EDUCATION & ADVOCACY

Education, advocacy and youth empowerment through our 100 Creative Agents of Climate Change online residency programme (2024 - 2028), building on our Gulbenkian Civic Arts Prize winning programme in 2022, aiming to impact thousands of young people and engage them in the movement.

100 CREATIVE AGENTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE

ABOUT THE PROJECT

100 Creative Agents of Climate Change is a new art and activism project connecting change-makers from around the world with young people aged 18-30 to develop their skills, knowledge and capacity in building creative campaigns to mobilise communities in the fight against climate change.

The project will see the delivery of an online residency programme, co-curated by young people and focused on understanding and communicating the current and future threats to our climate. Young people will utilise ideas in creative campaigning from around the world to make their own projects and campaigns to engage other young people from their communities (on and offline) with a clear call to action. They will develop skills in climate knowledge/literacy, cultural leadership, creative activism, cultural production and management, entrepreneurship and creative skills for making change, advocacy, campaigning and influencing policy.

BENEFITS TO YOUNG PEOPLE

01 EMPOWERING YOUTH

1 young person from each partner organisation will receive £100 to participate in the Youth Advisory Board. They will be instrumental in the co-curation of the project, developing their knowledge of climate activism and honing skills in project design. This embeds the insight, experience and ideas of young people into the 100 Agents of Climate Change programme to ensure the project is as accessible, engaging and relevant as possible.

02 DYNAMIC ONLINE RESIDENCY

An additional 9 young people from each partner organisation will attend an online residency. Programming will span talks, workshops, events, film screenings, showcases, exhibitions, live streams, gigs and more, covering a wide range of topics and opportunities relating to creative climate activism. The residency will be interactive and innovative in its approach to engagement and will create authentic and safe spaces for connection and collaboration.

03 SEED FUNDING FOR YOUTH-LED CLIMATE ADVOCACY

10 projects led by young people will receive a total of £15,000 in seed funding to develop their climate advocacy creative community projects. Seed funding recipients will also be given the space to develop their ideas at a 4-day in-person residency at XCottage in Shepton Mallet.

04 Excellence in Inclusivity

All participants will receive a refurbished laptop to keep. 1-2-1s with an Access Support Worker are offered to all young people to identify and break down barriers. A wellbeing fund of £1,000 is available for participants to address any unexpected costs associated with taking part in the project.

05 MENTORSHIP

20 young people from across the project will receive 1-on-1 mentoring from In Place of War’s change-maker network.

06 NEtworking opportunities

Young people will have the chance to meet key environmental stakeholders, including representatives from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) at the Environmental Funders Network event in December 2024.

The online residency content was driven by In Place of War’s change maker network around the world, as well as guided by the young people involved in the programme. Interactive workshops covered a wide range of topics and skills relating to creative climate activism.