Climate Ambassadors

Funded by the DfE, Climate Ambassadors match volunteer climate experts with education settings.

Let’s Go Zero Climate Action Advisors

Part of Let’s Go Zero, Climate Action Advisors are independent experts who offer free support for schools, colleges, and nurseries across England.

Build your staff confidence to take action on sustainability

At this stage, your staff and volunteers will have different training needs across different roles. Look to give everyone basic awareness of sustainability, with deeper dives for your sustainability leads.

Deepen your knowledge and understanding of climate change and sustainability

This involves increasing your leadership team's knowledge and awareness of the key issues, and challenges related to sustainability and climate change, helping them to understand the urgent need to prioritise action in becoming a more sustainable setting.

Low costLong term action

Develop a CPD programme

For many staff in education settings, sustainability and climate action are new topics. It’s likely that some training will be needed to help them create goals to mitigate the impacts of climate change and promote sustainable practices.

MilestoneRepeat action

Develop your sustainability team

Identify what resource is needed for a long term sustainability team that will help to achieve your long term sustainability goals.

Long term action

Embed sustainability training into the induction of new staff

Use the opportunity of new staff joining your setting to upskill them, set expectations and embed sustainability behaviours and practices from the start. This can help drive your developing ethos and culture at your setting of prioritising sustainability.

Low costRepeat action