Our Bay, Our Future
This project builds on the highly successful work of the Morecambe Bay Curriculum, a teacher-led approach to valuing and learning about the locality, environment and sustainability, encouraging and empowering local children and young people to become the change-makers and the innovators the planet needs.
Thanks to National Lottery players, ‘Our Bay Our Future’ (OBOF) is possible with funding from the Climate Action Fund, a National Lottery Community Fund funding programme that supports communities across the UK to act on climate change and involve more people in environmental action.
All the Our Bay Our Future programmes are geared towards developing skills, knowledge and values that spark behaviour change and climate action, essentially empowering the ‘youth voice’ and enabling young people to feel confident creating positive change
Stretching from Barrow to Fleetwood, the project area includes 120 square miles of coastal, rural and urban environments.
Specifically, focussing on young people, the project will:
- Mobilise action, helping care for Morecambe Bay, one of the most biodiverse places in the country, in addressing the effects of climate change
- Develop green skills, knowledge and values, ahead of significant regional green investment
- Grow a cross-bay network of Climate Action Leaders, sustaining long-term regional climate action
The innovative nine programmes, designed with community input, for toddlers to adults, will create a ‘ladder of participation’ leading from climate awareness to action and leadership.
Our Charity will lead 3 innovative projects over the next 4 years to engage over 2000 children and young people aged 3-16 years with the first projects launching in Autumn 2026.
The projects we’ll be delivering are detailed below.
Watch this 2 minute film
To find out more about this project, please watch this short film. It explains how children and young people can get involved and how we’ll work alongside our partners.
If ‘Our Bay Our Future’ is of interest to you, please look at the project options below and contact us for further information.
This project is made possible thanks to National Lottery Players and the Climate Action Fund, a National Lottery Community Fund.