Our third Regional Final for the Big Ideas Competition 2024 will be taking place at the University of Bradford on Wednesday 15th May.
We’re excited to be joined by 11 teams from 5 schools in North England who will present their Big Ideas to a panel of judges, made up of representatives from our Business Partners, Solutions for the Planet, professionals in the STEM/Sustainability/Education/Youth spheres, plus our very special Young Person judges. See our judging panel for this Regional Final at the bottom of this page.
Read on for details of all the inspirational Big Ideas the teams will be presenting at this Regional Final…
Raya
Bradford Girls’ Grammar School
Providing for refugees with a focus on Mental Health services.
Breathe Free
Bradford Girls’ Grammar School
To encourage people to use public transport, walk or cycle and educate them as to why this is good for the planet.
PodZzz
Bradford Girls’ Grammar School
Setting up a community of ‘pods’ that homeless people can sleep in and gain education and skills to further their life opportunities.
Food Poverty
Bradford Girls’ Grammar School
Collecting wasted/spare food and redistributing to those in need.
Stop Makeup Waste
Outwood Academy Shafton
An educational campaign about the negative impacts of make-up waste, targeted at people who follow trends and buy bulk make-up, letting it go to waste.
Burn Ban
Outwood Academy Shafton
Buying areas of the Amazon and hiring local people to stop them burning the land.
Go Solo
St. Bernard’s Catholic High School
A way to adapt your car to using sustainable energy from solar panels, making it more affordable and therefore widespread.
Poverty Protection
St. Bernard’s Catholic High School
A hotel aimed at poor families, living in Indian slums, where they can access necessities to live an average life.
Better Water
The Halifax Academy
A device that will take dirty sea water and distill it into clean drinking water.
Team Sea’s/ TACKLE Floods
Bishop Young CofE Academy
A hydrophobic magnetic net to remove metals from the sea.
The Drain Warriors
Bishop Young CofE Academy
A campaign to improve stormwater drainage systems.
Judges
