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Make It in Manufacturing is a charitable campaign aimed at changing the negative perceptions young people have about manufacturing.

In partnership with manufacturing businesses from across the UK, Make It invites local schools to compete against one another in a series of enterprising challenges with the goal of educating young people about the careers available to them within the manufacturing sector.

These practical one day events challenge young people to form their own mini-manufacturing companies, gaining advice and guidance from a range of industry experts and advocates, and learning more about the creative and aspirational employment opportunities manufacturing can offer.

The McBride Make It Enterprise Challenge was a partnership between The Manufacturing Institute and McBride in Middleton. The latest challenge was the sixth time that McBride has sponsored a Make It challenge, with their Cumbrian site previously having sponsored three events and Middleton three more.

The McBride Make It in Manufacturing Enterprising ChallengeThe Norton Grange Hotel & Spa, Rochdale10th October 2013

Sponsoring partner With thanks to One of the day’s Outstanding

Individuals discusses their

company strategy

Wright Robinson College gets to grips with their prototype Multi-Liquid dispenser

About the dayTen local schools from across Greater Manchester participated in the McBride Make It Challenge which took place at the Norton Grange Hotel and Spa in Rochdale. Each school was tasked with setting up their own mini-manufacturing company and creating a brand new multi-liquid cleaning product for a customer of their choosing.

Each team, made up of eight Year 9 pupils, was fi rst tasked with choosing an individual job role that ranged from Managing Director to Design Engineer, Quality Controller and Logistics Manager. Teams were briefed at the start of the day and challenged with designing, costing, building, marketing and selling their liquid cleaner and impressing a panel of judges. The pupils had to use their creativity and business acumen to develop a product that would get past the Customer Consultant and appeal to the potential ‘investors’ in a Dragons Den style presentation.

The judges awarded points to each team throughout the day and chose the winning teams based on their team working abilities as well as their creativity, problem solving and enterprising skills and qualities.

The McBride Make It in Manufacturing Enterprising ChallengeThe Norton Grange Hotel & Spa, Rochdale10th October 2013

All Hallows RC College Salford

Cardinal Langley RC School Middleton

Falinge Park High School Rochdale

Hindley High School Wigan

Philips High School Whitefi eld

Prestwich Arts College Prestwich

St Damian’s High School Ashton Under Lyne

Stretford High School Stretford

The Derby High School Bury

Wright Robinson College Gorton

Schools in Attendance

Students from Stretford High School get started on the design brief

Pupils from Hindley High School

discuss their product ideas with

a volunteer from McBride

A pupil from All Hallows RC College starts to construct their Multi-Liquid dispenser

Pupils from Cardinal

Langley RC School get

some advice from one of

the dragons from McBride

About the SponsorMcBride is Europe’s leading own label supplier of household cleaning and personal care products. The company has sites across the world with 4 factories in the UK and employs 1,700 people. McBride supports this, and other Make It events, because they see them as an excellent opportunity to promote pride through direct support to local education and to further increase

the profi le of McBride as an employer of choice across Greater Manchester.

The Mercure Norton Grange Hotel and Spa also contributed towards the running of the event and provided the venue and catering on the day free of charge.

First Place

All Hallows RC College

Second Place

Cardinal Langley RC School

Outstanding Individual

Lauren Bullock, All Hallows RC College

Outstanding Individual

Mohammed Awais, Falinge Park High

School

Outstanding Individual

Georgina Mann, Philips High School

AND

THE WINNERS

WERE…

The students from Wright Robinson College tackle the logistics maze

A student from Hindley High

School gets to work on their

marketing materialsAll Hallows RC College present their winning product idea ‘Clean Wise’

Tackling the company fi nances

Pupils from Prestwich Arts College pose with their package design and marketing materials

Falinge Park High

School debate

their design idea

The team from St Damian’s High

School meet with the Customer

Consultants to discuss their

product and marketing strategy

INSPIRE EDUCATE IMPROVE

The Derby High School presents

their company idea ‘Crystal

Cleaning’ to the dragons

Second place team, Cardinal Langley RC School pitch their ideas to the dragons

The team from Philips High School pitch to the dragons

A pupil from Falinge Park High School receives his award for Outstanding Individual

Summary and Key Points

Quotes from Pupils

Quotes from Volunteers

Quotes from Teachers

• 100% of the pupils that took part in the day rated the Challenge as between “Excellent” and “Good” (60% marked “Excellent”, 34% marked “Very Good” and 6% marked “Good”)

• 94% of the pupils felt that the day had given them a better understanding of the types of jobs available within the manufacturing sector

• In total, the number of young people who said that “yes”, they would now consider a career in manufacturing rose from 45% at the beginning of the day to 73% by the end

• 100% of the teachers that attended rated the Challenge overall as “Excellent”

• 100% of the teachers felt that the day had defi nitely improved their pupil’s perceptions of careers within the sector

• 100% of the teachers indicated that they would now recommend careers in manufacturing to “all their pupils” upon their return to school

• 100% of the McBride volunteers rated the Challenge overall as “Excellent”

• 100% of the McBride volunteers also felt that the day had succeeded in improving the image of manufacturing to those pupils involved

• “It is a hard working job but rewarding and worth it”

• “There are a lot of exciting job options”

• “It is exciting and you can earn a lot of money”

• “I have learnt a lot about manufacturing”

• “It’s really fun and creative”

• “It’s more interesting than I thought”

• “Excellent way to demonstrate what is involved in manufacturing”

• “Shows our company in a great light in the local community, and what opportunities are available”

• “An excellent day, thank you”

• “Great way to see the potential of local school children with a mind to attract some of that talent”

• “Great publicity!”

• “Absolutely fantastic! Thank you all very, very much”

• “Thoroughly enjoyable day for staff and pupils”

• “An excellent event, well organised and executed. It would be great to work with McBride in the future”

• “An excellent day, very well planned and a great experience”

• “A fantastic and well planned day. The students loved it, as did I!”

The volunteers from McBride were:Chris Bull Chief Executive

Clive Burton Manufacturing Manager

Simon Barraclough Group L&TD Offi cer

Joanne Povey Group L&TD Assistant

Rob Lishman Engineering Services & Facilities Co-ordinator

Hannah Knaggs Artwork Co-ordinator

Leila Day Sales Development Executive

Fred Snowdon Warehouse Supervisor

Kay Farmer HR Administrator

Oliver Stoker HR Administrator