Free Climate Action Plan Workshop - Manchester

How can your nursery, school or college save money, prepare for future heatwaves and become a healthier, more comfortable place to work and learn?

This is your invite to a free, in-person workshop in Manchester to kick off your engagement with our sustainability support programmes – no matter where you are on your sustainability journey.

You’ll join other education settings in your region for an interactive afternoon of sessions from the DfE’s Sustainability Support Programmes - National Education Nature Park, Sustainability Support for Education and Climate Ambassadors, working with Let’s Go Zero to provide hands-on, tailored support in the North West.

What you'll learn

Together, you’ll work through the ABCDs of climate action — the four pillars of a climate action plan — and start developing a plan (or refine an existing one) that is tailored to your setting, ambitious enough to make a difference and realistic enough to put into practice.

You’ll explore how sustainability can help your setting:

• Save money by reducing energy use and identifying practical efficiency measures

• Prepare for heatwaves and extreme weather, making your buildings, grounds and operations more resilient

• Create healthier, more comfortable environments for pupils and staff
• Support learning, wellbeing and inclusion, including creating better environments for pupils with SEND

• Bring climate and nature education into your curriculum

You will have time to network with fellow local education settings, as well as connect to the DfE-commissioned organisations, working on the ground to support climate action planning across the education sector.

Agenda

1:30pm - Welcome and intro

2.00pm - Adaptation- Climate Ambassadors workshop

2.45pm - Biodiversity- Nature Park workshop

3.30pm - Break and light refreshments

3.45pm - Decarbonisation- Let's Go Zero workshop

4.30pm - Climate Education and Green Careers

5.15pm - Plenary and Next steps

5.30pm - Close