The city first participated in 2024 awarding 11 youth-led projects $50,000 through Bloomberg Philanthropies.
The 2025 Youth Climate Action Fund recipients are: a prototype nuclear fusion reactor, a film festival raising awareness through the arts, a pollinator education campaign and battery recycling and community repair events.
A committee made up of educators, community leaders, city staff, and members of the Youth Advisory Council evaluated and selected the projects for funding.
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Weston Mill-based social enterprise Surplus Rescue CIC (Community Interest Company) recycles and finds homes for unwanted furniture. To date, it has received “extensive amounts” of quality second-hand furniture including desks, pedestals, cupboards and office chairs from a former local authority office equipment – and wants to find them a good home.