Earlier this week, deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg met with a group of students who had been mentored by Learning Launchpad’s venture Arrival Education, to discuss the challenges that young people face on their transition into adulthood. Mr Clegg congratulated the students on their achievements, and sought their advice on steps the government could take to improve young people’s life chances.
Nick Clegg talks to Arrival Education students
He said to the students: “We want to hear from you what you think we can do to make more successes for you and for other young people – not just when you are at school but when you then want to go from school into work.”
This meeting not only demonstrates the success of Arrival Education as a social venture programme, but also highlights the link between social ventures, the political sphere and social policy. Successful social ventures should have a lasting and sustainable impact for their target audience, but also have wider influence, meaning that a small idea to help a few people can turn into a large-scale regional, or even national innovation.
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