We are pleased to announce the 12 National Finalists for the Solutions for the Planet Big Ideas Competition 2020. Between September 2019 and February 2020, more than 3800 young people across the UK started thinking about what issues mattered most to them. In teams...

Today is not what it could have been, but perhaps it's something better?! Thursday 25 June 2020 was the planned date for the Big Ideas Competition 2020 National Final at the Palace of Westminster. The culmination of a years worth of work for students, teachers,...

What is a ‘Virtual Big Ideas Competition’? A good question, and one that none of us knew the answer to two weeks ago, or even imagined a month ago, but on Monday the 4th of May, like many of the seeds in my greenhouse, the Virtual Big Ideas Competition burst into...

When I arrived back from my three week holiday at the beginning of March I had a strong feeling that the business I would be leading over the next few months was going to be a very different business to the one I left.  There was talk of schools closing, distancing...

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. Last year, nearly 2000 young people on the Big Ideas programme also received their...

Last Wednesday (12th February) I attended IGEM’s London Showcase and Lion’s Lair event with special guests Energy Gym, a team of two 13-year-old boys, Jack and Oliver from Priory School, Southsea.  They were finalists in the 2019 Big Ideas Competition, and had been...

On Tuesday 26th February Solutions for the Planet was invited to exhibit at the IGEM’s London Showcase and Lions' Lair.  Jen Baughan, CEO of Solutions for the Planet, shares her account of the event: I really didn’t know what the evening would have in store but I...

Trying to capture the energy and enthusiasm in the room when students begin working on their Big Ideas for Solutions for the Planet is no mean feat. But the overriding feeling is one of passion – seeing students having a passion to learn something new or understand...

We are delighted to announce a new product partnership with BIC. BIC is a world leader in stationery: for more than 60 years it has provided high-quality products across the globe which are simple, inventive and reliable choices for everyone, everywhere, every time....

In 2008, a Bradford-based organisation called Partners in Innovation held the first Solutions for the Planet competition. It was called 'Solutions for the Planet - the Great Debate', and the final was held at the Palace of Westminster. The winners that year...

Meet Dan, our third young person to sit on the Solutions for the Planet Big Ideas Programme Final panel. Year on year, we are trying to make sure the panel of judges better represent our target audience.  This can be a challenge, as, for many of our partners,...