Fully funded climate and sustainability conference: 22 April 2026, Cornwall

Posted on 12 March 2026 in News and updates

The Department for Education (DfE) has set a target for sustainability leadership and climate action plans in education by 2025. There’s still time to make a good start! This initiative aims for all education settings to have a sustainability lead and a climate action plan.

The plan should cover four key areas: decarbonisation, adaptation and resilience, environment and biodiversity, and climate education and green careers.

At this conference listen to experts who will guide you through the steps your setting can take to meet this target; we will provide you with a Climate Action Plan and you will start to draft the content alongside expert advisers.

When and where?

  • Venue: Cornwall – The Lost Gardens of Heligan 22.4.26
  • Timings: 9am – 1pm (REGISTRATION FROM 8.45am-9.15am)

There will be tea/coffee and cold drinks served and parking will be free. Lunch will NOT be provided at this event.

Who can attend?

To attend, you must be an Early Years Practitioner (of any level) including if you work with a reception/foundation class in any of the following areas: Plymouth, Devon, Cornwall, Torbay, Dorset, BCP, Isles of Scilly.

We welcome people from the same settings requesting to attend. If we become over subscribed we might have to limit attendance to 1 setting per session but we’ll have more of an idea about this as people sign up.

Book your place:

Please book here: Mailchimp Survey

Please contact us if you have any questions! eyswsph@yfps.co.uk

Find out more about Hubs, what they are and how we can help you here: Sharing evidence-informed best practice to support early years education and childcare | Stronger Practice Hubs