Youth environmental activists make their voices heard at Stormont
Future Leaders
Young Environmental Leaders Wanted
Over the last 4 years Ulster Wildlife and the Belfast Hills Partnership have been involving young people in action for nature through the Our Bright Future programme. Not so long ago young people, across 30 similar “Our Bright Future” projects throughout the UK, were asked:
If you could change one thing for you and the environment, what would this be?
Their answers were distilled down to three key policy asks:
Ask 1: More time spent learning in and about nature
Ask 2: Support to get into environmental jobs
Ask 3: Policy makers, employers, businesses, schools and charities to pay more attention to the needs of young people and the environment
Key asks from young people to ensure a Greener Future
Campaigning for change - Get involved
Between June 2020 and March 2021, Ulster Wildlife and the Our Bright future programme will be working together with local young people to campaign in Northern Ireland for these three policy asks.
Ulster Wildlife will provide young people that want to get involved in supporting this campaign with free Young Environmental Leader training sessions led by campaign experts.
So if you are aged 16-24 and would like to know more about this exciting opportunity to influence decision making for a greener future then come and join us:
Zoom Information session, Tuesday 23 June at 7.30pm
Register with Dawn Patterson at dawn.patterson@ulsterwildlife.org and she will send you a link to the meeting or call her on 07816 065923 for more details.
Our Bright Future
Our Bright Future is an ambitious and innovative partnership led by The Wildlife Trusts, funded by the National Lottery Community Fund, bringing together the youth and environmental sectors. It is formed of 31 projects across the UK. Each project is helping young people aged 11-24 gain vital skills and experience and improve their wellbeing. At the same time, they act as catalysts for delivering change for their local environment and community; whilst contributing to a greener economy. The projects are hugely diverse but with one unifying theme: the focus on young people and the environment
There are two Our Bright Future projects in Northern Ireland, one run by the Belfast Hills Partnership and one by Ulster Wildlife (Grassroots Challenge).
