Green Schools Forum
Swale Council can offer a range of support for schools to help make places of education more sustainable and teach youth to lead more environmentally conscious lives.
Swale Green Schools Forum
The Swale Green Schools’ Forum provides an opportunity for schools to learn more about what they could be doing to reduce their carbon footprint, while sharing ideas teacher-to-teacher.
The Forum meetings are held quarterly – please sign your school up here, or email climate@swale.gov.uk if you have something you would like to discuss.
Resources and Projects:
Schools Tree Planting Guidance
The Council is keen to support schools in 'greening' their sites, providing a healthy, aesthetic, and biodiversity setting for students to learn in. To do this, the Council can:
- Give free site visits to provide bespoke advice on where on your land trees would be best for, and species to have to maximise effects on biodiversity.
- Support on potential funding streams, and;
- Give post-planting advice to discuss care plans and management.
The full document can be accessed by clicking here.
School Travel Plans
School Travel Plans are important in ensuring your staff and students can learn in a safe , and healthy environment. Having one also means your school can access funding.
If you would like to find out more, please email cyclingandwalking@swale.gov.uk
Pollution Patrol
KentAir's innovative and fun digital learning resource and immersive 3D experience. This website and supporting resources will help you understand more about air pollution and its effects on your health and the environment. Supported by Mid-Kent Environmental Health - please email ClareLydon@swale.gov.uk to discuss further.
School Bike Libraries
The Swale Cycle-Recycle projects sees unwanted bikes from across Swale to HMP Swaleside where inmates fx them as they work towards their qualifications. These are then sold for £10 a bike, which is purely to ensure the projects sustainability. Swale Borough Council is keen to help set up Bike Libraries in local secondary schools, for use by both staff and students. If you would be interested in this, or would like help setting one up, please email climate@swale.gov.uk