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WHY WE WORK WITH YOUNG PEOPLE

We’ve been reaching out to young people for over 30 years, helping them to connect with nature and build their skills, knowledge and confidence to do something to protect it.

Through our work with young people, their families, schools and communities, we’re aiming to inspire a new generation of sustainability champions and help young people make positive choices for a brighter future for our planet.

For schools

For schools

For over 30 years, we’ve been working with teachers and schools, providing a wide range of curriculum-based resources and real-world activities to engage and inspire their pupils.
For youth groups

For youth groups

We work with youth groups and leaders to help young people build their knowledge and understanding of the environmental challenges facing our planet and develop the skills to do something about them.
For young people

For young people

Our new dedicated youth engagement programme will support and empower young people to protect the planet and help them motivate other young people to join in the fight to protect our natural world.

For families

Activities to connect with nature

By helping families to experience the wonders of nature together, we can inspire them to become informed and caring ambassadors who are well equipped to take action for our amazing planet.

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Our Featured Education Programmes

From climate change to citizenship, our education programmes enable young people to learn about our precious planet, the environmental challenges it faces and how we can all take action.

Illegal Wildlife Trade

Illegal Wildlife Trade

We’ve partnered with Defra to launch two exciting new classroom resources as part of our commitment to tackle the illegal wildlife trade.
A Million Hands

A Million Hands

We’re proud to be a part of The Scout’s A Million Hands programme, where we're providing ready-made activities and ideas to support young people who want to get involved and take action to protect our planet.

Latest news

If you've established an exciting green initiative at school, in your group or community, or have enjoyed a particular activity, then we'd love to hear from you. Please email us at youth@wwf.org.uk and we'll look to get your story published!

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