Young Innovators Council (YIC) is the voice of young people at Northern Gas Networks. Its aim is to provide young people’s perspectives and help ensure young people’s thoughts and opinions are put at the heart of our decision making through meaningful and relevant engagement with our future customers.
We wanted to understand what the YIC expect to see from an education session about net zero, and to identify the benefits of this programme being delivered by someone from industry. We then wanted to begin to understand how the National Energy Research Village (NERV) and Hydrogen Home can be used effectively as part of this programme.
52%
of the Young Innovators said they do not learn about Net Zero at school.
Approach
We should design a programme of activities for each age group that builds on the previous stage’s learning and progresses knowledge and skills.
We’ve developed a range of resources across primary, secondary, post-16 that can be delivered by NGN or by teachers.
Resources
You said that gamification will help young people to understand and attempt to engage those around them.
We have developed a range of new resources based around games and challenges including a carbon footprint calculator and showing how their footprint can be reduced and setting challenges.
Content
You said that content needed to include practical activities and demonstrations as well as basic messaging around What is net zero, why it is important, how young people can make a difference.
We have taken all of the comments on board and have built in a long list of options to create a range of resources such as quizzes, board games, energy trumps and many more!