NEWS Go to whtimes24.co.uk for all the latest local news 2 WELWYN HA TFIELD TIMES SERIES WHT Advertising: 01438 866000. Editorial: 01707 372370. www.whtimes24.co.uk Wednesday, October 1, 2014 For retail promotion queries contact Joanne Ferguson Tel : 0 7785 4251 49 [email protected] Editori al Contacts ESTABLISHED 1928 Incorporating WGC & Hatfield Herald Time s T owers , Ca mpus West, Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6BX Email: [email protected] Twi tter: @wht imes Website: www.whtimes24.co.uk This newsp aper con forms to the Press Complaints Commission Code of Practice. If you have any complaint or comments, please contact the editor in the first instance. Editor Terry Mitchinson [email protected] Call: 01707 377436 Call or text: 07584 146985 Follow:@EditorMitch Deputy Editor Alan Davies [email protected] Call: 01707 376575 Call or text: 07785 616271 Follow:@alpdavies News Editor Dave Burke [email protected] Call: 01707 376323 Call or text : 07785 616276 Follow: @davebur ke12 Chief reporter Paul Christian [email protected] Call: 01707 371413 Call or text: 07785 616272 Follow:@Paul__Christian Reporter Ewan Foskett [email protected] Call: 01707 375676 Call or text: 07557 232154 Follow: @EwanFos Sports Reporter John Hutchinson [email protected] Call: 01438 866153 Call or text: 07785 629246 Receptionist Val West val.w est@whtim es.co .uk Call: 01707 372370 Call or tex t: 07557 748051 Photographer Kevin Lines [email protected] Follow: @kevinline sphoto Group Sports Editor Mark Hemmings [email protected] Call: 01438 866021 Call or text: 07557 748040 Sales Managers Sue Pinney Tel: 01438 866087 Nicci Lawrence Tel: 01438 866112 Property Tel : 01 438 8661 11 Recruitment Tel : 01 438 8661 00 Adve rtisin g Mustafa Kanuni Tel: 01438 866118 Tra des & Se rvices Mandeep Basra Tel: 01438 866119 Advertising Contacts Reporter Alex Lewis [email protected] Call: 01707 376041 Call or text: 07785 616273 ‘Dare to think the unthinkable’ budding entrepreneurs urged Students were urged to “think the unthinkabl e” at the launch of a challenge to raise cash for good causes in Welwyn Hatfield. On Thursday the annual Dragons’ Apprent ice Challenge was launched, with youngsters tasked to come up with business pla ns to raise money. Over the next six months, teams from schools across the borough – including Chancellor’s, Oaklands College, Onslow St Audrey’s, Bishop’s Hatfield, and Sir Frederic Osborn schools – will be looking to turn £100 into £1,000 or more. They will be helped by mentors from a number of businesses, and each team will be raising money for a designate d charity. At the launch event, held at the Gosling Sports Centre in WGC, Sir Roy Gardner , chairman of Enserve Group, told the students: “It makes me really mad to hear people say the UK lacks the spirit of innovation . “Your idea can really make a difference. Young people often dare to think the unthinkable. “Test yourselves, think the unthinkable.” The challenge is supported by the WHT , with editor Terry Mitchinson among the judges. It is sponsored by the Welwyn Hatfield Youth Partnership. Matt Rayner, youth and sports partnership manager at Welwyn Hatfield Council, said: “We’re delighted by the enthusiasm and creativit y of local business people who so generously give their time to enable the young people to achieve their targets.” It is the second year the challenge has run, with teams last year collecting £9,000 for a number of charities. Mentors this year will be from Barclays Bank, Purple Marketing, The Welwyn Florist, MacIntrye Hudson, Child UK and Welwyn Hatfield Chamber Of Commerce. The charities and community groups to benefit will be the Red Rubber Ball Foundation, The Willow Foundatio n, the Isabel Hospice, The YMCA and the Keech Hospice. By news editor Dave Burke [email protected] It makes me really mad to hear people say the UK lacks the spirit of innovation. Your idea can really make a difference Sir Roy Gardner, pictured right Contestants, judges and business mentors at the lanuch in WGC’s Gosling Stadium Borough councillor Bernard Sarson who spoke to students at the launch