A school trip to Africa Alive! was the start of a lucrative partnership between the Kessingland tourist attraction and two Lowestoft high school pupils. They won a Bright Sparks Award in April 2007.
Michael James did many odd jobs for his grandmother, and after hearing stories of her elderly friends being nervous and wary of workmen due to previous bad experiences, he decided to create Hire-a-Hubby.
At the age of 17 Adam Castleton decided to leave school halfway through his A levels to start uturn media, his own website design business. He won a Bright Sparks Award in Feburary 2007 through the Make Your Mark in Lowestoft campaign.
Sophie Jackson has gone from working in a Lowestoft chocolate shop to being a published writer, specialising in social history. In December 2006 she was given a Bright Sparks Award by the Lowestoft Journal and the Make Your Mark in Lowestoft campaign.
