Good Karma Social Enterprise Sprint

Tomorrow's world starts today

A practical, fully facilitated programme that helps secondary students build confidence, employability and a real story they can use.

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Secondary students developing a social enterprise idea with a facilitator

Up to£9.23social value for every £1 invested

60students supported across two schools

600learner hours created

£11.58cost per learning hour

2,500+pro bono hours delivered by Good Karma

The employability challenge

Young people need more than theory to stand out.

12.8%

of UK 16 to 24-year-olds were not in education, employment or training in October to December 2025.

Office for National Statistics

The transition from education to work is becoming harder. Employers increasingly value communication, adaptability, creativity and problem solving alongside qualifications.

Schools are also being asked to strengthen employer encounters, connect curriculum learning to careers and provide more meaningful work experience.

Students need practical evidence of what they can do, not simply another lesson about employability.

Why social enterprise?

Business skills become more powerful when purpose is real.

Social enterprises trade to solve social or environmental problems and reinvest most of their profits in their mission. They give students a compelling reason to learn how ideas, evidence, collaboration and communication work together.

100,000+social enterprises contribute over £60bn to the UK economy.

01Start with an issue that matters
02Build a solution people can trust
03Prove the difference it could make
04Tell the story with confidence

Students and a social enterprise facilitator mapping the impact of an idea

Why Good Karma?

Lived experience, made useful in the classroom.

Good Karma has built and sustained a recommended UK social enterprise since 2019. We bring honest stories, commercial experience and practical tools into every session.

Proven in practice. More than 2,500 pro bono hours and over £300,000 of support delivered.
Validated by education. Programme developed in collaboration with Caterham School, Surrey (TES Best UK Independent Senior School 2023, Independent School of the Year 2024, and member of the prestigious Edtech 50).
Easy for schools. We bring the facilitation, resources, templates, judging and measurement.
Built around future skills. Communication, critical thinking, creativity, teamwork and leadership.

The Social Enterprise Sprint

From an issue they care about to an idea they can pitch.

Six structured sessions take students through a complete, purposeful enterprise journey. The programme can also be shaped into a single enterprise sprint day.

0190 mins

Learn

Explore social enterprise and choose an issue that matters.

0290 mins

Research

Understand the context, other responses and a distinctive position.

0390 mins

Build & evidence

Create a purpose-led proposition and decide how to prove impact.

04120 mins

Develop

Refine the offer and complete a social enterprise canvas.

0590 mins

Communicate

Build the brand story, communications plan and personal reflection.

06120 mins+

Pitch

Present to a panel, receive feedback and celebrate the strongest ideas.

Good KarmaSocial Impact Awards

Real outputs. Measurable outcomes.

Every student leaves with evidence of achievement.

For students

Social enterprise canvas
Impact proof sheet
Brand story and communications plan
Personal reflection for CVs, interviews, UCAS and apprenticeships

For schools

Pre and post confidence data
Pitch rubric scores
Participation and award outcomes
Concise outcome report and recommendations

A strong social return

One investment. Two cohorts. Wider community value.

A school programme can create value twice: through the learning it delivers and through procurement from a social enterprise.

Indicative maximum SROI£9.23 : 1

Core employability support£63,348

Social enterprise procurement£834

Potential total social value£64,182

Illustrative TOMs-based calculation for two 30-student cohorts. Final recognition depends on the school's framework, evidence and attribution rules.

The complete offer

A high-impact programme with a low burden on your team.

Good Karma delivers the sessions, materials, facilitation, judging, awards and outcome summary for one cohort of up to 30 students.

Six sessions or one custom enterprise day
Student templates and impact tools
Pitch panel, rubric and Social Impact Awards
Confidence survey and outcome summary

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Could the next powerful student story start at your school?

Email Good Karma 01737 448 018