Where we're from
Launch League in Chatham-Kent.
The program is province-wide and free. Chatham-Kent is where it was built, where the office is, and where we can do the things that only work close to home.
Local
Things we can only do close to home
These need people in a room, employers we know by name, or a drive across the municipality.
- Youth career coachingOne-to-one career exploration for teenagers aged 12–17 and their parents. Paid, local, and deliberately small.Paid
- Serve FirstNominate a neighbour, a veteran or someone in treatment for a free yard cleanup, done by supervised young people.Free
- Community awardsA local business or family names an award, and a young founder here wins it.For sponsors
- Free web helpA website and search basics for a non-profit or a brand-new business, built by supervised students.Free
Province-wide, and free
The main thing we do isn't local at all
Free for every young person in Ontario from age 12, and free for every school. Chatham-Kent students use exactly the same program as everyone else.
- Business 101Learn how a business actually works, one short module at a time.Free
- The business plan competitionBuild a one-page plan and pitch it to real businesspeople. Written feedback on every complete entry.Free
- Launch SprintFrom a finished plan to a first real customer.Free
- For schools and teachersRun it inside an existing course, or run the whole program.Free
- Grants and funding for young entrepreneursWhat is actually open to a young person in Ontario at 12, 15 and 18 — every program checked against the organization that runs it.Free guide
Nothing paid ever affects the free program. Competition entries are judged by volunteers who have no idea who has bought anything, and they never will.
The municipality
Chatham-Kent is bigger than one town
We work with families across the municipality — Chatham, Wallaceburg, Blenheim, Tilbury, Ridgetown, Dresden, Thamesville, Wheatley and the communities between them. Some of it happens in person and some over video, depending on what suits you and how far the drive is.
If you're outside Chatham-Kent and want something like this in your community, the honest answer is that we don't coach elsewhere yet — but the free program already runs province-wide, and communities can bring Launch League in.