We equip young people with the confidence and skills to act and help educators embed sustainability. We work with policy and sector bodies to shift the wider system; with young people globally and across the UK to take action; with schools to reduce the values-perception gap and help build community.

183,000

students engaged

6,900

teachers trained

44million

people reached

We launched the Dirt Is Good Schools Programme in partnership with Unilever Global in 2021, and worked with international partners, communities, schools and local organisations worldwide.

In Chile, Thailand and the United Kingdom we helped young people to see that taking action on social and environmental issues is not the niche, but the norm. In 2023, the Dirt Is Good Project won two awards: the gold medal for Educational Excellence at the Global Good Awards and Corporate Partnership of the year at the Third Sector Awards, in recognition of its commitment to making a positive and sustainable difference in the world.

Students are starting to see a bigger picture of the world around them.

Teacher, Folkestone School for Girls, Kent

Young changemakers from Ysgol Maes y Gwendraeth in Carmarthenshire were interviewed by BBC Wales for news programme Newyddion Ni as part of the Welsh launch of our Good Life Schools programme

It was nice, and important, to be part of the project because I can tell people I have played a part in helping the environment.

Student, Ysgol Maes y Gwendraeth

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