Graduating entrepreneurs pictured with Judge Kameel Khan and Dr Joanne Zhang (Queen Mary)
Project ReMAKE, founded by Judge Kameel Khan, helps its trainees to develop business and entrepreneurship skills, with a view to help them return to work. Participants work with students from Queen Mary's School of Business and Management and School of Law, as well as business mentors, to formulate a business idea, create a business plan, and put together a pitch to investors.
Those who successfully complete the course are put forward for internships with Capita Plc.
The graduation ceremony provided an opportunity for the most recent cohort of students and trainees to meet project leaders in person, following the programme being moved online due to Covid-19.
Omar Mentesh, who took part in the programme, said: "Being somebody who has been a prisoner for over seven years, I’ve become used to being let down and led up the garden path. I’ve completed more courses than I’ve had hot dinners, but rarely had acccess to anything tangible to grasp onto."
"I want to thank the organisers and the School of Business and Management for offering such an insightful and impactful opportunity, that changed my year and allowed me to channel my biggest purpose into a real project, that is probably going to have a strong impact on somebody’s life."
Those looking to get involved in Project ReMAKE can find out more on their website.