Climate action workshop facilitator
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Summary
A chance for you to inspire children and their families to take action on climate change by reducing their carbon footprints.Detailed description
What will you be doing?
You will go to a primary school in to deliver a workshop programme about climate change/carbon footprints and inspire the children to start taking action on climate change! More specifically, this involves:
- Undertaking a short training to gain familiarity with the workshop materials (this can be done remotely).
- Delivery of a programme of workshops (five in total, each lasting one hour) during school hours. (You won't manage the students alone - the teacher remains with you the whole time).
- Providing feedback to Climate Ed about the effectiveness of the programme.
- Conducting a follow-up evaluation with the workshop participants two months after the end of the programme to see how much CO2 they have saved.
What are we looking for?
We are looking for:
- People who are knowledgeable about climate change (and related environmental/sustainability issues), keen to share their knowledge with others, and are able to inspire children to inspire their families to reduce their carbon footprints.
- People who enjoy interacting with children and answering their questions.
- People who can be available during school hours over a five week period.
We require volunteers to be aged 18 or over. Climate Ed has a robust safeguarding policy and all volunteers are thoroughly vetted and require a DBS check.
What difference will you make?
You will be playing a major part in inspiring and supporting the next generation to take action on climate change.
Children in schools desperately want to know more about climate change and be given the chance to engage with it, but they need enthusiastic, positive, knowledgeable people to guide them. You will be helping children learn about climate science and the impacts of a warming planet, and also how they and their family can take practical action towards living a more sustainable lifestyle.
What we will provide to volunteers
💸 Reimbursement of costsAbout Climate Ed
Our workshops help primary school students to understand the concept of carbon footprints and aim to raise their carbon literacy. We make use of volunteers to deliver our programme in order to harness their energy and dynamism, because that is often the thing which helps to inspire children – the presence of a real person, sharing why they care about climate change.
We currently work with primary schools across the West Midlands and the feedback received from staff and students shows that our workshops are effective:
• 94% of students reported that the workshops improved their knowledge of climate science
• 83% of students felt inspired to act with their families
• 96% of teachers said they would recommend our workshops to a colleague