The Lewisham Academy kicked off on saturday with an exciting day of programmes led by our EiA coaches.

The Academy is supported by the Shine Trust and will run for seven months. Programmes will be delivered in out of school ours on Saturdays and during half terms. Indeed, it was great to see so many young people attend on the very first day.

Drawing upon the EiA's innovative and well established entrepreneurial coaching techniques, the Academy aims to raise the motivation, aspiration and academic achievement levels of over 50 secondary school students from four schools in the London Borough of Lewisham.

The Academy will give students real experience, and real ownership, of their own business projects, facilitated by the EiA, providing a stepping stone to increased academic achievement.

Keep checking our website in the following weeks for updates and feedback from this exciting programme.