Children and Young People

Children and young people can contribute to a better quality of life and sustainable development in different ways:

You can change your habits at home such as by turning-off the tap properly and when you brush their teeth, and outside such as by putting litter in bins and respecting others.

At school, you can support your school in becoming an Eco-school, please visit the Eco-school website for more information or visit the Perthshire Positive Actions Forum.

School in Perthshire can receive a cash award from the Scottish Hydro Electric Perth and Kinross Eco-Schools Action Fund is it is achieving its first Green Flag and receive a Perthshire Positive Actions Awards Category 'Children and Schools' if it is achieving its first or Permanent Green Flag. For more information, please contact us on 0845 605 2000 or enquiries@quality-of-life-trust.org.uk

-School in Perthshire can participate in the Scottish Hydro Electric Perth and Kinross Eco-Schools Action Fund Energy efficiency school competition launched on 1st May 2008. £1,000 will be awarded to the school who will propose the best practical idea to improve energy efficiency in the said school. Deadline to submit entry form is 13^th June 2008. For more information, please contact us on 0845 605 2000 or enquiries@quality-of-life-trust.org.uk - Download the entry form and the Energy Efficiency self-audit

New generations can learn from past generations in particular from War Veterans' experiences, please click here for more information.

You can also campaign for Fairtrade.

Environmental Volunteering:

The Trust in partnership with Perth and Kinross Council Countryside Rangers is offering environmental volunteering opportunities for young people aged 14-25. Youth groups are able to include these opportunities within their normal programme of activities. Two options are offered:

Option 1

Group should pick up a minimum of 3 volunteering days between May and September in a planned programme. Each of the young people in the group must complete at least 3 days.

On the day, each group is accompanied by a youth worker or leader who supervises the group. The group organises transport to/from the site. On site, Perth and Kinross Council’s Countryside Rangers provides technical supervision, refreshments, lunches, material, tools and equipment. On the day, participants discover a place, explore it and conserve it.

The number of participants for each volunteering day is limited to 10. The minimum number of participants per group is 3 and the maximum is 10. Places are attributed on ‘first come first served’ basis.

Each of the young people participating in the volunteering days enter the John Muir Awards at Discovery Level or another level if appropriate.

Option 2

The Group organises a residential with an environmental theme between May and September. The Group choose the date and location. To be eligible, residential will have to meet the following criteria:

- The Group operates in Perth and Kinross

- The Residential involves young people aged 14-25

- The Residential takes place in Perth and Kinross area

- The Residential programme includes volunteering work to improve a local environment open to the public, or protect or conserve plants and/or animals habitats

- The Residential participants enter the John Muir Award programme at Discovery, Explorer or Conserver Level.

- The Residential must include at least one night

The Group has the entire responsibility to organise the residential.

If the residential meets the criteria and is selected, Perth and Kinross Quality of Life Trust will provide funding up to £1000 per residential. Only one residential will be supported per group and per annum.

For more information on how to access environmental volunteering opportunities for young people in Perth and Kinross, please contact us on 0845 605 2000 or qualityoflife@pkc.gov.uk