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Eight UK organisations will receive £3,000 grants to run youth-led climate and health projects, culminating in meetings with policymakers.
The Natural History Museum, supported by charitable foundation Wellcome, is funding eight cultural organisations across the UK to support community action on climate and health.
The ‘Interconnected: Climate and Health’ cohort programme is open to UK museums and cultural organisations. It is part of the museum’s ‘Fixing Our Broken Planet ‘initiative, and will provide grants to organisations working with young people to develop events and activities exploring opportunities for health action in a changing climate.
The museum said the programme is introduced as increasing global temperatures challenge health systems around the world, from the spread of pollution to the impact of extreme weather.
Grants of £3,000 will be given to the chosen cultural organisations, culminating with participants meeting with policymakers to urge action on climate protection.
. Applications are now open until 26th October, with potential applicants not needing to have previously been involved with the Fixing Our Broken Planet Programme.
The Natural History Museum has recently partnered with eight more organisations following the third round of grant awards made through the existing strand of its Interconnected Programme, including the Royal Zoological Society of Scotland’s Highland Wildlife Park in the Cairngorms and Stourbridge Glass Museum in the West Midlands.
Tom Bevan, head of national programmes at the Natural History Museum, said, “The threats facing nature and our health are varied and interlinked, so it’s only right that the solutions should be too. Having new partners join our Interconnected Programme means even more young people will be able to take part, and see how the climate and biodiversity crises are affecting the places that are important to them.”
“By inspiring their communities to become advocates for the planet, they will drive the changes needed to ensure both people and planet can thrive going forward.”
Funders of the initiative include the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), part of UK Research and Innovation, Wellcome and The Claude and Sofia Marion Foundation, as well as our Supporting Corporate Partner, GSK.
