HOME ABOUT IMPACT PRINCIPLES CASE STUDIES NEWS GET INVOLVED FAQS News Eco-Thursdays: #iWill Week Roundup #iWill week is coming to a close, but there have been some amazing eco-projects showcased from around the UK. Here’s our roundup of our favourites: November 25, 2021 #iwill Week 2021 Today marks the beginning of #iwill week which runs from today, November 22nd to November 26th. #iwill week is an annual celebration of youth social November 22, 2021 Eco-Thursdays: COP26 Takeaways and Next Steps COP26 concluded last weekend, with the conference’s final statement receiving mixed responses. Experts and the media around the world have largely agreed that it’s a November 18, 2021 Ormiston Academies: Updates Cowes Enterprise College career programme accolades Permanent Secretary for the Department for Education (DfE), Susan Acland-Hood gave praise to Cowes Enterprise College’s for their careers November 17, 2021 Eco-Thursdays: COP26 Youth Empowerment Day Friday 5th November was Youth and Public Empowerment Day at COP26 in Glasgow. Here’s a summary of the day’s events: Fridays for Future March On November 11, 2021 Ormiston Families Festive Skydive Fundraiser Take part in an Xtreme Xmas Jumper Day Festive Skydive to fundraise for Ormiston Families! Ormiston Families has organized a fundraising skydive activity on December November 10, 2021 Eco-Thursdays: COP26 First Roundup Today marks day 5 of COP26 in Glasgow, so we’re going to provide a brief overview of the major events that have happened so far, November 4, 2021 Ormiston Families Annual Lecture with Christ Atkins- Tickets Available Chris Atkins – credit Jay Dacey On November 17th, 2021 the annual Ormiston Families’ lecture will be given by BAFTA-nominated filmmaker, journalist and author Chris November 3, 2021 Eco-Thursdays: Introduction to COP26 COP26 is finally here! The opening sessions will be starting on Saturday 30th October and continue until Saturday 13th November. The conference is the annual October 28, 2021 Ormiston Academies: Updates Ormiston Venture student swims for Macmillan Cancer Support Ormiston Venture Academy Year 8 student George Loud swam seven miles in one week to raise money October 27, 2021 Eco-Thursdays: Environmental Careers There’s a lot of talk at the moment about careers and the job-market in the UK. We did a post last month about young people October 21, 2021 #TeamOrmiston Families takes on the London Marathon and Whole Hog Mud Run A great group of people participated in sporting events to raise money for Ormiston Families over the past month. First off, a group of eight October 20, 2021 Eco-Thursdays: Growing Food at Home There’s a growing call for eating organic and eating local. Both of these can help reduce emissions, natural resource use, and soil degradation due to October 14, 2021 Ormiston Academies: Updates Another round of exciting updates from Ormiston Academies are listed below! Ormiston Maritime Academy Ofsted Praise Ormiston Maritime Academy has been praised by Ofsted for October 13, 2021 Eco Thursdays: Cowes Enterprise College Sets Sail Over the weekend a group of students from Cowes Enterprise College completed a five-day voyage with Ocean Youth Trust South on the ship “Prolific”, for October 7, 2021 Ormiston Families Shortlisted for Awards Ormiston Families and two services they offer have been shortlisted for two awards. Ormiston Families has shortlisted an Investors in People Award for 2021 in October 6, 2021 Eco-Thursdays: Circular Economy in Schools The Circular Economy model is becoming more popular as an idea in economics, and several organisations have begun to explore how it could be applied September 30, 2021 Ormiston Academies: Updates The fourth round of exciting updates from OAT schools are outlined below! New sixth form block at City of Norwich School Last week the City September 29, 2021 Autumn Eco Activities #ecoThursdays Autumn is here! The weather, trees, plants, and animals are all starting to prepare for winter. Lucky for us, there are some great activities and September 23, 2021 Ormiston Academies: Updates The third round of exciting updates from OAT schools are outlined below! Ormiston Denes Academy Ofsted Praise Ormiston Denes Academy was praised by Ofsted for September 22, 2021 Ormiston Academies: Updates The second round of exciting updates from OAT schools are outlined below! Ormiston Park Academy basketball mentoring Ormiston Park Academy has appointed Diana Naydenova, professional September 21, 2021 Eco-Thursdays: Young People and the Future This week’s eco-Thursday post is focusing on young people and the future. New research has shown that young people are more anxious about the future of humanity and September 16, 2021 Ormiston Academies: Updates Various OAT schools have announced exciting updates and developments recently, two of which we’ve outlined below! Wodensborough Ormiston Academy Ofsted Rating Last week Wodensborough Ormiston September 15, 2021 Four London Schools Join OAT On September 1st, 2021 four alternative provision (AP) schools in London joined Ormiston Academies Trust (OAT). OAT plans to build on the work done by September 14, 2021 Walking, Cycling, and Scooting Back to School For this week’s eco-Thursday focus, we’ll be looking at how students can get to school in more environmentally friendly ways. Many schools have had Walk September 9, 2021 Apply to be an #iwill ambassador Applications are now open to become an #iwill ambassador! The #iwill campaign is recruiting their next cohort of ambassadors. #iwill is a UK movement helping September 7, 2021 Tree Theme for Back to School Week! Another summer holiday finished! For this week’s eco-Thursday post, we’re going to focus on trees. We’re linking this to going back to school because trees September 2, 2021 Fundraising Opportunities for Ormiston Families There are a number of different current opportunities to raise money for Ormiston Families! We’ve collected some of their current campaigns and upcoming fun events, August 31, 2021 Opportunities for Young People to Get Involved with Climate Social Action For this week’s eco-Thursday post, we wanted to showcase a couple of opportunities for young people in our network and around the UK to get involved August 26, 2021 Excellent GCSE results at the Gateway Academy Students at the Gateway Academy, an academy supported by our founded organization the Gateway Learning Community, received outstanding results on their GCSE’s last week. 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