Before the summer, Ange took 7 young people on a trip to London to visit the Shard.
The day started off with a tour where the teens were amazed by the views of London. Workshops followed – on confidence and on the different components of designing and marketing a new sauce – including the chance to taste lots of different sauces!
In one session, the young people were tasked to design a brand-new product, factoring in flavours, design and marketing, and then present their ideas.
One of the hosts also gave his testimony, sharing how growing up in the area he did was hard and that there was very little expectations of the young people in the area. But then when he was a teenager, he went into a church and it changed his life – he realised he could change the trajectory of his life and he did!
As the day came to an end, the teens and hosts started ‘free-styling’ an idea for an advert linked to the World Cup (led by one of the teens).
The staff were so impressed with their ideas throughout the day that they wanted to pass some of them onto the marketing department!
The guys who ran the day said they were the most confident, creative and respectful group they had ever had in.