Get involved

Want to make your mark by getting involved with the campaign? You've come to the right place.

You can find out what's going on at Make Your Mark here.

What's more, you can also see what's coming soon, check out what we've done in the past in gone but not forgotten and we even have a few ideas for other campaigns you can get involved in.

Get involved and turn that idea into reality!


What's going on...

There's always a lot going on at Make Your Mark and these current initiatives, events and activities are all missing something...YOU!

Enterprising Britain
Enterprising Britain is a nationwide competition to find the most enterprising place in the UK - the city, town, place or area in the country that is best improving economic prospects and encouraging enterprise.

Girls! Make Your Mark Awards
These new awards, which we have launched with handbag.com, are here to celebrate Britain’s female entrepreneurs and encourage more to take the plunge.

Make Your Mark in the Arts
We believe you have massive potential and can Make Your Mark in the Arts.  We have connected with a number of partners to create the chance for you to see, experience and learn more about the sectors and the myriad of opportunities from freelance to full time employment or business start up.

Make Your Mark: Change Lives
Make Your Mark: Change Lives is a campaign to inspire young people (14-30) to use enterprising ideas for social or environmental change.

Make Your Mark Clubs
The Make Your Mark Club is for young enterprising people who want to make ideas happen while they're at school or at college.

Make Your Mark Connect
Make Your Mark Connect is our free networks listings website to promote and support local networking activity.

Make Your Mark with the Mall
Make Your Mark with the Mall is a unique opportunity to start your own retail business.

Make Your Mark in the Music Business
Driven by music or have ideas in music? Then Make Your Mark in the Music Business is for you. You also now have the opportunity to be a live music promoter in a new initiative brought to you by Make Your Mark and Curious Generation.

Make Your Mark at Work
The Make Your Mark Toolkit has been developed to help you make the most of the talent in your workplace and deliver bottom line benefits to your organisation.

The UK Catalyst Awards
We are looking for everyday heroes who use technology to make a positive impact on the world around them!

London Clippykit Challenge - Can you pocket the problem?
Clippykit and Make Your Mark Club have teamed up to run a competition for girls in Year 9 and 10 in London schools.


Coming soon...

Exciting things that we have in store for you...

Enterprise Week 2008
Make Your Mark co-ordinates a range of activities and events throughout the year. Many of these take place during Enterprise Week - in 2008 this will take place from 17-23 November. Find out more at www.enterpriseweek.org

Global Entrepreneurship Week
This year Enterprise Week will be part of Global Entrepreneurship Week. Global Entrepreneurship Week is the first worldwide celebration of enterprise, which aims to unleash young people’s enterprising ideas and address some of society’s biggest issues, from poverty reduction through to climate change.

Make Your Mark Challenge

The Make Your Mark Challenge is a one-day enterprise challenge that takes place on the Monday of Enterprise Week - this year it takes place on 17 November. The Challenge is open to schools and further education colleges. To find out more, go to www.makeyourmarkchallenge.org

Enterprising Young Brits
Daily Mail Enterprising Young Brits, supported by Vodafone, is a national competition to recognise young people who have turned their ideas into reality.


Gone but not forgotten...

They may be over, but these Make Your Mark campaigns live on in our hearts...

Make Your Mark with a Ball
Make Your Mark with a Ball was a competition designed to develop people’s enterprise skills through their passion for sport.

Make Your Mark in 60 Seconds
Can you change lives in 60 seconds? Make Your Mark in 60 Seconds thought so and awarded £5,000 to an idea for social or environmental change.

Make Your Mark in Film
Make Your Mark in Film was there to inspire wannabe scriptwriters, designers and directors to make their ideas happen through film.

Make Your Mark in Fashion
Make Your Mark in Fashion was a high profile national competition to design a functional, stylish, innovative, sustainable fashion range.

Make Your Mark with a Tenner
Make Your Mark with a Tenner was a ground-breaking challenge for 10,000 students to make an impact with just £10.

A Grand Idea to Make Your Mark
A Grand Idea to Make Your Mark was a competition to encourage 16-25 year olds to engage with their ideas and think about making them happen.

Other campaigns you might like

If the above aren't quite what you are looking for, there are lots of other initiatives out there to help you make your mark:

Your Game 2008
Your Game is a partnership between the BBC and the Football Foundation which offers young people, aged 16 to 25, from under-served communities the chance to get involved in football, music and the media. Visit Your Game website

Shine Week: 30 June - 4 July 2008
Shine is the National Schools Festival celebrating and showcasing all the talents in all young people. Visit the Shine Week website

Still need inspiration? Check out next steps for a guide to making your ideas happen, or find out about people who already have in our inspiring stories.