Trefor Campbell Enterprise Award

At an event held at the RSA on Wednesday 31 January 2007, Nin Castle and Phoebe Emerson won the £15,000 Trefor Campbell Enterprise Award to help develop their start-up business, Goodone Clothing, selling ethically produced fashion.

Phoebe Emerson and Nin CastleNin and Phoebe were part of a cohort of young graduate design entrepreneurs who took part in the first RSA Flying Start in July 2006, a joint initiative by the RSA with the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship (NCGE).

First award

The award was open to all participants from this first programme, and was initiated by Dr Trefor Campbell CBE, managing director of Moy Park and an RSA Fellow who supported the running of the July 2006 programme and put up the £15,000 for the subsequent award.

Nin Castle, Dr Trefor Campbell and Phoebe EmersonThe award was designed to identify and support the graduate enterprise that demonstrated the most outstanding entrepreneurial skill and development since the July programme in order to provide a financial boost to launch their business or take it to the next level.