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Northgate competes to Make a Million
Nuala McDowell
06-Jul-2011 - [Northgate Managed Services]

 Northgate Managed Services is one of ten Northern Ireland businesses pitching their finest entrepreneurial ideas against each other to help raise funds for The Prince’s Trust.  The companies have joined The Trust’s Million Makers competition in a bid to see whose innovative ideas will generatehe most return for the youth charity. Million Makers challenges teams to turn a seed fund of £1,500 into a fundraising profit of £10,000 by coming up with original and inspiring enterprises and implementing them over a period of six months.  Teams from Allstate Northern Ireland, BNI Northern Ireland, Delta Packaging, Hewlett-Packard, Marks & Spencer, Northgate Managed Services, Parker Green International, RSM McClure Watters, ShredBank and Tughans are coming together with other teams across the UK to ‘make a million’. For their first task, teams will present their business plans to a Dragon’s Den style panel in order to secure their seed funding. Safe in the knowledge that they have a robust and water-tight plan, they will then deliver their own mini enterprise.  Million Makers is a no-cost learning and development tool proven to build essential skills and motivate employees.  Eleanor Lee, Marketing Director for Northgate Managed Services said, “Northgate are committed to improving the life chances and education for children and young people. The Million Makers challenge allows us to deliver on our CSR objectives through employee participation and volunteering. We are delighted to be involved in the Million Makers Challenge, we are only at the very beginning, but already our team is very enthusiastic about how we can turn our ideas into a winning enterprise. We have really enjoyed the team development days and we are identifying the key strengths and skills of our team members, Million Makers is an ideal opportunity to try something completely different. “The real bonus is that any funds we raise will go to help The Prince’s Trust work with young people in Northern Ireland which is a real incentive for us to come up with a winning enterprise.”  Ian Jeffers, Director of The Prince’s Trust in Northern Ireland welcomed the support of the companies participating in Million Makers, “Every year more than 3,000 young people take part in our programmes throughout Northern Ireland. Initiatives like Million Makers raise funds to help us make a lasting difference to their lives.” “This competition combines skills development and networking opportunities whilst raising much needed money for our work. At The Prince’s Trust, we pride ourselves on creating mutually beneficial partnerships. For us it makes sense; we provide the learning and development opportunities for companies and they help us to raise vital funds.” “I have every confidence that Million Maker teams in Northern Ireland will lead the way in generating innovative, entrepreneurial and ultimately successful business ideas. All the money raised will go directly to local programmes run by The Prince’s Trust in Northern Ireland.”