To find out how you can support our campaign please contact
Sara Collins - Nature Premium Campaign Co-Founder and Lead Hypha
(Pronouns: she/her)
Email: [email protected]
Tel: 07581 484892
As a quick update, we have:
- A Corker of an idea! We are asking the government to guarantee regular and ongoing nature experiences for all children and young people (C&YP) with additional funding for those who need it most.
- Governance – We are Sector Specialist Group within the Institute of Outdoor Learning managed by a constituted Steering Group.
- Expertise and support - The Steering Group is made up of representatives from major conservation organisations, and three head teachers. We are also being supported by Bishop Jonathan Frost (the CofE education lead) who is keen that we use their established network of education settings including those in a wide range of urban areas of deprivation and ethnic communities.
- A practical proposal - where the Nature Premium funding would go directly to each education setting to be used to support the children and young people’s regular and ongoing nature experiences with respect to their life experiences and the school location.
- A Financial Model - the Social Bridging Finance Trial (SBF) model that has been designed to allow public bodies to test innovative policies at no financial risk, until the benefit has been proven. In this model the funders, policymakers, and implementers work in partnership and negotiate the responsibilities and Key Outcomes of the trial. Funders would support the Nature Premium SBF trial for 3 years on the condition that when Key Outcomes are achieved the public body sustainably funds the policy. You can find a full explanation of the Social Bridging Finance model here, where Bishop Jonathan Frost hosts a presentation by Kenneth Ferguson who designed Social Bridging Finance model.
- A funding Coalition – we have started to build our funding coalition to create an ambitious trial proposal.
- An open mind at the Department for Education - Stephen Morgan MP (Minister for Early Education) has supported the campaign since the beginning. He has enabled DforE officials to talk more constructively with us and a named official will attend our funding webinar as an observer. We think this presents a very good signal.
- Where will the money come from? We know it’s the obvious question, and we have been collecting ideas such as a 1% for the planet funding. The 1% for the Planet Foundation demonstrates that businesses want to support new employees and customers who will have agency to address the climate emergency and biodiversity crisis. A blended funding coalition is practical when Labour said that they would borrow to invest. What better investment than the best nature-based solution, the next generation.