A programme called ‘App School’ is offering the chance for young creative thinkers to take their ideas from concept to market, or at least give them a good grounding in how to do it!

Based around everyone’s favourite phenomenon — ‘apps’ — the free programme that will take 10 young people from Manchester on a journey to turn their bright idea for an iPhone app into reality.

By teaming up with industry experts and top digital companies, App School will put participants through a ‘boot camp’ style crash course of Creative Innovation Labs — business and innovation workshops that will teach the basics behind turning a great idea into a real working app.

Its not about tech know-how or even marketing savvy, but about people with great creative ideas and a bit of drive and ambition. At the culmination of the programme, the best app ideas will be pitched to a panel of development companies, and the winner could find its way on to the App Store, and on to an iPhone near you.

Budding app-rentices (sorry) can visit www.appschool.co.uk for more info and to apply