Shropshire pupils receive invaluable entrepreneurial skills

Pupils at Allscott Meads Primary School have received invaluable lessons in business, enterprise, and resilience having taken part in a series of interactive workshops.

The events, which are part of the innovative Bumbles of Honeywood programme, were delivered thanks to a partnership between 2B Enterprising and SJ Roberts Construction Ltd which recently built the school and which continues to deliver phase two of the award-winning new housing community.

The programme pairs organisations with local schools to inspire pupils to learn about enterprise and start developing their own entrepreneurial skills.  The workshops are supplemented with bespoke educational resources which are funded by the businesses involved, and as well as inspiring the pupils, those businesses can develop a relationship with their partner school, thereby improving community engagement and strengthening future employment and enterprise skills.

Commenting on the decision to work with Allscott Meads Primary School in this way, Mike Sambrook, MD at SJ Roberts Construction, said:

“Allscott Meads is so much more than simply new homes. This is an entirely new community which we’re proud to be involved in, not least of all the delivery of the new primary school that opened in September 2023. 

“We’re already actively engaged with the staff and pupils at Allscott Meads Primary and readily share our work on-site with them.  By partnering with 2B Enterprising, who we’ve worked with on other projects that we’re involved in, we’re able to support the pupils with the knowledge and skills to consider a wide variety of future careers in construction.”

Kirsty Parkinson, Headteacher at Allscott Meads Primary School, added:

“Our curriculum has been designed with the community at its heart, and supporting our children to enjoy their education and be inspired, is so important. 

“This is why programmes such as The Bumbles of Honeywood have such an impact.  We’ve already built a really positive relationship with the SJ Roberts team and now, with the resources that have been expertly developed by the 2B Enterprising team, I’m sure of the long-lasting benefit that the pupils of Allscott Primary School will enjoy.”

In the past year, 2B Enterprising has engaged with more than one hundred corporate partners in sectors as diverse as construction, hospitality, finance, technology, retail and tourism.  Commenting on the involvement of SJ Roberts Construction, Jayne Brewer, Chief Executive of 2B Enterprising, concluded:

“We are thrilled that SJ Roberts Construction has chosen to support the school it has built in the new community of Allscott Meads, as this continues the support it already provides to St Oswald’s VA School in Pembrokeshire.

“The Bumbles of Honeywood programme is a fantastic way to teach young people the benefits of enterprise and entrepreneurial education.  It’s only with the support of organisations like SJ Roberts that thousands of pupils across England and Wales benefit from this unique programme and we are always looking for more organisations to get involved and inspire our future business leaders.”