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Interdisciplinary teams of students from across the University (including our own HLC students!) have been competing to develop innovative ideas to tackle the cost-of-living crisis across Liverpool City Region (LCR), in ‘Play Your Part: Students in the Community,’ a competition facilitated by Careers and Employability in partnership with the Civic Data Cooperative (CDC) and Everton in the Community (EitC).
Three teams reached the final, which took place in the Spine building on Wednesday 8th March. The finalists made live pitches to the CDC and EitC tackling a range of issues: ‘Blue Base’s Green Spaces’ presented a community allotment project, ‘Baby Box’ pitched free support for new parents, and ‘Connecting Liverpool’ proposed a website connecting volunteers and organisations in LCR.
Connecting Liverpool took home the top prize of £750 of innovation vouchers, with Blue Base’s Green Spaces taking second prize (£500) and Baby Box taking third (£250). All finalists will enjoy an exclusive trip to EitC and Goodison Park, and coaching to submit applications to the @LivUni Enterprise Fund.
Congratulations to all the students, who produced fantastic pitches in only three weeks!
Team Connecting Liverpool (1st place)
Eloise Burton-Carter, International Politics and Policy
Daniel Skinner, Politics
Lauren Hodgetts, Criminology
Tola Taiwo, Criminology
Eleanor Marchant, Criminology with Social Policy
Team Blue Base’s Green Spaces (2nd place)
Niamh Chambers, Philosophy and History
Nicola Clarke, Sociology and Philosophy
Lucy Heald, Criminology
Adam Horton, English and Philosophy
Alali Sekibo, Sociology with Social Policy
Team Baby Box (3rd place)
Phoebe Gilding, International Politics and Policy
Katie Russell, International Politics and Policy with Business Studies
Omar Hussein, Sociology
Daniel Pledger, Criminology with Sociology
Alycia Arragon, Criminology