Youngsters urged to enter competition
A competition has been launched to find inspiring ideas from Shropshire youngsters.
Morris & Company and University Centre Shrewsbury have joined together to find Shropshire’s greatest Young Thinkers of 2018 in a creative competition to discover ‘ONE Great Idea to Change the World’.
The entries will be judged, and then crowned, in February 2018, kicking off the town’s new Darwin Festival of Activities.
“As a long-established Shropshire business - we’ve been here since 1869 – and with more than 700 Morris colleagues based around the county, we are keen to help nurture and support the next generation of game changers within our county.
“This competition helps us to build links between business and education and more importantly celebrate all the enthusiastic and creative young thinkers who live here” said Robin Morris, chairman of the family run business group.
UCS Provost, Professor Anna Sutton added: “We are already working together with Morris Property who are building the exciting Tannery student accommodation, so a competition to engage and ignite young minds is perfect for our next joint initiative.
“As a distinctive institution, we are committed not only to high-quality teaching and research, but importantly, to fostering enterprise and contributing to the community here in Shrewsbury.”
This Competition is open to all young Salopians aged from 7 to 21. All entrants need to do is write a short piece on how they would change the world with ONE great idea.
There are three age categories for entry: seven-11 years (who can simply use a picture to bring their idea to life and/or up to 350 words; 12-17 years with up to 750 words and any diagrams or pictures; and lastly, 18-21 years with a submission of up to 1000 words. How to enter details and full information can be found at: morrisandco.com/youngthinkers
All Shropshire youngsters are eligible to enter, even if they are educated outside the county and the closing date is November 30.Three finalists from each age category will take part in a live reading of their idea at UCS in front of family, friends, guests and judges before the winners are crowned Shropshire Young Thinker 2018 on February 8 2018.
