Schools
The Climate Ambassadors scheme mobilises a network of hundreds of enthusiastic, trained volunteers from across England to support early years settings, schools and colleges to take action on climate change and biodiversity loss. By helping make climate and sustainability education more widely available to all young people, they will help develop the citizens and workforce needed for the green transition.
Education Decarbonisation Framework
Barker are delighted to announce the launch of West Mercia Energy’s (WME) ‘Decarbonisation Framework’, aimed at supporting the decarbonisation of the education sector. The single supplier framework has been awarded to Barker following a robust PCR compliant tender exercise and provides a route to market for any education establishment in the UK looking to access a range of decarbonisation consultancy solutions. The framework forms part of WME’s “Use Cleaner, Use Less” strategy, supporting our public sector customers transition to a low carbon future.
Let’s Go Zero supports schools, colleges and nurseries in cutting their carbon, becoming better places to work, learn and play. Our support is free, friendly and tailored to the needs of individual schools. There’s help develop a climate action plan and support to access funding for green projects, from solar panels to uniform swap-shops. Our Climate Action Advisors are on hand with practical solutions and ideas. The UK’s schools are a huge source of carbon emissions and also shape the future of our communities. This makes them central to the government’s clean power and opportunity missions. Schools need urgent help to decarbonise and particularly to create modern, energy-efficient buildings. A new guide has been produced to assist in navigating the complex financial journey of decarbonisation.
The Nineveh Charitable Trust supports UK based schools and not for profit organisations with funding for a range of projects and activities that promote a better understanding of the environment and countryside, whilst facilitating improved access, education and research.
Net Zero Funding information for Schools
Schools can travel a long way through their decarbonisation journey without need for much additional funding. Integrating energy-efficient features does not necessitate substantial financial resources. Such investments result in long-term cost savings.
Sustainability and climate change: a strategy for the education and children’s services systems
This strategy applies to the education and children’s services in England:
- Early years
- Schools (and independent schools where applicable)
- Further education
- Higher education
- Children’s social care
DfE has an important role to play in all aspects of sustainability, but, the area in which we have the most work to do is reducing our environmental footprint, particularly in the drive to achieve net zero. While the policies set out here are focussed on the environmental aspect of sustainability, this is done with consideration for how those policies will interact with the social and economic aspects of sustainability.