Youth Action’s work with schools continues apace! MCA’s Mike Jones is now a trained volunteer member of Keele University’s Climate Ambassador Scheme. Mike is one of a number of climate ambassadors who are skilled DBS checked volunteers available to support local Staffordshire Moorlands schools to develop and implement their Climate Action (green) Plans. The Climate Ambassador Scheme is funded by the Department for Education (DfE), as all education settings in England are expected to have adopted this plan by 2025. If you are a teacher, governor or member of your local school’s PTA and would like further information about how a climate ambassador can help your school with its climate action plan, please contact Emma Baines at
Youth Action coordinator Sally continues to support several participating Leek schools to achieve ‘Plastic Free’ status and has so far had many successes! Also, several schools including Manifold School and Endon Primary School are aiming to participate in the RSPB’s Big Schools’ Birdwatch. Children spot and count the birds in their school within a short time period. Their uploaded results contribute important local data towards the national status of our birds.
Moorlands Wild Week 9-13 June Schools are currently being invited to take part in our 4th Wild Week where our brilliant volunteers visit schools to lead workshop sessions about our endangered wildlife and biodiversity. This provides fun, nature based activities usually outside the classroom. It is also vitally important, since research shows that children are losing touch with nature, along with the words that describe our wildlife and environment. We will be helping to re-introduce these lost words and to help children experience the real thing first hand. If you would like more information and/or would be interested in helping us to deliver a workshop session or two in a local school, please contact Sally or Moira on
Our annual youth art, photography and poetry competition will be launched at the end of June to coincide with the start of the Summer Holidays. Please let us know if you are able to deliver competition entry leaflets to your local school, youth club or would like one for your own child/children. Further details will be available in our next newsletter.