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DTA Conference Dragons Den Application Form
Contact Name Adrian Woods
Name of Organisation Pit Stop 2000 Ltd (by guarantee)
Name of Enterprise Idea FROM DESOLATION TO ECO-RESTORATION
Contact telephone 01422 32133307949 068833
Contact email [email protected]
Brief info about the Organisation submitting the application (no
more than 50 words)
Pit Stop is an innovative community project for vulnerable young
people inCalderdale to provide them with exciting and fun learning
opportunities. Thedevelopment of many nationally accredited hands
on learning activities from go-
karting to growing vegetables is the key to the young peoples
achievements andour success with them.
Description of the Enterprise Idea (no more than 250 words)
Pit Stop services are constantly requested by local communities.
Youth Offending Teams, schools andyouth clubs. It must expand and
build its own facilities, including go-kart track, to accommodate
theyoung people who need to take advantage of its services.
To this end, Pit Stop is investigating a restoration and
improvement scheme to deliver a sustainable andlasting amenity at a
local, disused stone quarry which has been derelict and unsightly
for someconsiderable time. An Outline Planning Statement and
Ecological Restoration Plan have already beendrafted.
Although the Projects core will be a go-karting track, the key
focus will be the wider Personal, Social,Health, Citizenship and
skill building development of over 1,000 vulnerable young people
per year. Theintention is to take hold of this neglected expanse
and turn it into a haven for young people where theywill be
introduced to the countryside and take part in accredited
activities related to the environment,horticulture, water sports,
craft/woodwork and healthy eating. Pit Stop will act to ensure
sustainability isbuilt in to all stages of the project from funding
and procurement, to design and eco-construction, tooperation and
maintenance.
Pit Stop urgently needs more money to progress its action plan.
Legal, surveying and building fees willhave to be paid. This is a
massive undertaking which requires substantial funding but the
excitingfacilities that communities will be able to draw on will
have a huge and lasting impact on young peoplefrom all walks of
life. Please help us!
Send completed forms by 4.00pm on 10 th September 2007 to
[email protected] post to:Neil Berry, DTA, c/o Heeley
Development Trust, Ash Tree Yard, 62-74 Thirlwell Road, Sheffield
S8 9TS
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
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Contact Name Keith Wyatt
Name of Organisation Avalon
Name of Enterprise Idea Wagalon
Contact telephone 01423 530053 Contact email
[email protected]
Brief info about the Organisation submitting the application (no
more than 50 words)
Avalon is a Harrogate-based charity and not-for-profit company
providing family living, supported livingand supported holidays for
vulnerable adults, especially people with a learning disability. We
haveoffices throughout the North of England and are looking to set
up social Enterprises to provideemployment for our customers.
Description of the Enterprise Idea (no more than 250 words)
Wagalon will be a dog-walking Social Enterprise operating
initially in the Skipton and Craven area ofNorth Yorkshire. If
successful it will then be rolled out across our other areas of
operation. The aim isfor it to be income-generating by the end of
year two.
The service will be unique in that it will provide employment
for learning-disabled adultssupported by Avalon. There is a well
above average rate of unemployment among this group of people,and
any opportunities are limited to supermarket tasks and charity shop
work. Employees will receive a
normal rate of pay, free training and clothing. Two people with
a support worker will walk up to 4 dogs ata time and we expect up
to ten people to work in the project on a part-time basis in the
first year. Ourin-house training division is writing a course
designed around small animal handling and care and thiswill be
accredited through the Open College Network. Employees will then
have a recognisedqualification in animal care. We have researched
existing services in the area and there is an identifiedneed for
more. The service will be mobile and fully equipped.
Income generated by the service will be fed back into Avalon
which will become a CommunityInterest Company with a variety of
projects feeding into it. If successful we estimate employment
foraround 70 learning-disabled people.
Send completed forms by 4.00pm on 10 th September 2007 to
[email protected] post to:Neil Berry, DTA, c/o Heeley
Development Trust, Ash Tree Yard, 62-74 Thirlwell Road, Sheffield
S8 9TS
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]
