The Scottish delegation of Social Entreprise Leaders and the British Council visit SYB
On Saturday, October 18th, the SYB team had a very special visit: a Scottish delegation of social enterprises leaders, including members from Scotland, US, Italy and South America, currently on their Korea-China study tour, stopped by Shanghai Young Bakers to further learn about the program.
In coordination with the British Council in China, the delegates stopped by SYB baking center on their second day in Shanghai, as part of their International Social Entreprise Visit Programme. Indeed, in order to help fundraise for the charity program, the SYB team has been putting great effort towards developing the commercial services while using the available resources.
On that morning, SYB bakery teacher Wang Li and four students from the current batch, woke up early to prepare and welcome the delegation members. After a presentation of the program by Floriane, the program manager of SYB for the past 2 years, the delegates had a lot of questions regarding the difficulties that we are facing and how we have managed to overcome some of them, as well as the direction we are taking now. Wang Li also took some time to share her story with the delegates, as a graduate from the the 1st batch and now working as a full-time teacher for SYB.
After the Q&A session, the delegates had a bakery lesson by Wang Li, assisted by the students, and were able to make their own pizza for lunch! The morning ended on a very touching note, as the delegates sang “happy birthday” to Agnes, who just turned 18.
It was an honor to be able to exchange with social-minded individuals with such impressive experience in the field of social enterprise in their home country. The SYB team and Young Bakers would like to thank the British Council for organizing such a meaningful event and the Scottish delegation for showing interest to SYB during their study tour!
Emilie, Program Manager
苏格兰社会企业领导代表团以及英国文化协会访问海上青焙坊
10月18日，周六，海上青焙坊的学生们迎来了一场特殊的访问：囊括了来自苏格兰、美国、意大利以及南美地区的苏格兰社会企业领导代表团。目前，这一代表团正在中韩进行学习考察，他们来到海上青焙坊进行了短暂的停留，并对我们的项目进行了深入了解。
由于代表团与英国文化教育协会上海办公室存在合作关系，在他们行程的第二天安排来到海上青焙坊烘焙中心进行访问，以此作为他们国际社会企业考察项目的一个环节。其实，为帮助我们的公益项目筹集资金，海上青焙坊利用现有资源来发展自己的商业活动，并在此投入了很大的精力。
当天早上，海上青焙坊的烘焙老师王莉协同四名现任学员，早早起床并且为领导代表团的到来做准备。在过去的两年中，曾任海上青焙坊项目主管的林兰小姐对项目进行了介绍，代表团向我们提出了诸多疑问，包括目前我们面临着怎样的困境；准备如何应对；目前我们的发展方向。而作为海上青焙坊首批毕业生兼现任全职烘焙教师，王莉与代表团分享了她的故事。
在问答环节后，代表团在王莉以及四名学生的协助下上了一堂烘焙课，并且自行烘焙了午餐的披萨！整个早晨以非常感人的一幕结束：代表团共同为海上青焙坊的一名学生，Agnes，唱起了生日歌，她在不久前刚度过18岁生日。
能会见如此众多拥有社会意识的个人，并且与他们就社会企业领域，共同交换来自他们国家的经历与经验，对海上青焙坊而言是莫大的荣誉。在此，海上青焙坊全体团队以及学员向英国文化协会所组织的如此具有深刻意义的活动，以及苏格兰代表团在他们的学习考察中对海上青焙坊表现出的浓烈兴趣，致以衷心的感谢！
艾米丽，项目主管