The Future Food Engineering & Enterprise Challenge will pair engineer mentors and young people from marginalised and under-represented groups across Merseyside to engineer solutions to the global climate emergency through a multi-stage, inter-school enterprise competition.
The young people and their mentors will collaborate throughout the year to develop a start-up business that will bring sustainable food production to their local community. The year will culminate with a 'dragon's den' style pitching competition where teams present their solution to a panel of Royal Academy of Engineering Enterprise Hub Fellows.
The project, led by the University of Liverpool’s School of Engineering, will test and develop an activity framework drawing on YESTEM’s equity compass, supporting engineers to engage young people, their teachers and families beyond the lifespan of the project.
