Education and engagement
Engaging young people
Our Youth Climate Advocates programme built on Keep Scotland Beautiful's experience with training and youth engagement, to deliver accredited Climate Emergency Training to a total of 53 young people, aged 12-24 living in the Highlands, with a focus on waste and consumption.
Events & workshops
Our programme of events and workshops was a huge part of the Highland Community Waste Partnership, helping to build community, whilst providing people with the knowledge, skills and opportunities to do things differently and reduce the impact of waste and consumption.
Over the three years of the project, from 202-2025 we deivered the following:
Climate cafes and film nights
These events provided an oppportuity for people in the community to come together to learn about and discuss topics of interest.
Climate Cafe Black Isle - which provided the opportunity for people to engage around topics they were interested in, helping to foster a group of committed volunteers who are keen to continue supporting climate action in the area as a legacy of the HCWP.
Food waste and composting workshops
These events provided people with practical learning opportunities around preventing food waste and composting at home.
Visit the food waste & composting page to learn more about our work on this topic.
Sharing, repairing and upcycling events
These events provided people with the opportunity and skills to extend the life of their favourite items, saving money as well as reducing consumption.
Visit the Share & repair page to learn more about our work on this topic.
Embedding sustainability in community learning and skills - Lairg and District Learning Centre reflect on how their involvement with the Highland Community Waste Partnership this has helped them embed sustainability and climate change across all aspects of their activity.
