Making it easier for residents to create sustainability projects that will improve their local area.
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By Social Innovation for All CIC
The Young Green Briton Challenge enables students aged 10-16 to design, present & implement innovative ideas for tackling climate change locally. We are now partnering to grow our impact in LCR.
The Young Green Briton Challenge launched in 2022 and is sparking a green revolution in schools supporting over 6000 young people to design, present & implement innovative ideas for tackling climate change. St Vincent’s School for the visually impaired is one of our pilot schools. Together with our partner in Widnes, EcoVida Routes, we are now developing a hub in the North-West to build skills for the green economy and create opportunities. This is how it works: -Teachers use our lessons to explore the causes & impacts of climate change in their local community -Students team up to tackle local eco-problems from saving wildlife to fighting fast fashion, cutting food waste or reducing litter. -Students build transferable skills through developing and prototyping their ideas. -Students pitch to an Eco-Dragons Den to receive money and help to bring their ideas to life. -We come together to celebrate achievement across LCR and the best teams participate in the National Celebration Event
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Why it's a great idea:
An LCR hub for YGBC will build knowledge, green skills and opportunity for young people aged 10-16 across the region. Building on the work we have already done with St Vincent’s School in Liverpool we are aiming to work with at least 1 school per borough. Within each of those schools we will work with a whole year group of students (which each school can select). All students will receive sustainability education and a fun, fast paced design workshop that builds transferable skills including creativity, problem-solving abilities, teamwork, and communication skills. At the end of the workshop students pitch their ideas and the most motivated teams will continue to develop their ideas, creating a positive environmental impact in their schools and local communities, as well as supporting positive behavioural change. St Vincent’s 2024 project is already greening the City Region: https://twitter.com/the_litterally
Steps to get it done:
To grow the impact of YGBC we are working with regional partners in the North-West, the North-East, London and Sussex in the coming academic year (2024-25). The North-West has been selected as a key area for growth of YGBC with strong demand from schools and partners, along with a need to build skills for future green jobs. A pilot with LCR would form a key part of the North-West hub. At a national level YGBC has a number of key partners secured for 2024-25 including the Green Britain Foundation, Ecotricity and the Co-op Community Fund. Avanti has provided support to schools from the North West in the two pilot years, enabling students to travel to the National Celebration Event in London for free. In July 2024 this event was hosted by Sadiq Khan at City Hall in London. We are keen to work with LCR to adapt the programme in 2024-25 to maximise local impact and longevity and also to collaborate on hosting an event that celebrates the innovation and talent of young people.
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Making it easier for residents to create sustainability projects that will improve their local area.
How will the money be spent?Target (inc. fees) £20,065
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VolunteerSocial Innovation for All (SI4A) is on a mission to unleash the creative potential of children and young people to address social challenges. We work with young people, schools and partners to design and deliver social innovation programmes that enable young people from ALL backgrounds to build skills, agency and opportunity. We have a particular focus on building skills for a sustainable future through our climate action programmes.
Nationally, the Young Green Briton Challenge is delivered as a collaboration between SI4A, GenEarth (https://www.genearth.uk/) and the Ministry of Eco Education (https://www.ministryofeco.org/).
For our work in the North West, we are now working in close collaboration with EcoVida Routes (EVR). EVR is a Halton based organisation focused on driven by improving sustainability education through direct delivery, training teachers and engaging with employers. See https://www.si4a.net/ and https://www.ecovidaroutes.org/ our website for more information. of the work we do.
Together we are collaborating to deliver sustainability education for primary schools in Halton and to develop the North-West hub of the Young Green Briton Challenge.
EcoVida Routes will coordinate the projects across schools and engage employers to make projects realistic and linked to careers.
Project Owner: Social Innovation for All CIC The Project Owner takes legal responsibility for receiving and spending the funds raised and ensuring the project is delivered.
