Too many children are disconnected to nature.
Our 'why' for this innovation is to reconnect them with the natural world and build communities of stewards of the planet. We see two key drivers for this. To address the youth mental pandemic and to ensure they gain the knowledge, skills, understanding and networks in order to become stewards of their part of the planet.
1. In-person YESfest one and two day events combining the community engagement aspects of a fun festival and the core knowledge and skills exchange of an eco summit.
Up to six YESfest events per year in locations in the UK, the Americas, Asia and Europe :
With hybrid workshop and speaker contributions from young people across the world - and in-person youth delegates aged 8-10 from across the UK, supported by near-peer teen mentors and also community elders. These events are bespoke to each outdoor location & combine practical, hands-on workshops led by young people, nature-connection, communication workshops, knowledge exchanges & impact-story sharing from youth projects over the previous year.
2. Online Global Gatherings - 6x year global forums to gather, share, scale impact stories from local to global communities.
3. YESquests - a framework of actions and micro-credentials to enact care for self, community, planet in a structured engaging format. Microhabits to global actions
-11 events across the UK since October 2023.
- Delegates representing communities of 15k from across the UK since 2023.
-Formal partnerships with organisations in five countries
- Early stage formal approaches from another six more countries.
-YESfest events at the UK Parliament, the UN, Central Park New York, Green School Bali, the Eden Project UK and a UK Community Farm from 2023 to present day
-YESfest promo film was a finalist at the prestigious Smiley Charity Film Film Awards 2025
- 100k combined hits on social media posts
33k hits for our global music video with young musicians, nature connectors and Earth Stewards from 17 countries contributing.
Funding streams emerging.
1. Sign up for our YESquests
2. Join a YESquest online Global Gathering
3. Join a YESfest in person at one of our locations around the world
4. Talk to us about partnering with your organisation to co-host local YESquests, in-person YESfests or hybrid YESfest Global Gatherings.
We'd LOVE to work with you!
