We’re sharing the latest youth climate opportunities from our friends at other organisations!
If you have an opportunity that you’d like us to share in future round-ups, email: roberta@theresilienceproject.org.uk
Awards & Competitions
The Planet Forward Storyfest Awards
Planet Forward are seeking submissions of climate stories. Storyfest is a student contest that highlights climate stories about caring for the Earth and the inspiring experiences driving change. This multimedia competition offers winners a seven-night voyage to Alaska with National Geographic-Lindblad Expedition in August 2027.
Submissions close 15 January 2027
Events
Inner Climate Response Alliance Community Calls
A monthly call for anyone working with or interested in emotional resilience, ‘inner work’, and care. This is an online gathering to connect, share ideas, and listen to initiatives integrating inner work. Every month showcases a different project that brings care into their activism.
Community Circle
For those working or volunteering in activism, wellbeing, or social justice – The Joyful Activists host an online space to rest and reconnect. Join a monthly, free community circle for guided meditation and open-hearted sharing. It’s an hour to pause, to feel, to be heard, and to remember that we’re not alone in this work.
Holding Hope in a Time of Crisis
Join The Resilience Project and elin kelsey for an online gathering on hope across generations, faiths and the living world. For people of every belief, or none. Expect small group story sharing, time to reflect and wisdom circles with young people and faith, Indigenous and multispecies leaders.
Join us online on Wednesday 11 November, 3–6 pm CET
Training Programmes
Hey Online Course on Environment
This free, tutored online course explores the links between human rights and the environment, focusing on climate change, pollution, and biodiversity loss. The course is available for young people from any region up to 30 years old.
Applications close 18 October, 23:59 GMT+1
AU–EU Youth Exchange for Young Refugee & Migrant Artivists (France & Uganda)
Artivism Without Borders is looking for 18-35-year-old artists, creatives and artivists, with a migrant or refugee background, based in Kampala and Île-de-France, France, to take part in a joint participatory arts process. Participants will collaborate as equal partners to co-create artistic works that challenge stereotypes and promote more inclusive narratives around migration, identity and belonging from September 2026 to May 2027, through Artivism Labs combining workshops, peer learning, artistic collaboration, and public showcases.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis
Climate Café Facilitator Training (Australia)
If you are based in Australia and would like to learn how to host and facilitate Climate Cafés in your local community, Psychology for a Safe Climate are offering a low-cost training package in order to learn how to guide these spaces and bring this transformative work to communities across Australia.
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis
Fellowships
beVisioneers: Mercedes-Benz Fellowship
A fellowship to support young people with the tools and resources to action and scale environmental projects. This is a two-year fellowship where fellows will receive a 12-month intensive training before being supported to implement their sustainability projects. Open to applications for people aged 18 to 28 years old. Have a look online for location requirements.
Application deadline is 31 January 2027
Kleinhans Fellowship
Developed out of a need for research to find solutions to the challenges that community forest enterprises are facing, this fellowship offers funding for participatory research projects focused on CFE’s. The fellowship offers a two-year stipend of US$20,000 per year. Applicants are not limited by nationality, but research must be conducted in Latin America.
Applications close on 28 February 2027
Climate AI Innovation
The Research & Innovation for Climate Hub is looking for African-led innovators and organisations who are using AI or data-driven technologies to address climate or environmental challenges in African communities. Successful applicants will receive access to technical and innovation support, ecosystem connections, increased visibility, and potential scaling grants.
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
Resources
Young Planet Leaders
Young Planet Leaders supports young people who are protecting and restoring nature with recognition, funding, and access to a like-minded community. They offer various ways to receive funding and support for your project. Open to youth under 22 years old.
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
Network of Wellbeing
If you run events that support the wellbeing of people and the planet either in the UK or online, you can submit your event to the Network of Wellbeing for free. They will upload your event to their website and might share it on their social media.
Applications reviewed on a rolling basis
Teach the Future
A call for volunteers to contribute to Teach the Future’s youth-led campaign working to improve climate and nature education in the UK and repurpose the education system around the climate emergency. The opportunity is open to students (age 14-26) and requires no prior experience. Welcome calls are held on the second Monday of each month.
Join a welcome call to apply!
Woodland Trust Youth Advocate
The Woodland Trust is calling for volunteers to support their aim of achieving a UK rich in native woods and trees. This online opportunity is geared to support young people in the UK to enter the climate and nature space. Volunteers will support consultations on policies, campaigns, and branding, and join large-scale events and competitions. Volunteers should be older than 16 and have a passion for nature and a strong ability to work and communicate with others.
Appy ASAP
The Starfish
The Starfish is hiring! There are four roles available: Youth Environmental Leaders Learning Lab Specialist, Youth Skills and Engagement Specialist, Operations Specialist, Digital Marketing Specialist. All roles are full-time (35 hrs/ week) and pay $23.28/ hour. Applicants should have the right to work in Canada
The Ecomind Certificate
ECOMIND are offering a series of three 90-minute workshops which share tools to regulate stress, process climate emotions, prevent burnout, support each other and sustain long-term impact. Suitable for anyone feeling the impacts of the climate crisis and trying to create change, whether through volunteering, work or study.
Rolling bases; Scholarships available
Funding
Unearthodox’s Exploration Co-Lab
An alternative incubator for anyone working on nature-society challenges whilst trying to reimagine the systems causing them. If your work navigates complexity and system change, then this opportunity offers the support and thinking space to develop your projects. This is a 10-month incubation from 1 March to 31 December 2027, with funding available.
Applications close 16 November, 2027 at 11:59 GMT+1
Climate Youth Changemakers Fund
Generation Climate Europe is offering grants of up to €1,000 to support youth-led groups (of a minimum of 3 people) that have projects or ideas centered around grassroots climate action and its connection to issues like gender equality, disability inclusion, social justice, rural communities, and other issues impacting young people. Successful groups will receive training and networking opportunities, visibility within the climate movement, and support in addition to their grant.
Applications close 25 October 2025
Girlies Green Fund
The Girlies Green Fund seeks applications from women or femme with a climate project that needs funding.
Apply ASAP
Climate Catalyst Fund
United States Climate Action Network (USCAN) is rewarding $1m of grants directly to frontline communities fighting for their health and economic survival.
Apply ASAP
Ambassadors
GLF Social Media Ambassadors Program
Global Landscapes Forum is calling for applications for its 2027 Social Media Ambassadors Program. This opportunity is for anyone aged 18-35 who are using social media to share landscape stories that inspire action.
Apply ASAP. Applications close 17 October 2026, 23:59 GMT+1
SustyVibes US
SustyVibes is seeking its first US cohort. This is for anyone aged 16-30 who is curious and excited to build relationships with other young people. As a Pioneer SustyViber in the US, you’ll volunteer and take part in activities that turn your ideas into action and connect you with a long-lasting community.
Apply ASAP
GEAF Ambassador Programme 2027
Green Earth Action Foundation have opened applications for their 2027 global Ambassador Programme. This 6-month, fully funded initiative supports changemakers taking action on environmental and climate challenges in their communities. As an ambassador, you’ll design and lead local projects in one of GEAF’s five thematic areas, receiving support from the GEAF team and other affiliated representatives.
Applications close 31 October 2026
Regional Wildflower Ambassadors
Sylvester Rewilding are launching their Collaborative Intergenerational Wildflower Campaign across Europe and are looking for regional ambassadors to bring wildflower-powered, blooming biodiversity to their neighbourhoods! As a regional ambassador, you’ll work Sylvester Rewilding to help people in your area turn ordinary lawns and green spaces into little wildflower havens for bees, butterflies and other insects.
Apply ASAP
Climate Youth Advisory Board
Save the Children are looking for young people aged 12-18 to support their Young People’s Climate Fund grant programme – funding grassroots youth organisations to carry out climate campaigns and projects in London, West Yorkshire and the West Midlands during the summer of 2027.
Email Alfie at youthclimatefund@savethechildren.org.uk with a short sentence about why you’re interested before 19 October 2026.
Support
One-to-One Therapeutic Support
The Climate Psychology Alliance offers up to three free sessions with a qualified professional. Available to anyone over 18 who is experiencing eco-related distress, including distress arriving from activism, climate-related work or simply the weight of living in an unfolding crisis.
Email support@climatepsychologyalliance.org for more information
