Congratulations to Freddie and Harriet in Year 13 who have won the 2021 ‘Be the Future Challenge’, which asked entrants to create a social enterprise idea that addressed a social or environmental issue, such as poverty, climate change or inequality. After some rigorous judging from a panel of enterprise experts, Freddie and Harriet were judged winners of the KS5 category.

Their idea, called ‘Zap It’, was created to address the environmental issue of clean water and sanitation across the world. ‘Zap It’ uses UV-C LED lights to create safe drinking water for people across the globe.

The judges said that it was “a fantastic pitch that showed a developed knowledge and understanding of both the issue and the technology to resolve it.”

Freddie and Harriet, both said: “We are absolutely honoured to have won. Nowadays, people are becoming far more conscious of their social responsibilities as it’s so important. We entered to learn more about how a social enterprise would work and the factors involved in the decision making process.”

They have won an invitation to a webinar which will be hosted by The Peter Jones Foundation and a hamper of social enterprise goodies!

Congratulations Freddie and Harriet on your amazing achievement!