Meet our grantees

Craftspace, based in Birmingham, believes in craftivism – the power of arts and crafting – to create social change. It has over 30 years’ experience of developing innovative, socially engaged work on a range of issues.

With this funding, Craftspace will engage D/deaf and LGBTQ+ young people in climate action through their ‘Making the Climate Change’ programme. Craftspace has experience of working with these two groups and understands the barriers to participation in social action that they can face.

Handsworth Association of Schools works with children, young people and families in north Birmingham. This funding will support a ‘Green Mentor’ to work across a network of schools with up to 800 students over the next two years.

Students will learn about carbon reduction and how they can make practical changes in their schools. The organisation will present and agree proposals with their schools and are supported by the Green Mentor to secure resources and co-operation to implement their ideas.

Growth Path Services works with young people who often have little opportunity to engage with nature due to the immediacy of the personal issues they face. The Trust provides:

• accredited entry level qualifications
• work experience
• one-to-one support for NEET (not in education, employment or training) young people to secure jobs

It will partner with the Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust to provide practical outdoor conservation training for young people looking to jumpstart their environmental careers.

West Bromwich-based charity Multistory will work with local organisations in Sandwell to use creativity and the arts to get young people involved in climate activism.

Multistory will expand their ‘Green Roots’ programme, which engages young people and racially minoritised communities with their local environment.

The project aims to reach young people who face barriers to engaging in, and leading work on, climate change. Activities will include:

• Practical conservation activities, such as wood carving and planting.
• Creative sessions on storytelling and photography.
• Workshops on eco-activism and environmental justice.

Birmingham & Black Country Wildlife Trust will support the four West Midlands grantee organisations by:

• providing advice
• connecting to other suitable organisations
• providing introductions to the expertise available within the Wildlife Trust

This funding will part fund a Youth Action for Nature Manager for 12 days of work within a six-month period.

Action for Conservation, working across Greater Manchester and Merseyside, inspires and empowers young people from diverse backgrounds to become the next generation of environmental leaders.

It will deliver a programme of workshops, inspiration days, residential camps and ambassador programmes to over 300 young people.  

Made by Mortals CIC, based in Manchester, will work with three primary schools in Tameside to coproduce interactive audio stories/podcasts.

These will explore environmental themes such as recycling, food waste, reuse and reduction and shopping alternatively.

More Music in Morecombe is a community music, arts and education charity. It will deliver workshops in schools and support young people to deliver a climate change festival.

Autismable, based in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, will deliver a series of workshops for autistic young people in their community. These are designed to raise environmental awareness, promote energy efficiency and knowledge of clean energy.

Young people will have the opportunity to set up a small-scale renewable energy project within their community.

Building Self Belief CIO, based in County Durham, will deliver the ‘Tow Law Eco-Youth Ambassadors’ project. This will enable and empower young people to preserve and enhance their shared environment.

The project will culminate in a community celebration event and documentary film to educate the wider community around environmental issues.

Three13 Training and Enterprise Ltd, based in Tees Valley, will provide vocational training in the circular economy to care experienced young people.

Each year, eight young people will engage in a work-based training programme to gain vocational qualifications as they establish a local circular economy loop. This should help improve local soil quality and reduce waste.

Triangular CIO will deliver a two-year initiative to educate and empower young people aged 16 to25 from refugee backgrounds in Tyne and Wear.

Focusing on climate change and displacement, the organisation will deliver a range of workshops and support and empower young people to undertake community outreach work.

SCORE Scotland is a multi-cultural, anti-racist, Black and minority ethnic community-led organisation based in Edinburgh.

It will engage 160 local black and minority ethnic young people to enhance their climate literacy through workshops, inspirational visits, volunteering and support with campaigning.

Scottish Youth Film Foundation, based in Edinburgh, will work with young people to train them as journalists at the Scottish Parliament Festival of Politics, focusing on the climate emergency.

South Riverside Community Development Centre, based in Cardiff, aims to inspire young people and their families to design and develop a bilingual climate change computer game for schools.

SWANSEA MAD will deliver a range of creative workshops to educate, inspire and support young people experiencing inequality to take action on the climate emergency.  

Windswept CIC is a non-profit watersports centre based in South Pembrokeshire. It will deliver a marine conservation programme, enabling young people to learn new skills in conservation and seagrass restoration.

The aim is that the project will help kickstart careers in the outdoor and environmental sector.

Youth Cymru is a Wales wide youth work charity. It will engage young people in sustainability workshops, youth led social action projects and digital campaigns in Newport and Wrexham.

Diverse Youth NI (DYNI) engages young people, primarily from BAME communities, including asylum seekers and refugees, through programs on digital literacy, mental health, and leadership. The funding will support its Sustainable Youth project, engaging 50 young people from North and South Belfast in hands-on environmentally focused activities.

Using the Sustainable Youth framework, DYNI will empower participants to lead climate action through:

• educational workshops
• digital tools
• project-based learning

The initiative will address immediate educational needs and foster long-term empowerment, integrating community feedback and mentorship. 

Politics in Action helps young people to achieve social change on issues that matter to them. The funding will support its project to help young people from Divis, Lower Shankill and across Northern Ireland explore the impacts of climate change on their communities. 

Delivered in partnership with St Peter’s Immaculata Youth Club and Townsend Street Outreach Centre, Politics in Action will use their ‘Civic Youth Work’ model to adapt the Environment and Sustainability Curriculum.

This supports young people to campaign on environmental issues in their communities and across Northern Ireland and to bring these issues to politicians and others to press for action. 

Belfast based Swift Hearers Youth supports the enlightenment and empowerment of young people from diverse ethnic and social backgrounds to fulfil their potential in their communities and beyond. It will use the grant to roll out a project designed and delivered by young people to raise climate change awareness through a variety of engaging and educational activities.

The project will involve community outreach, partnering with local businesses and organisations with the aim of fostering a wider commitment to environmental sustainability.