DYW West – Developing the Young Workforce event

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What a busy morning yesterday meeting over 160 S1-3 pupils at St Margaret’s Academy, Livingston!

This was part of DYW West – Developing the Young Workforce “Career Speed Dating” event with various employers, including ourselves at WLCAN Hub.

With quickfire sessions involving nearly 30 groups across the 3 year groups, we talked about the dozens of jobs that support our growing ‘climate industry’ from scientists to installers; IT specialists to development workers!

We talked about skills, pupils’ own career interests, qualifications, what climate means to them, briefly introduced them to and used items from our Climate Education Kit to stimulate discussion and more.

It was great to hear from some budding young social/environmental entrepreneurs already formulating ideas for reusing and selling on refurbished gadgets, others interested in nature and science, and those who wanted to be trades people doing apprenticeships at college or go onto to study at university.

What a memorable morning!

We are going back to deliver a young Climate Fresk workshop to 20 or so pupils involved in the school’s Climate 1.5 Max Real World Climate Education group. Watch this space . . . 😁

If any schools or other groups are interested in climate or climate action related training, please get in touch as we have several options for different audiences. Or we can tailor this to your needs.

Media campaign on retrofitting homes and buildings

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A media campaign on retrofitting homes and buildings for insulation and other energy saving measures launches from mid-May.

The Integrated Employer Engagement Team under the Edinburgh and South East Scotland City Region Deal is looking for content to help improve understanding of adapting the ‘old into the new.’ Video clips cover industry and domestic case studies including WLCAN’s own Neil Barnes, who chats about his own home’s retrofit.

The campaign will include a website and the team is looking for individuals who can help improve understanding of the work. They’re interested in any information that would encourage tackling climate change through retrofit, for example local initiatives, jobs, volunteering, case studies or education materials.

To contribute contact: [email protected]