CragRats Ambassadors

Enhance your CragRats programme with a visit from an inspirational award-winning ambassador.

Our Ambassadors include: "Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year'; 'Young Engineer for Britain'; 'Woman of the Year'; and 'British Female Innovator of the Year'.

Motivational, educational and thought-provoking. There are few experiences more captivating than being in the presence of someone who is already living the dream, as they share the stories behind their success. Unforgettable! Book any of our Ambassadors as part of your CragRats programme.

Emily Cummins

Emily Cummins, 23, is an ethical inventor and entrepreneur. Her latest invention is a sustainable fridge, which runs without the need for electricity. Emily was named 'Technology Woman of the Future 2006', the 'British Female Innovator of the Year' for 2007 and 'Cosmopolitan Magazine Ultimate Save the Planet Pioneer'. More recently, she has become 'Woman of the Year 2009', has won the 'Business for Peace Award 2010' and been named as one of JCI's 'Top 10 Most Outstanding Young People in the World'.

Fraser Doherty

Fraser Doherty, now 22, set up SuperJam at the age of 14, using his Gran's secret jam recipes! He now supplies SuperJam to all major supermarkets selling over 500,000 jars a year. Fraser was recently named 'Global Student Entrepreneur of The Year', the first ever winner from outside North America.

Amanda Jones

Amanda is a pro-profit Social Entrepreneur drawn to so-called impossible ideas by a predilection to 'have a go anyway', and adamant that the answers to the problems of society and planet alike, lie in the development of good businesses.

After graduating from the University of Glasgow with a joint Masters Degree in Philosophy and Psychology she worked as a freelance marketing consultant in the field of new product design and launch, before teaming up with James Brown to establish Red Button Design in 2007.

As a result of the highly successful pitch she later gave on BBC 2's 'The Dragons Den" Amanda has had the opportunity to collaborate on textbooks and for schools initiatives teaching entrepreneurship, confident public speaking and interview technique, and is often invited to speak about her experiences at business events and in schools.

Consequently she also holds a number of supportive positions in the youth and social enterprise sectors, including her role as an Enterprise UK Ambassador, a Creative Enterprise Mentor at NESTA and Guest-blogger at UnLtdWorld.

She is a fellow of The RSA, a member of The Courvoisuer Future 500 and Striding Out Future 100 networks, and in 2009 Amanda was awarded a Cosmopolitan Magazine 'Woman of the Year' award for ethical enterprise.

Ruth Amos

My name is Ruth Amos, 20; I was Young Engineer for Britain 2006, with my idea, The StairSteady. The StairSteady is an aid to enable people with limited mobility to use their stairs confidently and safely. The StairSteady was designed as my GCSE resistant materials project as a response to my teacher’s challenge to design an aid to enable people with limited mobility to use their stairs. He was prompted to do this as his father had recently had a stroke. The project was seen by Advanced Engineering Techniques Ltd at Halfway (who now have manufacturing rights). AET thought that the project had potential and offered me research and development support, as well as producing prototypes and giving me full use of their engineering facilities. Being a local company the catchment area for jobs is in the surrounding area which is good for the local economy. The design has been patented and the name trademarked. The company StairSteady Ltd was set up four years ago to protect the product and bring it to market which I achieved last year while studying for my A-levels. I have now taken three years out before going to University to run StairSteady Ltd full time and organise the distribution and fitting of the StairSteady across the UK, looking at distributing abroad in the near future. The product was launched in April 2008 and Naidex, a national healthcare show and we started trading September 2008. We fit across the whole of the UK and supply to councils, the general public and work with mobility shops. We have recently forged a link with Minivator, the UKs second largest manufacturers of stair lifts, with the hope of getting some council bids and to improve our links within the sector.

I have worked on projects to help promote enterprise in school, and talk in schools regularly. I am also a Make Your Mark ambassador, was Young Entrepreneurs (runner up) 2006, Derbyshire Young Achiever 2006 and Intel Science and Engineering Fair finalist 2008, a speakeasy4schools ambassador, and enterprise Role model in South Yorkshire and speak at events across the country promoting engineering and enterprise. I presented the project ‘going it alone’ a video made with speakeasy4schools and Business education South Yorkshire to educate adults wanting to set up a business giving them ‘real life’ help and encouragement. In 2006 I was a guest speaker at IET (Institute of Electrical Engineers) national conference alongside Sir Robin Saxby- chairman of ARM holdings. In 2208 I attended the Intel ISEF science and engineering fair in Atlanta representing the UK in mechanical Engineering. I also spoke at the Sheffield Chamber of Commerce ‘Inspiring Women’ event at the Lyceum, Sheffield. I have been named as the youngest person ever to be on Management Today’s 35 women under 35 in their 2009 list, and winner of the women of the Future ‘young star’ Award. I am passionate about education and am a STEM ambassador as well as being part of the Bloodhound SSC land speed record ambassador scheme. In May 2010 I was on the Yorkshire 42 under 42 and in September of that year I was a ‘women of achievement’ by the Women of the Year Foundation.

Vicky Jewson

Vicky Jewson,25, is an English film director. Her first film Lady Godiva was released to huge acclaim in 19 cinemas nationwide on 25th January 2008. Vicky also captured media attention for organising a charity fund raising event involving 50 women riding as Lady Godiva through London's Hyde Park!

Book any of our Ambassadors as part of your CragRats programme.

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