On Saturday 3 February 2018 Youth Forum members from Our Bright Future projects across the country met in York. Aaron Wheeler was one of them. Here's his story... Hey guys, my name is Aaron Wheeler. Not Alan, Darren or even Karen…as I’ve been called on the phone before! I’m 24 and I’m involved in a [...]
Ellie Brown is Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust’s first young Trustee. Here’s how she landed the role. Wildlife and the environment are two of my greatest passions, and it was my desire to have a positive impact on the health of this planet that led to my involvement with Green Futures, one of the brilliant Our [...]
Award winning teenage blogger, Zach Haynes, has joined the #OurBrightFuture #OwningIt campaign. Here’s what he’s up to… For those of you that don’t know me, I’m Zach! I live in North Yorkshire which makes me quite lucky as I have lots of countryside that I can explore. That’s great for me as I have a [...]
16-year-old Jordan Havell won the Nature Ranger Award from Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust for his awareness raising of stranded cetaceans. After battling to save a porpoise on a beach near his home, he circulated a poster from the British Divers Marine Life Rescue, giving vital information to people if they found themselves in a similar position. [...]
Merry Christmas everyone! To celebrate the festive season, we are embracing 'blogmas' and will be having not one, not two but three blogs this month. One per week leading up to the big day. Each of them is written by a young person who it taking part in the #OurBrightFuture #OwningIt campaign and taking action [...]
The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside’s Health and Skills Project Manager, Mike Winstanley, shares the excitement of a Royal visit to the Our Bright Future MyPlace project at Brockholes Nature Reserve in Preston. Prince Harry visited Brockholes to learn more about the ecotherapy project which is encouraging young people to get outdoors [...]
Matthew McWhinne, communications and marketing co-ordinator at Impact Arts, talks through a week of activity at their Creative Pathways project. The Creative Pathways project, delivered by Impact Arts in Glasgow, goes from strength to strength. Last month, young people developed their creativity through a week of activity, including classroom-based learning, a field trip to Edinburgh, [...]
Aaron Ross is an apprentice at the Fife's Our Bright Future project in East Scotland. He is working on a Level 2 Modern Apprenticeship in Trees and Timber. This is Aaron’s first blog that his Programme Coordinator sent to us. Thanks Aaron! At 9am on Wednesday 6 September we set out on our journey to Bussage, [...]
Phil Holtam, Sussex gleaning coordinator at Feedback tells us what this ‘gleaning’ is all about. Giving up a Saturday in summertime to tackle food waste on farms is no small sacrifice, especially when it involves hard work under the sun. But, that’s exactly what 45 generous volunteers did when they joined Sussex gleaning network’s sweetcorn [...]
John Cave from Yorkshire Wildlife Trust’s Tomorrow’s Natural Leaders (TNL) project, tells us about this summer’s Youth Summit that they hosted at the Potteric Carr Nature Reserve in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The day had a relaxed atmosphere, with a fantastic range of environmental youth organisations attending, yet a strong passionate message was shared between all [...]
