Between October 2025 and March 2026 Falkirk Secondary Schools will compete to see which school can reduce their electricity use the most. This competition will be led by a group of young people in each school who will be supported by a teacher and other staff members.

Prizes:

• There will be prizes for first and second place totalling £1000 
• There will be extra prizes for the Digital Engagement Aspect 

The challenge to reduce carbon emissions and energy units/costs was issued by the Falkirk Council Place Services Extended Management Team and this will be our second year running this challenge. Pupils and staff in every school involved made a fantastic effort during a very successful year one in which Graeme High School came first place – reducing their carbon emissions by 18%.

The Climate Change team support for young people and their adult:

• Click here to access guidance which has been created for the competition lead teacher or person in each school.
• Each school can request various workshops throughout the challenge for their class or group of young people (please email climatechange@falkirk.gov.uk with 3 potential dates and times in October for the first workshop). 
• Each group/school can access a platform holding past, present and real time information about each schools’ energy use.

• This webpage will include the leader board information and monthly energy use reports for each school. 

• We are happy to offer advice and support at any point via email climatechange@falkirk.gov.uk .

Learning for Sustainability & Digital Learning Team Support – what’s available?

This project fits beautifully with our Falkirk Learning for Sustainability Framework bundle 1 – exploring sustainable practices. Yvonne McBlain is the central team contact person for any queries relating to the competition. She created this interdisciplinary starter plan which captures the learning and skill development young people could gain from their participation.

Our digital learning team have created some digital engagement advice available by clicking here to help with digital campaigning.