Hired, fired or inspired? Schoolgirls take on the Chief Minister

Thursday 25 February 2016

Teenagers from two of the Island’s secondary schools are battling it out in a new “The Apprentice’ style challenge that will take them from a local charity shop to the Boardroom.

The 14 and 15-year-olds from Beaulieu Convent School and Jersey College for Girls will be taking over CRY Jersey’s New Street Shop for a day to try and raise as much money as they can for the charity, before they come face to face with Jersey’s answer to Lord Sugar – the Chief Minister!

The CRY Jersey Apprentice Challenge is all about developing students’ skills from planning, organisation and creativity to teamwork and motivating others.

They’ll have to source their own stock from other students’ donations, set their own prices, design their own window displays and plan their own marketing campaigns.

Beaulieu’s Head of Business Studies Susan Parker said: “This is such an exciting opportunity for students at both schools to compete head-on in a challenge which will benefit not only those taking part, but also the children supported by CRY in some of the world’s poorest countries.”

The students from Jersey College for Girls will be in charge of the shop on Saturday 19 March and it’s the girls from Beaulieu Convent School’s turn on Saturday 16 April.

Senator Ian Gorst will award the prize to the winning team in a Boardroom Finale at the Pomme d’Or Hotel on Saturday 30 April while the losing team retires to a nearby  café for a cuppa and a debrief, although this time round without the fear of being fired!

 Picture Credit: Flo Balderson and Will Ingle