Climate Ambassadors – Free Access to support and resources
A network of skilled Climate Ambassadors are providing free support to educational settings across England to develop and deliver impactful climate action plans.
Climate Ambassadors is a two-year initiative, funded by the Department for Education as part of its Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy, which states that by 2025 all education settings in England are expected to have a designated sustainability lead and a climate action plan.
Wherever you are in your sustainability journey, and whichever type of educational setting you are (early years, primary,
secondary, Further Education (FE) and Special educational needs and disability (SEND)), Climate Ambassadors will help you develop and deliver impactful climate action plans which cover four themes, as set out by the Department for Education:
Climate Education & Green Skills (careers and future employment roles)
Decarbonisation Adaptation & Resilience
Nature & Biodiversity
This is a fantastic opportunity for your setting to reduce your climate impact, adapt to the weather extremes associated with the changing climate, improve biodiversity, and deliver high quality climate education. By engaging all young people in climate and sustainability action and education, you can help develop the citizens and workforce needed for the green transition
Next Steps and supporting resources:
Request a Climate Ambassador https://www.stem.org.uk/climate-ambassadors/teachers-and-schools
Carry out a carbon audit on Count your Carbon https://www.countyourcarbon.org/
Assess your needs on Sustainability Support for Education: https://www.sustainabilitysupportforeducation.org.uk/
Sign up and explore resources on National Education Nature Park: https://www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/
Contact your regional hub: West Midlands climate-ambassadors.wm@keele.ac.uk
Being part of the Stoke on Trent and Staffordshire Careers Hub has been pivotal to the development of careers provision in our school. The Hub have shared good practice across their members resulting in a stronger focus on good quality provision. The annual event enabled the hub to share their vision of School Improvement Through The Lens of Careers and looking beyond the Benchmarks. It was a fantastic opportunity to share different models of school improvement and strategies to further develop careers provision to enhance the future opportunities of our young people.
Mrs A Spencer, John Taylor High SchoolIt it superb to be able to speak with local schools, colleges, and businesses in Stoke and Staffs and show how important the partnerships are to bring the skills of the future. Educating those who educate the ones shaping the aspirations of young people is essential for the industry to grow and be more sustainable.”
Alison Tucker, St Modwen
