• Representing yourself well
  
• Being a wise consumer and how to avoid the overuse of credit
  
• The value of money and their own attitudes to spending & saving
  
• Communication, problem solving, time management and business speaking
  
• How our attitude to money is shaped by the world around us
  
• Social responsibility in business and the world around us
  
• Money making opportunities in meeting the needs of their communities
  
• Using their own skills and talents to kick start their Life Journeys
  
  
  Our team is drawn from Business, Education, Commercial, Criminal Justice System and The Media. All of our facilitators have an understanding of Cognitive-behavioural Theory(Beck, 1976; Ellis and Grieger, 1986; Beck and Freeman, 1990), and Eureka’s work is underpinned by Social Learning Theory (Bandura 1977). We believe our all-rounded approach to Life Skills is essential for the next generation of adults.
  
  For more information or to talk to us about how we can support you and your teams, give us a call on 01727 850668 or 07758 414091.
  

Are schools producing young people who are work-ready.

There's a perception that schools aren't producing young people who are work-ready.
Research by CBI reveals some sad facts about how employers see today's school-leavers.

· 74% said school=leavers lack business awareness
· 67% said they don't know how to manage themselves
· 53% said young people lack knowledge about their chosen jobs and careers
· 50% said that young people don't have the skills needed for work.


Depressing, certainly. But perhaps not all that surprising. For too long the worlds of education and businesses have been too far apart.

That's why we at Eureka help children prepare for the real world.

Eureka is about nurturing the next generation, about bringing commercial expertise and business experience into the class room, providing a all rounded approach to Enterprise Education by inspiring commercial acumen, business and financial skills in school children, through play and games.

A Town Called Eureka .......

A Town Called Eureka .......

Great minds!!!....I’ve just discovered a TV Series namely ‘A Town Called Eureka’...!!
Eureka takes place in a high tech community of the same name, located somewhere in the Pacific Northwest (implied to be Oregon, due to the presence of Oregon maps and flags.) and inhabited entirely by brilliant scientists working on new scientific advancements for the United States government that frequently go disastrously awry. The town's existence and location are closely guarded secrets.

So in the same vain Eureka Schools are building ‘A Planet Called Eureka’ with our innovative and brilliant Life Skills and Enterprise Education Programs for Young People!!!

Posted by Donna Cranny 29th April 2009

Twitter? Or not to Twitter? – That is the Question?

Twitter? Or not to Twitter? – That is the Question?

In spite of all the hoo-ha and the fact that it might be about to become part of the Google stable, findings from a survey of internet marketers in the UK, which found that only 2 per cent of businesses have used the micro-blogging sensation Twitter as a marketing tool."Twitter is undoubtedly the hottest thing on the web at the moment. It has been fully embraced by the mainstream, and millions of people are now receiving blow-by-blow updates on the lives of their friends and even celebs from Stephen Fry to Ashton Kutcher. It has also impacted greatly on the media - publications are now tweeting headlines and journalists are using Twitter to share stories, appeal for information and post their own scoops before anyone else

So are you Twittering yet? Go on have a Twitter!!!

Posted by D Cranny 23rd April 2009.

End of Term Extended Learning / Activity Days - Speaking Competition....move over The BBC The Speaker ...........

End of Term Extended Learning / Activity Days

Speaking Competition

The recent BBC programme called “The Speaker” on BBC 2 is in search of Britain’s best young speaker. The show highlights the importance of being able to speak in public and the positive affect it can have on an individual’s success in life.

“The Speaker” is subtitled “great things happen when you speak up”. It is aimed at young people aged 14-18 and certainly is an important skill for young people. It can give them the abilities and the confidence to be able to persuade, influence, stand up for their view points and make their voice heard. This is critical in whatever walk of life they chose to pursue.

Working in conjunction with Archimedes Consulting’s Presentation Team, Eureka is delighted to be able to give you the opportunity to run your own version of “The Speaker” in your school.
In a 2 or 3 day programme that can be tailored to your needs: ~

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  Just like in the programme, the young people are coached to design and prepare their speeches
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  They get to rehearse and be coached by professionals with backgrounds in business, acting/performance, voice coaching and/or television journalism
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  They are videoed and have the opportunity to get video feedback
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  There are heats of the speaking competition
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  We hold a grand final with a judging panel drawn from the school teachers/ governors and the Archimedes Presentation Team
  

For the young people this represents an entertaining and exciting activity for extended learning / end of term weeks, but also it is giving them some valuable learning and experience.
Archimedes Consulting Presentation Team works with CEOs and other senior managers in the corporate sector.

This collaboration with Eureka Schools is a unique opportunity to bring some of the highest quality presentation coaching into the school environment.

For more details see www.eurekaschools.co.uk or call 01727 850668 / 07758 414091

Posted by D Cranny - 22nd April 2009 .....

Public Speaking Prize Up for Grabs....Watch out the BBC

Well done to St Mary's College (Crosby, Liverpool) who will represent the North West in London final of a Prestigious National Public Speaking Competition later this Month!!!

Just 10 schools from an original entry of more than 500 will compete on Saturday 25th April.

The school is very lucky to have such skilful and engaging speakers and they are set for a very exciting weekend in the Capital.

These competitions promote clear communication, with our young people and encouraged them to act in a polite, non adversarial way!

Good luck St Mary's..........

Posted by Donna Cranny of Eureka Schools 10th April 2009

How to grow up to be the First Lady.....

How fabulous to hear Michelle Obama tell the girls at Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Comprehensive School in Islington – London – “I never cut class - I wanted to get straight A's. It’s cool to be smart!”

So fill your mind with facts, figures and uplifting philosophies then, to paraphrase Rudyard Kipling – you’ll be a woman my daughter!

As a specialist in Enterprise Education and Life Skills Training Company we applaud you – First Lady!

Posted by Donna Cranny of Eureka Schools - 8th April 2009