Engaging Youth & Children in Social Entrepreneurship (SE)

1. SE education at schools

1.1. Training teachers and educators

1.2. sensitising school principles and teachers

2. SE on academic curricula

2.1. workshops

2.2. events

2.3. roundtables

2.4. "Ted Talks"

2.5. Mandatory classes, contextualizing to the course of study

3. Summer & winter camps for aspiring social entrepreneurs

3.1. inspire

3.1.1. educate

3.2. connect

3.3. innovation

3.4. for everyone, not only for already "gifted" social entrepreneurs

3.5. fun

3.6. empathy

4. Community volunteer activities for children & youth

4.1. fun

4.2. friendship

4.3. community connection

4.4. appropriate for each age

4.5. learning by doing

4.6. engaging in existent projects

4.7. creating a small project to face a local problem

5. Community events

5.1. Forums

5.2. Ted Talks

5.3. Community festivals

6. A mentorship programme for aspiring social entrepreneurs supported by local enterprises & government

7. A digital magazine on SE for youth, rooted on local issues

8. Community field trips to social projects

8.1. School trips

8.1.1. Local trips

8.2. University trips

8.2.1. Local, regional, national and, why not, abroad trips

9. Connecting local social entrepreneurs with schools & universities

9.1. School roundtables

9.2. "Ted Talks"

9.3. Field trips to local social & environmental projects

10. Community challenges to foster youth engagement in SE

10.1. For example: fundraising challenge for schools or groups of kids/teens to support a local organization or cause

10.2. call for ideas from youth/kids to solve a local problem. Local government and enterprises could provide prizes for the winners

11. Environment education on the school curricula

11.1. Training teachers and educators first

12. Community movies festival on Sustainable Development

12.1. Movie/Documentary/Video projections , nice community fest

12.2. Kids / Youth could film their own short movies on SE.

12.3. Competition among schools . Each produce their own short movie on SE, volunteering, Sustainable Development, etc

13. Comic strip on SE for kids

14. A learning by doing course + course project for youth on SE

14.1. In collaboration with local schools and universities

15. A digital platform to promote connection and foster collaboration among young aspiring social entrepreneurs

15.1. Facebook group

15.2. a whole new social network of social entrepreneurs

15.3. educational website with newsletter available for signature + packages of informational kits, all funny and age appropriated