Inspiring future foresters via STEM activity in schools

Summary Description:

With the kind support of SFT, Confor and Prosper (was SCDI) have partnered in a pilot initiative to expose young people to the range of opportunities that exist within the forestry and timber technologies sector via STEM club activity in schools. The aim now is to further expand the initiative geographically and attract a new partner – South of Scotland Enterprise (SOSE) for years 2 and 3 of a 3-year project. Prosper has access to over 1600 primary and secondary schools across Scotland via their Young Engineers and Science Clubs and they operate a number of initiatives and competitions to excite and engage young people of all ages. This expanding partnership initiative will target S1-S3 pupils in the Highland Council area on two programmes – Climate Smarter and Highland Celebration of Engineering starting and extend this to Dumfries & Galloway and the Borders in the Academic Year beginning August 2025.