This year’s Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots UK Awards are to be held on 1 December 2014 at London Zoo. The awards recognise achievements by young people in the UK to help people, animals and the environment. It’s been a really strong year for entries across all the categories and the winners will be announced in the presence of Jane Goodall herself and other special guests. The full list attendees is still being finalised, but here’s a sneak peek at who is coming so far and some of the great work they have been doing over the past year:
Accrington St Christopher’s Church of England High School
2013’s Gold Award winners are still going strong and this year organised a sustainability conference for schools across the country, culminating in a Trashion show!
Eastbury Comprehensive School
Fund raising for Amnesty, cleaning up their local environment, Eastbury have been busy!
Liverpool John Moores University
Fundraising for Greenpeace, conservation trips to New Zealand and human chains in Germany!
Cañada Blanch Instituto Español de Londres
Bake sales and kitchen gardens, these guys have been doing the lot!
Malin Bridge Primary School
Whether it’s recycling and real cycling, Malin Bridge have been working hard to promote a cleaner, healthier local environment.
Evendons Primary School
A great example of people power, these guys have set up their own school!
Babington Community College
Babington College have been hard at work planting trees for their very own orchard.
Chowbent Primary School
Another group hard at work in the garden, the gardening club has been growing everything from healthy snacks for the tuck shop to remembrance day poppies.
James Allen Girl’s School
Fundraising, energy saving and even bush craft, the James Allen school has been doing it all.
Sandfield Close Primary School
Sandfields have been identifying bees and planting trees!
The New Forest School
Learning about Fair Trade, recycling, raising money for the RSPB, the New Forest School has been up to all manner of good work!
Portway Junior School
Previous gold award winner Portway Junior School have been super busy again this year, not least working with Andover Trees United.
Walhampton
Walhampton have been searching for mini-beasts, setting up a kitchen garden and lots lots more!
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