For Enterprise Week 2008, One Water and Make Your Mark teamed up to launch the One Water Project for young people in the UK.
The One Water Project was a competition that was open to young people through schools, colleges, youth organisations. We challenged teams of young people to come up with innovative and enterprising ways to raise money for a good cause.
One Water is a social enterprise that sells water in the developed world, and works with communities in Africa who don’t have clean water supplies or are in need of support with their public health programmes.
Winners of One Water Project 2008
The students generated significant levels of awareness of One Water, social enterprise and issues such as water conservation. In total, the students generated £2,000!
Open Category Winners
–Birkdale School, Sheffield
A team of boys raised the £100 funds out of their own pockets to kick-start the project and opened a disused tuck shop to run their venture. They generated £404 income, deducted their costs and sent £300 to One Water as profit.
Special Award Winners – Birkbeck School, Lincolnshire
As a rural school with 310 students, and a fantastic One Water entry, the judges felt that they deserved to win a special award. Through the sales of the water and pieces of art and jewellery made from the plastic bottles ,the students raised £466.19.
Top 5 in the Hundred category:
1. St Matthew Academy, London – raised £2000
2. Barr Beacon Language College, Birmingham – raised £1027.30
3. Farnborough School Technology College, Nottingham – raised £607.59
4. Birkbeck School, Lincolnshire – raised £466.19
5. Simon Balle School, Hertfordshire – raised £534
Top 5 in the Open category:
1. Birkdale School, Sheffield – raised £300
2. Uxbridge College, Middlesex – raised £476.63
3. Fulston Manor School, Kent – raised £702.65
4. Edenham High School, Surrey – raised £323.15
5. Prince Rupert School, Germany – raised £300