Tuesday

Event Description

Join peers, tech entrepreneurs, and business leaders from across the North East for an evening of connection and conversation. Enjoy a three-course dinner accompanied by arrival and table drinks.  

Menu 

  • Starter - Summer Salad
  • Main Course - Trenchers Vegetable Goan Curry, Sticky Coconut Rice, Pak Choi, Crispy Shallot (0.69kg eCO2), or Traditional Cod & Chips, Lemon & Tartare Sauce (1.14kg eCO2)
  • Dessert - Sorbet with shortbread

As part of our Good Festival Ambition, you'll notice we’ve chosen items with low carbon footprint and calculated the carbon footprint of each main course to help you make an informed selection.

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How to get involved

1

Please read the information back below, and then fill out an expression of interest form. This will let us know you’d like to take part, what age the participating children are and whether you’d like any support from us or an ‘industry mentor.’

2

Plan your challenge, consider your resources and the participating students. Challenges can be completed in small or large groups. but please be aware that only 8-10 students from selected schools will be able to attend the celebration event.

3

Submit your challenge responses via our online form below. Your school can submit up to 10 entries. The deadline for responses is Friday 9 May, 2025. Please get in touch if you are struggling to meet the deadline.

The Schools Challenge steering committee will identify a small group of students from selected schools to be invited to a celebration event on the morning of Friday 20 June at South Shields Customs House.

If selected, you will be invited to attend by 23 May. There will also be an opportunity to display students‘ work as part of a number of public
exhibitions across local authority areas.

If you have any issues, contact us via email: getinvolved@technext.co.uk

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