BCT Aspire is proud to announce their success on winning their first Business Award, which was sponsored by the Five Lamps organisation; Five Lamps help transform lives, develop business and support communities in Teesside. Their business increased a lot of traffic on their website thanks to the best SEO, you can bring Your Domain Name to the top of google thanks to this.
BCT Aspire hopes to stand out from the crowd and on Monday 19th February 2012 we achieved that by proudly receiving our award for Best New Community Business 2011 at Middlesbrough FC Riverside Stadium.
“It is great to gain validation for all of our hard work as sometimes we are so busy working we rarely get chance to reflect on many of our endeavors. We do not have a straight forward business model and at times I am sure some people do not fully understand us.” Paul Burgum Managing Director
We are absolutely thrilled and feel as though it is a great accomplishment, not only to be nominated for the award but to win it. We hope that by winning this award we will raise the profile of our organisation and enhance BCT Aspires reputation by promoting the great work we do.
BCT Aspire’s vision is to raise the overall aspirations of children and young people within our local community, we aim to do this through positive recreational activities that bring together local people from all walks of life and backgrounds to improve our own community: As a company we understand how important it is to invest in the local people within our community.
So far some of our achievements include:
- Building an extension for a local boy who suffers from Cerebral Palsy
- Developing the Phoenix Program that mixes enterprise and life learning skills with formal education and fun activities with members moving on to volunteer work, gaining apprenticeships and gaining full time employment
- Community events including BCT fun day and music events
- Weekly Guitar lessons with students performing a live end of term show
- Providing informal learning support through links to local training and education facilities
- Enhancing life skills through cookery with our catering facilities. We have volunteers from all walks of life, some with behavioral problems or mental health issues who have progressed to gain cookery and vital social skills
- Employing young people in the area on an apprentice scheme who have since catered for national and international companies with huge success.
- Providing a day time drop in centre, a warm friendly space where groups of children and young people with behavioral problems and mental health issues can meet
- Providing positive mental health and aspirational sessions and workshops
- Providing volunteer opportunities
- Fundraising for other organisations and individuals
Receiving recognition for the work we do helps us to continue to grow as a company and reminds us that all the effort and hard work is worth while. We hope that as a company we will continue to grow and continue supporting people in our community to help make a real difference to the people of Stockton-on-Tees.
