A Year 13 student at Ratcliffe College has won the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust ‘Grand Ideas’ competition.
Robyn Warwick won £1,000 which will be used to implement her idea within the school.
Robyn’s aim is “to crack down on single use plastics and create a culture where recycling is an everyday part of school life”. Her idea also focuses on helping the School cut down on food waste.
Grand Ideas is a project of the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, with the support of the Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation and #Iwill Fund – proudly supporting youth social action.
The College’s Eco Team are continuing their bid to become an eco-school in 2020 and achieve Green Flag status. Eco-Schools is a global programme engaging 19.5 million children, making it the largest educational programme on the planet. It empowers children to change and improve their environmental awareness through simple Seven-Steps to achieve the international Eco-Schools Green Flag award.
Ratcliffe’s committed and tenacious team of eco-warriors have been working on an action plan since September 2019 to raise awareness amongst the school community about sustainable and responsible living.
A whole College Eco Committee has been established, incorporating the Nursery, Preparatory and Senior School. The committee is responsible for creating and implementing their action plan whilst working with guest speakers and sports kit providers Player Layer, who also sponsor Forest Green Rovers FC, the greenest football club in the world.
Not only this, but Ratcliffe College had its bid accepted for trees from the Woodland Trust, 30 trees will now be supplied to the school for planting in March.