The Natural History Museum and the Wellcome are launching a new UK-wide programme to support community-led action on climate change and health.
Following the record-breaking heat experienced across the UK this summer, the initiative comes in response to the growing health impacts of rising temperatures and extreme weather.
It is part of the Natural History Museum's existing Fixing Our Broken Planet scheme, which includes an interconnected programme that provides grants to smaller UK museums.
Sustainability was a key consideration in the design and build of NHM's Our Broken Planet: How We Got Here and Ways to Fix It NHM
The new programme aims to support young people, particularly those in rural, post-industrial and coastal areas, as these places are most impacted by the planetary emergency in the UK.
Grants of £3,000 will be given to eight cultural organisations across the UK working with young people, who will develop and deliver events and activities exploring opportunities for health action in a changing climate.
Sian Bird, head of cultural partnerships at the Wellcome, said: "This summer’s heatwaves show climate change is already re-shaping our lives.
"Through our partnership with the Natural History Museum and their Fixing Our Broken Planet exhibition, we’ve seen how creativity and culture help people connect with this challenge in ways that are relevant to their own lives, and solution-focused."
Community-led action
She added: “But impacts vary by community, so the interconnected programme will help organisations across the UK create locally-relevant activities that reflect real, human experiences – inspiring collective action for a healthier future.”
Tom Bevan, head of national programmes at the Natural History Museum, said: "The threats facing nature and our health are varied and interlinked, so it's only right that the solutions should be too."
Applications are open until 26 October. Details of how to apply can be found here.
In a recent greenloop sustainability webinar, blooloop brought together key figures behind the Natural History Museum's Fixing Our Broken Planet initiative.
