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JA staff promoting the monster dash

Ghouls, ghosts and goblins wanted for charity Monster Dash

Aspiring ghouls, ghosts and goblins are being urged to make a special appearance on Sunday October 30 when Manx charity Junior Achievement will be holding a Monster Dash on Douglas…

Students attending the Barclays open day

Junior Achievement and Barclays celebrate five years of student open days

Manx charity Junior Achievement Isle of Man and Barclays have celebrated five years of open days for high school students. Each year students spend a morning at Barclays in partnership…

Gail Yeowell, David Hester, Erica Bellhouse and Tracey Leahy.

Junior Achievement elects four new board members

Erica Bellhouse, director of Moores Management and Finance Limited said: ‘I am delighted to be appointed to the Junior Achievement board having volunteered for the charity on a number of occasions…

Students taking part in the 'It’s All About Money' programme

It’s All About Money!

Year 10 students from St Ninian’s High School are the first school to benefit from a scheme supported by HSBC. ‘It’s All About Money’ is a half day programme run…

Former Mayor and mayoress of Douglas Sara Hackman and Councillor Carol Malarkey with representatives from the three charities to benefit from the 2015-2016 mayoral charity appeal

Junior Achievement is one of three local charities set to share £15,000

In her final engagement as Mayor of Douglas Mrs Hackman hosted a reception for representatives of her three chosen charities, Junior Achievement Isle of Man, Manx Breast Care Unit Appeal…

Team Opus - Connor Chappell, Thomas Clague, Raygie Dolloso, James Kearsley, Callum Staley and Jay Waters

QEII success as team Opus named Student Company of the Year 2016

With their innovative take on how to increase the durability and life of cables for chargers and headphones, a team from Queen Elizabeth II High School has become the Junior…

Lloyds Bank island director Peter Reid, standing, third from left, with Georgina Cooper, standing extreme left, and her daughter, Georgia holding trophy with Junior Achievement’s Alex Day and Hilltop Hallucinations band members Antony Coward, Jordan Kirk, Luke Campbell, Niall McCabe-O’Kelly and Eddie Morris. Picture Andrew Barton.

‘Height of success’: Hilltop Hallucinations win People’s Choice award

Hilltop Hallucinations have been voted People’s Choice by the audience who attended Manx charity Junior Achievement’s The Next Big Thing talent contest in February. The band – Luke Campbell, rhythm…

Group photo of The Next Big Thing 2016 finalists

Electrifying performance wins Next Big Thing 2016

Tabitha Templer has become the Next Big Thing 2016, after her virtuoso performance playing the electric violin to a packed house at the Gaiety Theatre thrilled the judges and audience…

Photograph of ‘The Next Big Thing?' awards

Who’s going to be ‘The Next Big Thing?’

Manx charity Junior Achievement’s flagship event The Next Big Thing will be on Saturday February 20 when 15 young acts will go head to head in the live final of…