People impacted: 84

Leicester

- 8th Largest City in the UK

- Largest Covered Market in Europe

- Walker’s Stadium is the 19th Largest in the UK

- Leicester Tiger’s Rugby Football club is the most successful English

Club of the Professional Era.

- World Famous Research University with ground-breaking inventions

such as DNA Genetic Fingerprinting

- Ranked Top 2% of Universities in the World (QS World University

Rankings 2010)

- University of the Year 2008-9

- Outstanding Student Support 2009-10 Winner

Active Students: 60

Projects: 7

BAB Members: 12

Total Student Hours: 2,160

Total Income: £3,968

Changing the world, one life at a time.

Project BODY, which aims to improve and increase physical

activity in children between the ages of 8 and 11. This will be

done through an extra-curricular activities club and structured

playtime which include games and activities.

These programmes are designed to show children that

exercise can be enjoyable as well as social. Also, we aim to

improve the nutritional lifestyle of children, by leading

smoothie workshops to engage children whilst changing their

perspectives about fruits and vegetables. With the help of an

external advisor, we plan to introduce bicycle powered

smoothie makers; enabling children to produce healthy drinks

in a fun and productive way.

As well as encouraging children to adopt an active lifestyle;

we aim to educate parents of the current health problems

existing within their local community, by liaising with a local

dietician.

Won £200 Enterprise Rent-A-Car Diversity Grant

Structured playtime sessions

We chose to work with Eva Organisation for Women (EOW), set up by

Sadiyo Siad, a Phd student. EOW empower and support women to positively

impact the world in which they live.

We made an initial assessment and mutually agreed to consult in:

fundraising, marketing, recruitment, financing, and sponsorship. We are

giving the tools needed to fulfil their goal of empowerment and to become

a registered charity.

In the short term, we have implemented a fast-turnover fundraising

strategy selling Krispy Kreme donuts, with a profit of over £305. These funds

were then used to provide resources for their International Women’s Day

Conference.

We are creating a long lasting partnership with Wigston Queen Elizabeth I

College to provide EVA with a steady stream of volunteers and fundraising

opportunities, to allow Sadiyo to continue her work even after she

graduates from University.

Raised over £300 so far

Creating sustainable partnerships for the charity’s future

PROJECT BODY

CONSULTANCY

Our initial ChocoNet needs assessment found that the

Midlands being home to approximately 9,000 refugees.

This year, we have built on these statistics by spending time

talking to the leaders of St Martin's House refugee projects,

to discover that many refugees in Leicester have very low

personal confidence.

SIFE Leicester is working together with 12 refugees to create a

successful chocolate business, which acts as an interactive

training platform for the refugees to gain new skills and apply

them in a safe environment and a practical manner.

To develop personal confidence we are focussing on team

building exercises to build lasting relationships with our

refugees as well running a mentorship programme to impart

financial planning, project management and health & safety

training.

Developing confidence & skills via interactive training

Refugees gain Food Hygiene qualification to keep

CHOCONET

2011/12 PROJECT DEVELOPMENT

INSPIRE ETHIOPIA

Commencing with Gondar in Ethiopia, SIFE Leicester, in partnership with

Alchemy World will begin by delivering essential entrepreneurship workshops in

June 2012. We will assist in initiating Gondar’s first enterprise society uniting

students in their first ever student led enterprise initiative. SIFE Leicester has

begun to create a sustainable link between SIFE Leicester and Gondar University to allow further developments of SIFE

projects which seek to provide solutions for vast problems which communities in Ethiopia face on a daily basis. Both

teams will spend time developing existing links with local charities and researching agriculture, natural resources and

investigating the various needs and struggles in the local area. We have set up a pen-pal system, regular Skype

meetings and resources through the Gondar Link, to provide support for the new society in its early development

stages.

FARMERS’ MARKET

Our Farmer’s Market has sustained its success from last year as well as forming

relationships with the Saffron Acres Project; a project that has transformed an

area of wasteland into a thriving community resource. We hope to invite their

young project members – many of whom have disabilities - on to campus, giving

them a chance to sell the vegetables they have grown, and to give them an insight

into student life, showing that education is accessible to everybody.

Our last market saw 550 unique visitors pass through our doors, and a survey

conducted showed that 76% of attendees were excited for our next market.

BUILDING CONFIDENCE

INCOME BREAKDOWN

Self Generated Income £1,318

Total Income £3,968

Total Expenditure £2,369

Sponsorship & Grant £2,650

Net Profit £1,599

Triple Award Winners 2010

Ranked in Top 14 SIFE UK Teams 10/11

Winners of ERAC Diversity Grant, 10 & 11

Business Advisory Board

Rajinder Bhuhi - University Advisor

Richard Esau - Greencore

Janet Owens, Ian Macdonald - Wilkinson

Martin Cullen - Rockstar Promotions

Mike Dalzell, Patrick Kitterick - City Council

Stuart Dawkins - Chamber of Commerce

Claire Fisher - Enterprise Rent-A-Car

Ismail Dakri - Centrica

Sepha Brook - Barclays

Steve Mitchell - RWE Npower

Omar Paul - Yasoma Ltd.

Angela Lennox, MBE - Leicester GP

2011/12 Achievements

• Raised over £300 for Eva Organisation for Women

• Formed sustainable partnerships with St Martins’ House, Gondar University,

QE College and Sparkenhoe Primary School

• Held over 10 campus wide events including socials, training sessions,

excursions, society partnerships and BAB meetings

Rajinder Bhuhi

SIFE Leicester University Advisor

Lynsey Atkin

SIFE Leicester President 11/12