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Newsletter July 2021
Our Bristol 17 campaign to promote the Global Goals has launched!
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An inspiring range of local heroes are being celebrated in our #Bristol17 campaign to encourage more people to take positive action to help tackle poverty, inequality and climate change.
A series of 17 short videos, one for each of the 17 Global Goals, are being released from Tuesday 6th July. Each one highlights a Bristol hero who is doing something inspiring to help reach that Goal. Each hero was nominated by a different community group in Bristol who offer plenty of ways for us all to take local action to help reach global goals.
The videos will be released one per week across social media platforms and on the new Global Goals Centre website as a countdown to the major climate conference, COP-26, being held in Glasgow (1st-12th November). The aim is to engage a wider audience with the climate and inequality agendas and show the relevance of these issues to our city and our daily lives.
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Nick Ballard co-founded ACORN in Bristol in 2014. He’s our hero for Goal 1 - No Poverty - and was nominated by Eastside Community Trust, who said “ACORN’s campaigns tackle both the causes and effects of poverty. Nick is a local boy who has grown ACORN into a national force to be reckoned with, championing issues that make a real difference. He is a real local hero”.
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Get behind the campaign by sharing content across social media. You can find us here...
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Visit our new website!
Our shiny new website http://www.globalgoalscentre.org has all the Bristol 17 heroes, as well as information about our charity and how to get involved.
We are creating a Resource Hub for everything Global Goals related – for teachers, businesses and citizens to get involved. If you want to submit a resource, please do contact us.
Global Goals Centre raising the voices of refugees
We are excited to work with Bristol Refugee Rights, City of Sanctuary and Bristol Beacon to create a ‘refugee voices’ immersive experience, to understand the reasons for migration and celebrates the cultural and societal contributions of refugees and asylum seekers.
In a creative and interactive environment, young people will hear directly from refugees about what prompted them to settle in Bristol and their early experiences here, reflect on the positive multicultural impact of immigration in the city, and consider what action they can take at home, in school and in their local community to support refugees and cultural integration. Young people and the public will be able to interact with and respond to the content.
An installation at the Bristol Beacon is planned for November 2021.
Young people are more willing than adults to change their habits to tackle the climate crisis
A survey carried out by the UWE Bristol and the Global Goals Centre has revealed that young people in the UK are prepared to lead the way when it comes to combatting climate change and are more willing than adults to make changes to their lifestyle.
A total of 1,170 participants aged 7- 18 were surveyed, answering questions that related to their understanding of climate change, it’s effect on people in the UK and abroad, willingness to make lifestyle changes and who they feel is responsible for tackling climate change.
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72% of young people are willing to support key habits in reducing climate change compared to 62% of adults.
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Young people are more likely than adults to recognise the impact of climate change on other people around the world.
While a majority of young people had a high level of knowledge around climate change and recognise the importance of political leaders in mitigating the crisis, they had little knowledge of political meetings such as COP26 or who the current political leader for climate change is; a finding that was shared in the adult Sky/YouGov survey carried out in March. The need for more education and engagement, such as through the Global Goals Centre projects, is evident.
At our Teacherfest debate in June, 53% of teachers and pupils said they didn’t have enough teaching or resources on climate, and 80% said they didn’t have enough on equality issues. We aim to fill that gap!
Posted: August 2021