Enactus Liverpool achieves Top 20 UK & Ireland Ranking for social impact and innovation
We are thrilled to announce that the University of Liverpool’s Enactus team has earned a place among the top 20 teams in the highly competitive Enactus UK & Ireland World Cup Qualifier, celebrating their commitment to using business and innovation to create a better world for us all.
Enactus Liverpool’s team includes students from across the university, with many members studying Management School programmes.
Securing a place in the top 20 underscores the team's ability to develop and execute innovative projects that address pressing social and environmental issues, using a clear ethos of ‘business for good’.
Their dedication to creating sustainable solutions, through projects that tackle period poverty amongst refugee women and that break barriers for children facing poverty in the Liverpool City Region demonstrate the potential for student-led initiatives to create real-world impact, aligning with Enactus's mission to enable progress through entrepreneurial action.
BA Business Management student and President of Enactus Liverpool, Millie Jones comments:
"I am incredibly proud of the Enactus Liverpool team for their dedication and passion in driving our projects forward this year.
"Competing at the Enactus UK & Ireland Regional Competition was a testament to the lasting impact we are making across the Liverpool City Region.
"Reaching the Nationals is an amazing achievement, and I couldn't be prouder to be part of such a purposeful movement."
At the heart of Enactus UK & Ireland is a mission to empower students as agents of social change. "Enactus is more than just a competition, it's a community of changemakers," states Amy Brereton, Enactus UK & Ireland Executive Director.
Supporting over 4,000 students in 70+ universities, Enactus advances the development of innovative, business-driven solutions to pressing social and environmental challenges. "We see firsthand the transformative impact of students creating lasting change, becoming the confident, socially responsible leaders, our future desperately needs.”
University of Liverpool is committed to nurturing a culture of innovation and social responsibility. The success of the Enactus team serves as a testament to the university's dedication to empowering students to make a meaningful contribution to society and develop the essential competencies for the next generation of sustainability-focused leaders.
The team will now continue their journey to the World Cup Qualifier on the 7 and 8 April at the ExCel Centre in London.