As part of the very successful Energy Fair that was held recently, Youth Engagement offered children and family activities upstairs in the Rainbow Room.
All the activities were linked to energy in some way, including a simple circuit, wind up torches, electrical ‘buzz’ games, a static electricity experiment, making model houses with tiny solar panels and making windmills and energy superhero colouring sheets. We were also fortunate to have some real solar panels outside on the balcony which we could show to everyone. Most people had never seen them close up before!
During the day we had about a dozen customers, all of whom seemed to enjoy themselves. While they were taking part in the activities we had the opportunity to chat to the children and their parents about energy, climate change and Moorlands Climate Action: raising awareness and maybe recruiting some new members. We gave out one of our Activity Packs to everyone who came.
It would have been nice to have more ‘customers’ but I guess and Energy Fair doesn’t attract many families and we were upstairs, limiting accessibility. But we felt that it was a success on the whole and worth doing.
Sally Perry