In the coming decades, climate change will cause a wide range of issues that will directly affect schools and local communities including more frequent and widespread flooding, scarcity of water resources, and increased risks associated with heat rises in the summer.

With state-funded school budgets having been squeezed year on year for over a decade, many schools face significant challenges in taking action to protect themselves. Add to this the lack of specialist environmental knowledge in some schools, plus ageing buildings and skills barriers, and it’s easy to see why so many need support.

Little Green Change’s Climate Resilient Schools project helps state-funded schools to adapt and plan for the future using our expertise and knowledge. We work directly with children to enable them to lead by example and to make Little Green Changes that make a BIG difference, showcasing and amplifying these achievements to create a sense of pride and purpose.

There are school-aged children in approximately 42% of all UK households. By engaging with, inspiring and empowering children to learn about, and help implement, climate change adaption changes at school, we can also inspire progress right across communities. Change in schools is already helping whole families, as well as school staff, see the many benefits of thinking and acting more sustainably.

This project offers participating schools: