Blog

 2013 JCI London Ten Outstanding Young People Award

JCI (Junior Chamber International) London proudly presents the winners of the "2013 JCI London Ten Outstanding Young People Award" (TOYP). This award is a prestigious local and international awards to recognise outstanding young professionals who excel and create positive change in their chosen fields.

Please join us at the award ceremony Tuesday 21st May, 6:45pm at the London Chamber of Commerce, 33 Queen Street, EC4R 1AP, you will have the chance to meet the winners and listen to their stories. The event is open to both JCI members and guests. We have limited seats for the award ceremony, hence book the ticket NOW to reserve your place.

JCI London honours ten outstanding young people this year, and they may have the opportunity to represent JCI UK in the world TOYP final in Rio, Brazil in November. These winners exemplify the spirit of the JCI mission and provide extraordinary service to the Greater London community.  

The winners come from a variety of backgrounds and they are between 18 to 40 years old. They have all been nominated in one of the ten categories: business, economic, and/or entrepreneurial accomplishment; political, legal, and/or governmental affairs; culture achievements; academic leadership; moral and/or environmental leadership; human rights and/or voluntary leadership; moral and/or environmental leadership; scientific and/or technological development; personal improvement and/or accomplishment and medical innovation. 

The JCI London TOYP winners in 2013 are: 

John Loughton - Political, legal, and/or governmental affairs

Read more about John

Tia Kansara, Moral and/or environmental leadership 

Read more about Tia 

Robyn Scott - Humanitarian and/or voluntary leadership

Read more about Robyn

Zoe Cunningham - Personal improvement and/or accomplishment

Read more about Zoe

James Eder - Academic leadership and/or accomplishment

Read more about James

Mavis Amankwah, Business, Economic, and/or entrepreneurial accomplishment

Read more about Mavis

Lee Denny, Culture achievements

Read more about Lee

Junior Ogunyemi, Business, Economic, and/or entrepreneurial accomplishment

Read more about Junior

Tunde Okewale - Political, legal, and/or governmental affairs

Read more about Tunde

Krishna Gandhi - Scientific and/or technological development

Read more about Krishna

For more information and contact:

JCI London TOYP project coordinators:

Trang Tran - trang.tran@jcilondon.org.uk;

Michela Pascucci - michela.pascucci@hotmail.co.uk

Adriana Albarracin Pineda - adrpho@hotmail.com

Read more about JCI London TOYP 

Read more

The membership team have been working on some ways to improve your membership experience using the results of the recent questionnaire and forum. Most people join JCI London for personal development opportunities and to meet new people. We want to make it easier for you to get involved, become active and meet more members. To achieve this we will be allocating a member of this year's committee to act as a contact point and buddy for each member. Before we do this you will receive a telephone call from either Dexter, Anniina or me so we can find out about your skills and JCI interests. If you have any questions about this just drop me an email.

Read more

JCI UK has launched the JCI Pathways to Active Citizenship. There are 3 levels of achievement: active membership, active pathways and active citizenship. It is designed to guide you through the varied opportunities offered as part of your JCI membership and help really make the most out of your membership. 

Keep an eye out for the next JCI London Newsletter that will have more details. The membership team will also be sending out further details shortly.

Read more

The membership team are really excited about our next membership event on Friday 22nd March. We are holding it in the Symbolic London art gallery in Mayfair, London (thank you to Jason for this.) Tickets will sell out fast so don't delay - see you at the Encounter with Pablo Picasso.

Read more

We are looking for some members to come along to the Introduction to JCI London event on 5th March to tell potential new members about their experiences as a JCI member. If you are looking to practice your public speaking skills here is your opportunity! Just let me know if you are interested.

Read more

Hopefully you received my e-mail about the JCI London Membership Questionnaire, please take a few mins to fill it in. We want the Chamber to be the best it can be so please give us your views. Here's the link:

https://www.spidergap.com/assessments/7123?invitationKey=fZR6tDz9yIP2fMbM6J1LtxxgHgHZU9n9

Read more

Just 187 days until the 2013 JCI European Conference in Monte-Carlo on 29 May 2013!

Online registration - Registration for EC2013 is open, both for online credit card payment and for bank transfers. To register, please go to www.jci-ec2013.com. The early bird fees of 349 Euro are available until 31 January 2013.

Accommodation booking platform - The 2013 European Conference might be taking place in the middle of the high tourist season but we have negotiated exceptional low season rates in all the best hotels of the Principality of Monaco for an unforgettable experience. Once you have registered, you will be e-mailed the links to the booking platform. We can guarantee that you will not find better prices elsewhere on the internet for hotels in Monaco. But please note that these rates are only available until 31 January 2013 and are on a first come first served basis, so don’t wait too long.

Travelling to Monaco - Monaco is easily accessible from all over the world thanks to its proximity to Nice Airport, France’s second busiest airport, just a 35 minute drive away, with easy access to low cost flights from all over Europe. Save up to 20% on travel with the STAR ALLIANCE™ NETWORK promotional convention code. For full information and an idea of flight prices, please see http://www.jci-ec2013.com/en/registration/getting-to-monaco.html.

Is Monaco really that expensive? - Monaco is no way near as expensive as you may think for such a glamorous location, as long as you follow our advice. Please see the article on our website for more information about how to make the most of the best that Monaco Monte-Carlo has to offer without breaking the bank http://www.jci-ec2013.com/en/about/monaco-monte-carlo/monaco-expensive.html.

Snap the Schmurtz contest - Our Snap the Schmurtz contest is still in full swing and the winners will be decided after the 2012 JCI World Congress in Taipei. Prizes will be announced soon. For more information and to see the photos that have already been submitted, please see http://www.jci-ec2013.com/en/schmurtz-contest.html.

F1 Grand Prix pre-tour - The COC have established some unforgettable F1 Grand Prix pre-tour packages to suit all budgets, these are now online at http://www.jci-ec2013.com/en/programme/formula1-pre-tour.html. If you wish to join, please book as soon as possible to avoid any disappointment as demand is extremely high. We would also advise you to book accommodation in Nice and flights very quickly in order to benefit from the best prices.

If you have any questions, we will be happy to answer them by e-mail at info@jci-ec2013.com.

The latest information will be posted on our website www.jci-ec2013.com and on our Facebook group.
We look forward to welcoming you next year!

The JCI EC 2013 Monte-Carlo Organising Team

Read more

In one week's time, I will perform my last official duty as a member of the JCI London council, as I give my President's Report about JCI London's year in 2011 at the AGM. After six years on the council during which time I have held five roles (Community Director, Membership Director, Deputy President, President and IPP) this will be somewhat the end of an era for me.

As a member of the JCI London council, I have:

• Developed my project management, public speaking and leadership skills
• Learned how to think around problems
• Been presented with some unique opportunities such as speaking in the House of Lords and attending life-changing academies in Sweden and Austria
• Worked with some amazing and inspiring people
• Discovered a love of blogging
• And met some of my best friends

As an experienced member, I now take most pleasure from JCI in seeing new members join the organisation, discover its limitless opportunities and develop themselves through active involvement in chamber activities. The new members I have seen join JCI London in the past few years have been outstanding and as I step down from the council, I know the chamber is in the safe hands of ambitious, talented and creative young active citizens who will take JCI London to a whole new level.

And of course, just because I will no longer be on the council, doesn't mean I won't still be an active member - I look forward to attending events and joining project teams. The beauty of JCI is that there are always opportunities to get involved. 

I can whole-heartedly recommend a role on the JCI London council to every member wishing to get the most out of their membership. Anyone wanting to find out more or come to the AGM, can find details here.

Read more

Perhaps the most distinctive benefit of JCI membership is the opportunity to build a national and an international network. Attending events (especially conferences) outside your local chamber is a great way to develop that network. As they say in Lonely Planet travel guides, "all you have to do is go!"

In support of this, we have already awarded a series of travel bursaries in 2012 to support the cost of travel for active members to travel to conventions outside of London. In addition, the winner of the JCI London Public Speaking Competition next week will receive a £150 bursary to support the cost of travelling to Belfast in late November to represent the Chamber.

I am delighted to announce that we can now make a small number of additional bursaries available (for the sum of £100) to support the cost of attending JCI UK National Convention to be held in Belfast on 30th November - 2nd December.

Since we don't know the number of people who will apply, we cannot guarantee that your application will be successful - but we shall do our best! Be assured, convention attendance is already very strong with more than 140 members booked from across the country. The JCI London delegation is also HUGE - don't have the final numbers, but we'll be there in force!

Bursary application criteria:

• you must be a JCI London member in good standing (i.e. have paid your dues!)
• you are an active member, contributing to projects and events during the course of 2012
• you will be attending your first ever JCI UK Convention
• you are willing to write a short article on your experience afterwards (or give a brief presentation)

For full details (including an application form), please email our Honorary Secretary, Nahas Abdul:

nahas.abdul@jcilondon.org.uk

Good luck and see you in Belfast if not before!

Read more

On 7th October, after lots of training, the Dream Team ran the Royal Parks Half Marathon. 

Read more