Jon Harper, Managing Director Of Future Foundations Is Announced As Future 100 Young Social Entrepreneur

Online, November 18, 2011 (Newswire.com) - Jon Harper, Managing Director of Future Foundations is announced as one of the Future 100 Young Social Entrepreneurs of the Year on Social Enterprise Day during Global Entrepreneurship Week 2011.

Global Entrepreneurship Week is a worldwide movement of entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas into reality. It began as Enterprise Week in the UK back in 2004. When news of the phenomenal success of Enterprise Week in the UK spread the globe, lots of other countries got excited about the potential of running similar initiatives in their own countries. Since its inception, Global Entrepreneurship Week has spread to 115 countries, with nearly 24,000 organisations planning more than 37,000 activities.

The Future 100 Awards were first launched in 2008 to recognise and profile young entrepreneurs running organisations, which have a triple bottom line. The definition of a triple bottom line; they have a strong commercial foundation as well as a significant social and environmental impact.

The Future 100 Awards recognises the success of young entrepreneurs aged 18-35 who demonstrate entrepreneurial flair and innovation in progressing a responsible business venture.

Future Foundations (FF) aims to transform young peoples' life chances, by delivering coaching, mentoring and training which help develop academic, and leadership potential. FF has been recognised for helping towards a 16 % improvement in results for a previous National Challenge School, and has gained a reputation for leading the way in establishing successful Gifted and Talented Academic Summer Schools.

In Summer 2012, FF delivered summer programmes for state school children from Berkshire, Surrey, London (North, Central and Tower Hamlets) and Essex in partnership with leading Independent Schools and Universities. Most recently, FF has been selected by government to deliver National Citizen Service in 2012 for 600 young people from 9 parts of England.

Jon Harper said, "I am very excited to receive this reward, when I joined the founder of FF, Jack Butler in 2007, I was keen to help establish a sustainable organisation which makes a real contribution to young people's lives, and am so pleased to see our programmes reaching over 3000 young people a year. This has been a particularly exciting year for FF due to being selected to deliver NCS across the country, and I think this award adds further recognition to the great work we are doing. I would therefore, like to thank the Future 100 awards. I am very proud of the work we do, and would like to attribute this award to our fantastic/associate team and our advisers who work relentlessly to create learning experiences for young people that make a real difference".

Founder of Striding Out and organiser of the Future100 awards, Heather Wilkinson said:

"The future of our world is in the hands of individuals who are committed to generating commercial and ethical returns. Challenging economic times can offer opportunities to question the way we operate as both a business community and a society. We have a history of profiling the 'Future 100' young entrepreneurs who are changing the face of everyday business and improving commerce's impact on the wider world."

The Future 100 awards encourages and rewards extraordinary vision, ethical business practice and social responsibility. They aim to showcase organisations that offer innovative and sustainable solutions to social problems. The Future 100 Awards is organized by Striding Out, a social enterprise which is committed to supporting the development and growth of young and ethical entrepreneurs.

A full list of award winners can be found on the Future 100 website from the 17th November 2011.

For Further Information visit the following link:

http://www.future-foundations.co.uk/jon-harper-named-one-of-future-100s-young-social-entrepreneur-2011.html

Contact:

Heather Wilkinson, Director of Striding Out on 07795 646 646 or email [email protected]
Jon Harper, Managing Director, Future Foundations on 07880 722 000 or email [email protected]