Young Enterprise is Northern Ireland’s foremost business and enterprise education charity, and a member of the Junior Achievement Worldwide network, the world’s largest and fastest growing business and economic education organisation, reaching over 8 million young people worldwide. Founded in 1986, the organisation runs over 13 core programmes for more than 100,000 young people each year in Northern Ireland through the support of businesses and volunteers. Its mission is ‘to inspire and equip young people to learn and succeed through enterprise.’ All Young Enterprise programmes are based on the principle of ‘learning by doing’, to promote a culture of enterprise from an early age. Many of these complement existing education programmes by offering specific curriculum links.