Our Bay, Our Future
Our Bay Our Future provides exciting climate action projects and opportunities for young people (and those that support them!) around Morecambe Bay.
Each of the eight Our Bay Our Future programmes use the ‘head, heart and hands’ approach to learning about and caring for the Bay; designed to help children and young people of all ages to grow the values, skills and knowledge needed to care for where we live and secure local green jobs.
Over the next four years, we aim to:
Mobilise grass-roots action, helping to care for our Bay, one of the most beautiful and biodiverse places in the country, addressing the effects of climate change.
Develop green skills, knowledge and values, so that our community feels prepared, ahead of significant regional green investment.
Grow a cross-bay network of Climate Action Leaders, sustaining long-term action across our region!
Green Fellowship Programme
Aim
To equip green fellows with the climate and place-based knowledge and leadership skills needed to support translation of climate awareness into action.
Who
- Educators, youth leaders and community members who want to embed climate action into their practice.
- Aged 21+
- Applicants must be able to demonstrate that their work will impact young people who would not usually get opportunities to engage in climate projects, or that they themselves are from a background that has faced inequality
Targets
- 30 Green Fellows trained over the lifetime of the project
- 300 children engaged in transformative projects
Our Partners
Thanks to National Lottery players, Lancaster University, Lancaster and Morecambe College, the University of Cumbria and Morecambe Bay Partnership will lead the new ‘Our Bay Our Future’ programmes with funding from the Climate Action Fund, a National Lottery Community Fund funding programme that supports communities across the UK to act on climate change and involve more people in environmental action. You can find out more about our partners’ commitment to Our Bay Our Future, on their websites:
