World Mental Health Day took place earlier this month, providing an opportunity for people and organisations across the globe, and from all walks of life, to talk about the important subject of mental health. While there is often still stigma around mental illness, it’s been heartening to see so many open conversations and supportive messages [...]
Photo: E Lowe- Emma by the Menai Strait. This blog is written by Emma, Marine Conservation Intern. When I finished my master’s degree last September, I had no clue what the future would bring. The opportunities for entry level marine biologists are competitive in a normal world but when emerging from a lock down, the [...]
This blog is written by 22 year old Andres, Groundwork London HR/Admin Assistant who was involved in the Welcome to the Green Economy project. Previous to joining the Our Bright Future project, I was unemployed as I was trying to make a career change while taking a gap year from university. I used to work [...]
This blog is written by 22 year old Ashleigh, the Our Bright Future apprentice who is excited about bringing together the environmental leaders of tomorrow. We are a youth led organisation and we need youth leaders. We are launching an amazing opportunity for young brand ambassadors to passionately represent Our Bright Future [...]
This blog is written by Emily Beever, Senior Development Officer at YouthLink Scotland. In the past, young people have often been portrayed as uninterested in elections or apolitical. This couldn’t be further from my experience of supporting a group of 15 young people to organise a national youth environmental hustings in advance of the Scottish [...]
Being a “Bee You” beekeeper in lockdown has had its challenges but the team adapted and embraced the opportunities it posed for us. Teaching beekeeping took on a whole new life of its own purely because it’s a very hands-on practical and visual subject. Aspects which were taken for granted in the classroom or training [...]
This blog is written by Kirstie Andrews, Youth Council member at The Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and North Merseyside. Can nature really help our mental health? I am a young person and have struggled with my mental health since being a child - I mostly struggle with depression and anxiety. I have lived in [...]
This blog is written by 21 year old Ashleigh Carter, the Our Bright Future apprentice who is passionate about the environment and making positive changes for the world. Mental health may be daunting words for some to hear but they shouldn’t be! I would like to live in a world where mental health can be [...]
Any partnership programme should add up to more than the sum of its parts and it’s a well-known fact that partnership collaborations typically achieve more than organisations or projects working in isolation. So, when Our Bright Future - one of the largest partnership collaborations funded through the National Lottery Communities Fund was being conceived - [...]
21 year old Caitlin from Warrington shares her experience of being part of the Lancashire Wildlife Trust’s Youth Council. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an incredibly trying time for many people, particularly taking a toll on the mental health of young people. As a student on a year off from university, I was struggling to [...]
