The Kick the Carbon sustainability campaign, jointly rolled out by Grant UK and Bath Rugby, has been well received by local primary schools, a statement said.
At the beginning of the 2023/24 season, Grant UK became the Official Sustainability and Grassroots Partner of Premiership rugby team, Bath Rugby. As part of this partnership, Grant UK said it is supporting the club as it reduces its own carbon footprint and is also working to raise awareness about sustainability in the local community. This has included the rollout of its Kick the Carbon Grassroots Community Sustainability Programme which has been delivered to local schools during the first few months of this year.
Through this Programme, Bath Rugby and Grant UK visited ten primary schools in Wiltshire, Bath and the surrounding areas where they delivered both classroom-based and rugby-based activities for the children. Each session was driven by educational objectives, it cited, helping the pupils to understand climate change and the ways we can reduce carbon emissions. In total, over 900 children from key stage 2 attended these Kick the Carbon sessions from Rowde Church of England, Oldfield Park, Fynamore Primary, Seven Fields, Fitzmaurice Primary, St Paul’s Primary, Oliver Tomkins, Queen’s Crescent, Weston All Saints and Combe Down schools.
The statement said that the feedback shared by teachers and pupils has been positive, demonstrating an encouraging level of interest from future generations to protect the planet and be more environmentally friendly.
Anna Wakefield, head of internal sales and marketing at Grant UK, said: “We have been very pleased to help Bath Rugby deliver this Grassroots Community Sustainability Programme to children in the local areas close to the club and our Company Headquarters.
“Educating the next generation about the environment and what we can do to protect and preserve it is important and our Kick the Carbon initiative has helped raise awareness amongst lots of primary school children. The feedback shared by both the pupils and their teachers has been wonderful to receive, just going to show that there is a real interest amongst the younger generations to make a difference in the future.”