Scotland's Enterprising Schools

About the organisation

Micro-Tyco is an interdisciplinary enterprise challenge from the WildHearts Foundation that provides young people with ‘Inspiration, Knowledge and Networks.’ The concept is simple – on the 1^st of either November or February, teams of up to 5 pupils receive £1 seed capital from WildHearts and are challenged to grow it into as much money as possible in just 30 days. The short time-scale of Micro-Tyco inspires an entrepreneurial environment that unleashes participant’s hidden talents, whilst at the same time helping to develop key financial literacy, communication, leadership, project management and networking skills. At the end of the 30 days all the money created by teams is invested by WildHearts in microfinance in the developing world, helping thousands of people to set up small businesses to work their way out poverty and helping participants ‘become Entrepreneurs to fund Entrepreneurs’. So far over 27,000 participants from Schools to Corporates have been inspired to learn the latest entrepreneurial thinking alongside key employability and business skills.

Some of the UK’s largest companies take part in Micro-Tyco too, using it as tool for spotting and developing talent. Deloitte use Micro-Tyco as a talent identification strategy in universities and schools, with students who excel receiving work placements, while companies such as Wood Group, SSE and Jaguar Land Rover use Micro-Tyco to develop their new graduates and apprentices. By taking part in Micro-Tyco your pupils will not only gain an experience that completely differentiates their personal statement and CV, they will also get the chance to build links with potential employers.

Micro-Tyco is completely free and can either be run as a stand-alone 4 week challenge or incorporated into classes as part of an 8 week Programme of Learning, using resources provided by WildHearts. The challenge is most suitable for year groups P4 – S6 and schools can enter as many teams as they like. To register your interest, e-mail info@micro-tyco.com for more details or visit http://www.wildheartsinaction.org/microtyco/

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Primary school pupils talking about the impact Micro-Tyco had on them http://www.wildheartsinaction.org/microtyco/videos/schoolmontage.html
Teenager who had been disengaged from the learning process explains how Micro-Tyco helped develop his employability skills and helped him find his first job http://www.wildheartsinaction.org/microtyco/videos/UniversalConnections.html
Talent Leaders from RBS, Deloitte, Wood Group and Babson College discovering why Micro-Tyco is so effective http://www.wildheartsinaction.org/microtyco/videos/talentleaders.html
Ugandan woman whose life has been transformed through the funds created by the Micro-Tycos http://www.wildheartsinaction.org/microfinance/eastafrica/betty.html

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MicroTyco Skills Development Map