Right from its inception in November 2015 Footsteps has endeavoured to involve young people in its work and activities, not least because young people will be the generation most affected by, but which has done least to cause, climate change.
A number of activities have been run specifically for young people, most notably the ‘Small Footsteps’ interfaith environmental summer schools for young people in 2016 and 2017.
Events have been held to enable the voices of young people be heard. Footsteps has also included young people in a number of actual and online programmes.
Footsteps: Young People
Empowering and supporting younger people to take environmental action
People of different faiths in Birmingham came together as part of Interfaith Week to explore how we can ’empower and support younger people to take environmental action’. The aim of the workshop was to share (perhaps less well-known) examples of good practice with Footsteps supporters and the wider Birmingham faith community. This led into to […]
Faiths for Fun – young people’s energy saving tips
On Saturday March 9th Footsteps members Toqueer and Ruth led a workshop on climate change and energy saving at Faiths for Fun, the annual multifaith event for Scouts and Guides. There were about 50 young people taking part – the workshop was engaging, the children were keen to share tips as well as articulate the […]
Scouts share energy-saving tips
Footsteps Toqueer and Pete joined the Cole Valley District Scout camp for an afternoon on Saturday 17th June to provide an activity for scouts aiming to achieve their ‘faith encounter’ badge. Around 40 young people aged between 4 and 14 made a flashcard with tips on how to save energy, to share with friends, family […]