At Solutions for the Planet, we’ve always believed that young people deserve more than a seat at the table, they deserve to help shape the future. Today, we’re excited to share our new 10‑Year Strategy (2026–2036), a long‑term commitment to making that belief a reality.

The world is changing fast. Climate pressures, shifting economies, and new expectations on organisations mean the decisions made today will echo for generations. Yet young people (those who will live longest with the consequences) are still too often left out of the decisions that matter.

Our new strategy sets out a clear ambition:

to embed youth voice, innovation, and leadership into the systems that shape our future.

A Future Built With Young People, Not Just For Them
Over the next decade, we’re focusing on one big idea:
youth‑powered sustainability.

That means creating the conditions where young people aren’t just learning about the future, they’re influencing it. It means supporting schools, businesses, and policymakers to work with young people in meaningful, structured ways. And it means ensuring that youth insight becomes a normal, expected part of how organisations think, plan, and act.

Focused, Disciplined, and Built for Impact
Rather than trying to do everything, our strategy commits us to doing the right things well. We’re doubling down on the work that has the greatest potential for long‑term change: empowering young people to create solutions, and helping organisations embed youth insight into real decisions. Everything we do will support our two main programmes: The Big Ideas Programme and Youth Insights.

We’ll grow carefully and intentionally, building credibility through delivery, strengthening partnerships, and using evidence to influence wider systems over time.

Hope in Action
This strategy is more than a plan, it’s a promise. A promise to young people that their ideas matter. A promise to partners that we will bring clarity, focus, and excellence. And a promise to society that we will champion a future shaped by those who will inherit it.

As the strategy puts it, we’re committed to “doing fewer things better — earning trust through delivery and embedding youth voice where it shapes real outcomes.”

The next decade starts now.
And it’s powered by young people.