A group of Year 12 students managed to turn £100 into more than £1,000 for Watford FC’s charity.
The pupils from John F Kennedy School in Hemel Hempstead were the overall winners in The Dragons' Apprentice Challenge, a programme where young people raise money for charity.
It involves teams being assigned a business mentor who are then given £100 to then host a series of activities that can fund a charity.
The teenage tycoons, known as Team Sicilian, raised money for Watford FC’s Community Sports and Education Trust.
For several months they held initiatives such as milkshake services in their school, chess clubs and an environmentally friendly virtual balloon race.
They were one of eight who took part in the challenge and they attended the finals at Pendley Manor Hotel in Tring to present their delivery in front of business, education and local government leaders.
Not only did Sicilian win the overall winners award, but they were also given the ‘most innovative business idea’ award after scoring a total of £1,200.
Jamie Dean-Brown, who supported the youngsters, said: “I am so proud of the team, they threw themselves into the challenge and came away with a multitude of new skills such as communication, teamwork, and perseverance, learning continually throughout the challenge on how they can improve the next event.
"They’ve learnt skills for life from this process and I am chuffed to bits that all their hard work has seen them win overall.”
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