Raise Cumbria attends the Youth Climate Summit 2024

Last week, Raise: Cumbria Community Forest took part in the 2024 Youth Climate Summit at The Whitehaven Academy.

Environmental organisations from across Cumbria came together with students and staff from 21 primary and secondary schools to share eco-friendly ideas and initiatives. We heard from Amy Bray, Founder of Another Way, who spoke about how we can solve the crisis of our planet’s health, and we met with partners including Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Active Cumbria and Westmorland and Furness Council. Over 100 students took part in activities and workshops, including a tree identifying activity with Raise’s Nathan, a wishing tree, and a tunnel of success where schools could share their climate action project work and ideas with others from across the county.

It was great to connect with other like-minded schools and organisations, all working together to create positive change.

We also took part in the first biodiversity mapping exercise on the Cumbrian Savannah we co-created with The Whitehaven Academy’s Eco Committee earlier this year. Led by Marley and Matilda and with the help of other students attending, we identified lots of species and started the data collecting process. It is wonderful to have the opportunity to return to our sites after the initial work has been delivered to see how Cumbria’s Community Forest is developing.

With thanks to The Whitehaven Academy, CDEC and CAfS for inviting us to take part.

Read more about our work with The Whitehaven Academy here.