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Announcing the South England Regional Finalists!

Sarah12th May 202112th May 2021News

Congratulations to all the teams that submitted their ideas, in the face of such challenging circumstances this year. We’re so proud of all of you! The 25 South England school submissions have been judged, and we have our Regional Finalists!

Announcing the Central England Regional Finalists!

Sarah12th May 202112th May 2021News

Congratulations to all the teams that submitted their ideas, in the face of such challenging circumstances this year. We’re so proud of all of you! The 42 Central England school submissions have been judged, and we have our Regional Finalists!

School Recruitment – Big Ideas Days are back!

Sarah19th April 202120th April 2021NewsBig Ideas, Sarah@S4TP

Easter is a busy time for us – it’s a time where we are guiding the students on the current programme cycle towards submitting their Big Ideas into the competition while simultaneously launching our school recruitment for next year’s Big Ideas Programme 2022 and reaching out to schools between now and the summer holidays.

Introducing ISS Labour, our first Associate Partner

Sarah30th March 202131st March 2021News

Solutions for the Planet is pleased to announce that in March 2021, the multi-disciplined UK Railway and Light Rail contractor ISS Labour joined our Business Partner Network, as a Big Ideas Programme Associate Partner.

The Virtual Big Ideas Competition National Final 2020!

Jen - S4TP24th November 202026th November 2020News

What an event! In our new normal of virtual events, our National Final on Wednesday 18 November, has to stand out as of one of the best! We welcomed twelve amazing Big Ideas teams, parents, teachers, mentors, special guests, our exceptional judges, inspiring keynote speakers, and a panel of sustainability experts. It was a truly awesome finale for the Big Ideas Competition 2020.

Big Ideas Days – Out of the Box!

Sarah23rd November 202030th November 2020News

How does an organisation that goes into schools to work with young people, teachers and mentors, continue in the face of a pandemic that requires us all to work from home, socially distance and exist in bubbles? By thinking “Out of the Box” of course – and that’s exactly what we’ve done!

2020 National Final Results!

Sarah20th November 2020News

An Evening with Big Ideas

Sarah12th August 202012th August 2020News

Due to the national lockdown, we were unable to end our 2019/20 Big Ideas programme year in the usual way and on the usual date. So instead, to mark not only the end of the programme year, but also to showcase the INCREDIBLE amount of hard work, creativity and resilience of our teams of young people, we decided to put on a live virtual event – An Evening with Big Ideas!
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A look back to last year’s National Final

Sarah10th August 202030th March 2021News

In a ‘normal’ year, by this month we’d have already ended our Big Ideas Programme with the Competition National Final at the Palace of Westminster, and the S4TP team would be preparing hard for the start of a new year’s programme – but we all know that 2020 has been anything but a ‘normal’ year!

S4TP are Finalists in the Great British Entrepreneur Awards!!

Jen - S4TP29th 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!!

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