Programme Launch
TYF’s Future Generations Practitioner programme (FGP) launches with a three-part quest that breaks trail for a learning journey exploring the connections between human and environmental wellbeing and the ‘upstream’ solutions that keep people and nature healthy.
The programme is open to young people (12+) and the teachers and parents who’ll coach and support them. FGP is relevant for anyone with an interest in the connections between wellbeing, sustainability, economy and community.
Participants on the FGP will be embarking on a journey of experiential, inquiry-based learning during which they will explore real-world challenges set by health, climate and environment professionals from institutions around the world. The initial three days are a lead-in to the formal launch of the Future Generations Programme on 1st March 2021. The FGP online courses will be free to participants for the first three months of delivery.
Each session will run for two hours, from 18.00–20.00hrs online. The beta programme will be introduced by TYF’s Chief Exploration Officer Andy Middleton and led by legendary science teacher Neil Atkin.
Discover: 16th December Meet the team and fellow change makers. Introduction to 5 key principles of Planetary Health. Learn the art of asking better questions about what you notice and what matters. Setting your first Compass for Life goals. Discover the scale of impact that you could help make happen.
Explore: 22nd December Learn the art of rapid prototyping, failing fast and learning faster. Prepare for the first learning quest that’s going to involve rethinking the way that £8b of new hospitals can inspire and engage citizens on health as well as heal them when they’re sick. Explore the boundaries of what would be possible and make it real for the place you live.
Reflect: 5th January Summarise the learning and insight we’ve gathered in the gaps between Christmas celebrations, mince pies and family gatherings. Sharpen those collective insights with the help of more questions from Neil’s treasure chest and summarise it for ‘elevator pitches’ to our guest speakers. Plan the learning activities and Compass for Life work for the two months leading up to the launch. Reflect on what you’ve learned and what you know you want to learn next.
FGP full programme
We’ll be recruiting in January and February and will launch the full programme on 1 March. From then on, a series of online coaching and impact learning workshops will run for 40 weeks a year during term time. There will be two residential weekends and a summer camp that combine learning in the outdoors to deepen environmental awareness and build problem solving, team and leadership skills
There will be a charge for the residential experiences and will work with potential funders to ensure that everyone gets access to them regardless of their parents’ income or savings.
Benefits
Across the UK there are over 200,000 young people on their way to training for careers in healthcare, wellbeing and medicine. Each one of them wants to go to the best University or College for their chosen subject; so do hundreds of others.
The FGP programme is prepare young people from all backgrounds for a career as change leaders in a rapidly-changing health system where. During their working lives, the wellbeing of nature , community and business will once again be connected to human health.
We hope that FGP trained professionals will be some of the leaders who help shift the way that health and wellbeing is delivered by health professionals, voluntary organisations and business, for nature and community.
We hope that at an individual level, every FGP participant will take away a mix of the following benefits:
o Creation of an amazing portfolio of important and relevant work experience that’ll make
o Know how to weave the principles of planetary health into study, life & work
o Understanding ways that prevention can be scaled up
o Playing a part in changing a whole country’s food and health system
o Tackled tough challenges set by health and environmental sector leaders
o Technical skills including observation, human-centred design and rapid prototyping
o People skills around collaboration, teamwork and leadership
o Being part of a powerful cohort of fellow change-makers
o Connections to leading health thinkers and practitioners across the country
o Completion of a Level 3 Certificate in Planetary Health, certified by Schumacher College
Cost
Our goal is to put the whole of the FGP programme content in reach of every young person who is curious or steadfastly committed to making the world a better place by reconnecting health, nature and the wellbeing of future generations.
Next step
Email Sam Charlesworth, FGP Coordinator at TYF to confirm your free place on the first three sessions. Sam.c@tyf.com or if you’ve got any urgent questions.
