July 2020 – Solutions for the Planet

S4TP are Finalists in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards!!

Jen Baughan29th July 202029th July 2020News

We are delighted to announce that our CEO, Jen Baughan, on behalf of Solutions for the Planet, is a Finalist in the Pivot Entrepreneur of the Year category at the Great British Entrepreur Awards 2020 for the work that we have done pivotting the #BigIdeasCompetition2020 to the #VirtualBigIdeasCompetition2020!!

To be or not to be? To be… definitely!

Sarah Milburn22nd July 202022nd July 2020News

Over the past two months we have, partly, answered the question: How do you run a competition for schools and businesses when all of the schools’ doors are closed to their students and many businesses have furloughed staff and have limited capacity?

The Answer: The Virtual Big Ideas Competition.

Reflections and Celebrations

Sarah Milburn21st July 202021st July 2020Competition, News

Our first ever Virtual Big Ideas Competition 2020 is drawing to a close – 645 pieces of work were submitted; over 150 students from over 20 schools continued through the lockdown; more than 60 incredible mentors and judges were involved; and 7 live online regional finals were held! As an organization we are so pleased to have created a space, albeit virtual, for such incredible hope, positivity, collaboration and action at such a difficult time for the world. The S4TP team reflect on the last few months below, whilst looking forward to celebrating ALL the teams involved at the live-streamed ‘A Night With Big Ideas’ event on Thursday, August 6th, 17:30 – 19:00:

Listen to what our teachers have to say…….

Sarah Milburn15th July 2020News, Teachers

We are fortunate to work with some incredible teachers on our Big Ideas programme. If you want to find out why your school or business should get involved with Solutions for the Planet, then read what four of those teachers have to say:

CREST Awards on the Big Ideas programme!

Sarah Milburn15th July 2020Competition, News

BSA CREST Awards and Solutions for the Planet

Since 2015, over 1250 young people have been awarded a CREST Bronze Award for making it to a regional final in the Big Ideas Competition, and we can now add a further 145 who have just participated in our recent Virtual events!

Over the last two years, over 5500 young people on the Big Ideas programme also received or were eligible for their CREST Discovery Award! That’s a lot of potential changemakers out there!