Future Footprints has received money from youth voluteering charity v and the HBOS Foundation to train young people aged 16 to 25 to take action on climate change.
They will receive support to help encourage people in their communities to reduce their carbon footprints, which will include drawing up action plans and holding profile-raising events. The scheme will run in Derby, Halifax, Leeds, Liverpool, London and Nottingham. Each project will receive £40,000 to carry out its work.
Groundwork's chief executive Tony Hawkhead said young people were often more concerned about climate change than adults. "They feel that lack of action on the part of adults will affect them more than any other group," he said. "But their concerns are often overlooked and they have few opportunities to feed into neighbourhood decision-making processes."
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