Empowering young people and their communities to reduce waste and carbon emissions.
Our Planet Needs You brings schools together in a friendly competition, with students and the wider school community competing across nine practical climate action challenges.
Schools are further supported by youth volunteers and local businesses – turning climate action into collective action.
Meet St John XXIII Catholic Primary School – the winning school from our launch year competition.
2025–2026
IMPACT REPORT
We’ve been busy!
Read all about our pilot programme and the impact created here.
10→100
Schools
Will you join us and help lead the change?
We're bringing together schools, community volunteers and funding partners to reach thousands of young Londoners through measurable climate action in local communities.
Together we'll help schools:
Lower their carbon footprint
Save money by reducing energy use and waste
Create greener, more biodiverse school environments
Inspire students, families and local communities to take collective action
Connect with volunteers from local businesses
Equip young people with the skills and confidence for future green careers
Schools receive:
A fully guided climate action programme
Cost saving and fundraising support
Impact reporting aligned to Climate Action Plans
How OPNY is funded
We believe every school should be able to participate regardless of budget. That's why we work with councils and local organisations to sponsor schools through their climate, education and social value programmes.
Schools register their interest first, and we work with local partners to secure funding wherever possible.
Funding partners receive:
TOMs-compliant social value reporting
Measurable environmental and community impact
Meaningful opportunities to engage employees and local communities
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MORE IMPACT
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Join us as we grow from 10 to 100 schools and inspire the next generation to lead the change.
SCHOOLS
Schools can register to join the 2026/27 programme here
partners
Councils and Social Value partners can register to support the 2026/27 programme here
Questions, ideas…?
News
We’ve been shortlisted!
Our Planet Needs You has been shortlisted for Green Business of the Year at the H&F Business Awards 2026!
It’s a real privilege to be recognised alongside so many brilliant businesses and organisations helping to make Hammersmith & Fulham a better place to live, work and grow.
This year’s awards will be held at H&F Council’s newly revitalised Grade II-listed Town Hall and Civic Campus on Thursday 17 September.
As Cllr Zarar Qayyum, H&F Cabinet Member for Enterprise and Skills, says:
“Our Business Awards are all about celebrating the strength, diversity and ambition of the enterprises and organisations in H&F.”
We’re very proud to be part of it. Wish us luck!
Our Planet needs you
It all starts with a story…
Learn about our planet’s struggle with pollution and climate change, and what we can do to make a difference.
Our Planet Needs You transforms schools into hubs for climate action.
Through live monthly assemblies, practical challenges, and a competition leaderboard, the programme engages thousands of students in low-carbon lifestyles, reducing waste and emissions in local communities, while helping school leaders reduce utility costs and decarbonise their estates by 2030.
Our Youth Lead and Social Value Volunteer Programme empowers young people and local employees to support programme delivery in schools, building leadership and communication skills while creating a self-sustaining model that embeds sustainability into everyday life.
Every person plays their part.
Every action counts.
Lead the change,
Be the change.
Thanks to support from Hammersmith & Fulham's Climate Action Team, our first local authority partner…
We successfully delivered a 10-school pilot across Hammersmith & Fulham, engaging more than 2,000 students and saving over 200 tonnes of carbon emissions in collaboration with local schools and community organisations.
Our goal is to work with more local authorities and social value partners to scale the programme across UK schools, making Climate Action, Collective Action.
Communities, councils and businesses all have a role to play in creating a cleaner, greener future.
Will you join us and help lead the change in your local area?
None of us is as powerful as all of us.
Be part of the solution!
Our Planet Needs You…
and you, and you, and you.
From reducing rubbish to increasing greenery, lifting our voices, and voting with our choices, there’s something everyone can do.
Our 9 challenges are about youth and community-led climate action; aimed at making a real difference.
Our Planet Needs You
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