2021 Winners! Illuminate: NextGen Challenge
Students from Hume Anglican Grammar were recently announced as winners of the 2021 Illuminate:NextGen Challenge - a competition entered as part of their participation in our School's SHINE Program.
As part of the competition, students were required to rethink employment throughout the visitor economy within the greater Hume community. They were tasked with creating a way to engage, skill and retain great people to work and thrive within this industry - developing a solution that is financially viable, sustainable, and can work within the industry to help it grow a strong, passionate, and reliable workforce.
Our students competed against 10 other teams entered by schools in the Hume region and were judged by a panel of community business leaders. They spent the entire week creating a viable business, producing a business plan, financial plan and marketing strategy, and competing in minor business challenges posed to them. Our students worked exceptionally well as a team, were motivated and enthusiastic and ultimately represented our School very admirably. As a result, we were awarded the Best Business Case and Finance Award, Best Business Launch Video and Best Marketing Strategy and Material Award and won the challenge overall!
Congratulations Zoe, Arnav, Sineth, Mithhil, Jude and Saatvik who will now present their idea to the Mayor of Hume along with local business leaders with a view to turning their idea into reality!