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.

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 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 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
Tech Empowerment
All participants will receive a refurbished laptop to keep.
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. 
Partners

Young people taking part in 100 Creative Agents of Climate Change are recruited through partnerships with 10 partner organisations.

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