The TIGI Inspirational Youth is a mentorship programme designed to give young hairdressers the opportunity to develop their creativity and talent. Now in its 13^th year, many former team members have gone on to highly successful careers in the global hairdressing industry, recognised and respected by their peers.

The 10 young hairdressers selected from salons across the UK and Ireland are:

Aidan Darcy               SugarCubed

Alice Blake Petty       Yazz No 1 Hair Studio

Chelsey McQueen     Myka

Christopher Read       Hobbs

Ellie Beth Hancock     Anthony Laban

Evelina Lundgren     Andrew Jose

Grace Morbey           Inkfish

Jade Kerr                    Scots Hair Design

Rita Benedetto           Bad Apple

Sophie Garbutt           Forresters

In August the Team will participate in the 2017 TIGI Inspirational Youth Bootcamp at Bed Head Studio in London where TIGI European Creative Director, Akos Bodi, TIGI European Session Director, Maria Kovacs and TIGI Global Academy Technical Director, Warren Boodaghians will direct their unique training programme.

The Bootcamp includes classic and advanced cutting and colouring, session styling, future fashion forecasting, presentation skills and a model casting and photo shoot shot at Bed Head Studio by TIGI in-house photographer, Alex Barron-Hough.

The culmination of the programme is the TIGI Inspirational Youth Show, to be held on Monday 13^th November at London’s Café de Paris.