Young Envisionaries Leadership Award 2006
What do you get if you put together seven exceptional Envision students, two outstanding mountain leaders, an Envision Coordinator, a barrow-load of cereal bars, a virtual campfire, lots of extremely heavy rucksacks, a mix of heavy rain, swirling mist and glorious sunshine, and the wilderness of Snowdonia?
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Young Envisionaries Leadership Award 2005
This year's YEL Award saw seven exceptional students who have worked particularly hard with Envision this year take part in a wild adventure in the Snowdonia National Park in North Wales. Led by one of the UK's top wilderness guides, Rob Collister, the trip proved to be an amazing, educational and enlightening trip for everyone.
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Young Envisionaries Leadership Award 2004
In July 2004 the YELA programme took a new turn. Piloting a new design, seven Envision Team members were selected from 500 Envision students in London and beyond, to travelled to the beautiful Knoydart peninsula in Scotland. From the busiest city in Britain to one of the wildest remaining areas in Britain, YELA continues to break boundaries.
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Young Envisionaries Leadership Award 2003
August 2003 saw the second successful run of the groundbreaking YEL Award. Building on the experience in 2002, seven selected young leaders from Soweto, South Africa and London, UK, met in the heart of wilderness for an extended trail section before visiting a number of local sustainability projects. The programme continues to develop and aims to be the ultimate capacity building experience for a remarkable group of young people.
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Wilderness Scholarship Programme 2001-2002
The culmination of The Young Envisionaries Award, in August 2002 seven recent graduates of the programme went to South Africa for the opportunity of a lifetime. Starting with an inspirational wilderness experience, together with students from Soweto-Johannesburg, the Young Envisionaries then travelled to Johannesburg to the Earth Summit 2002 and played a key role in the Children's Earth Summit, along with young people from four continents.
Download a full report on the YEVA Scholarships 2002 (pdf doc, 430 KB)
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Press here to Download the Children's Earth Summit Declaration (Word doc, 70 KB)