What our supporters say
We've had great support for Make Your Mark with a Tenner. Here's what some of our supporters say.
"It is great to see just how much of a success Make Your Mark with a Tenner has been. It has caught the imagination of thousands of students, inspiring them and helping to raise their horizons.
I would like to congratulate Oli Barrett and his team and all the students for their hard work and their own achievements - especially as so many aimed to help others with their projects.
We all have a shared responsibility for our shared future. That is what social responsibility is all about. By showing young people across the country just how much they can achieve, Make Your Mark is helping to put such principles into practice."
David Cameron
“I think Make Your Mark For a Tenner is a brilliant scheme. Why? Because it focuses the attention on a figure that is understandable to everyone and this creates a real measure of success against which others can judge their potential impact on the world if scaled up. It has the simple genius of being smiley and terribly serious all at once. It is inclusive, in that anyone can do it, and it is a fair, painless indicator of talent and imagination. The winners should be very proud of themselves, because the achievement is very real. If you want to measure them against ordinary entrepreneurs work out how much they’d have made with a hundreds, a thousand and so on. Then you realise how good this is…congratulations.”
Tim Smit, Eden Project
“It is fantastic to see so many enterprising young people thinking with real care about the social benefit of their projects and how their profits can help other people. These young people are an example of how we can all act to make the world a better place.”
Cliff Prior, CEO of UnLtd, which hopes to back some of the top-achieving winners
“Young people are increasingly looking to get more out of being entrepreneurs than just the money. Things they see in their daily lives make them want to make a difference as well and they are more likely than any other age group to be setting up a socially or environmentally oriented business. The Make Your Mark with a Tenner campaign just demonstrates how powerful this really is as a driving force for young people. What could be better? Making money and making a difference – fantastic.”
Dr Rebecca Harding, UK Director of GEM UK (Global Entrepreneurship Monitor)
“Make Your Mark with a Tenner is the perfect way to encourage entrepreneurialism. It inspires children to dip their toes into business with little risk, and best of all, it's great fun.”
Jamie Murray Wells, Founder of www.glassesdirect.co.uk