It’s too hot
Schools are closed
We must learn to adapt – fast
This Summer is the hottest on record… Schools are not prepared for climate change. Teachers don’t have the specialist knowledge or enough stories of hope and climate action to inspire their students. Children and young people need to be empowered to adapt and find agency in a changing world.
“Global heating is the single biggest threat facing mankind, yet climate education in this country is woefully inadequate. Children need to be equipped with knowledge and skills but they also need to be inspired, and to feel a sense of agency and excitement about the future they will shape.” – Michael Rosen
Hot Poets is ready to do that. We have the stories of real climate action and can show young people a way to see themselves as part of the green transition.. We have incredible partnerships, awesome trained poets, world class resources and the demand from schools.
What we need now is the capacity to meet that demand and ensure this work reaches as many schools, teachers and young people as possible.
Why do we need support
Since launching our education programme, we have been inundated with schools keen to bring these experiences into their classrooms. Demand is growing rapidly. More schools are asking us to visit than we can currently support.
Like many small independent arts organisations, we are operating in an increasingly challenging funding landscape. While our current funding allows us to do so much, we need support to sustain and strengthen the organisation behind this work, so that more of our time, energy and resources can be directed towards delivering opportunities for young people.
Your donation will help us empower more teachers, bring more poets and experts into classrooms, offer more subsidised and free opportunities to schools that need them most, and continue building a programme that is already making a difference.
We need to raise £20,000 this Summer
- All donations matter – your £20, £50, £100 – will add up fast
- £500 -£1000 goes towards putting a poet in a school from a priority area.
- The success of our crowdfunder will enable us to deliver our nation wide education programme – on target to resource 20,000+ schools and reach one million children
