Youth Climate and Sustainability Forum

World Children’s Day 2023, Youth Climate and Sustainability Forum

As part of Redbridge’s commitment to protecting and promoting the rights of children and young people, Redbridge have hosted and promoted several events across the Council for World Children’s Day. One of these events was the borough’s first Youth Climate and Sustainability Forum in the Town Hall.

Here is a snippet from a press release about the event:

“Led by Redbridge Council’s Neighbourhood Education and Engagement Team, the event gave the youngsters the chance to network with each other, share green achievements and ideas, whilst broadening their skills and knowledge through workshop activities and discussions with a panel of leading environmental experts.

Students also participated in activities and workshops run by individuals and organisations involved in environmental work. It included a Team Repair Workshop demonstrating repair skills that can help fix broken items so they can be reused, instead of discarded.

Other workshops included an art session, and an exploration of biodiversity in Redbridge. Students also heard from, and quizzed, a panel of green experts from Earthwatch Europe, Team Repair, and Redbridge Council.”

Our World Children’s Day celebrations form just a part of our wider Child Friendly Redbridge efforts. The Council is currently working with the United Nations Committee for UNICEF (Unicef UK) to become recognised as a Child Friendly Community. As such, we are committed to promoting the rights of young people in Redbridge and putting their rights and voices at the heart of decision making across the borough. We are currently working are aiming to be the first local authority in England to be recognised as a Child Friendly Community.

To find out more about our Child Friendly Redbridge programme efforts and aims, and how you can get follow the link here.