These young people will be aged 10 to 14 and, with the support of their Blue Mentor, will create and run environmental youth social action schemes to improve the environment of their schools, neighbourhoods, and communities.
Jenny is nearing the end of the first pilot project with 8th Folkestone Guides who, over the past 12 weeks, have spent time in their local blue spaces. They’ve developed skills in orienteering, with sessions around the Leas Coastal Park. They also undertook a quest to find the hidden river of Folkestone, the Pent stream, which has been built over and concealed over time by increasing urbanisation. The Guides used a trail map from Discover Britain and took in some of the artwork from the 2014 Folkestone Triennial by Diane Dever and Jonathan Wright, Pent Houses - five steel water tower structures that map the course of The Pent Stream. The girls were able to learn about how a water source would have attracted early settlers and how that then led to creating prosperous industries in Folkestone.