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Cardiff Council sparked a city-wide climate movement across schools
- Cardiff Council
At a glance
The Aha moment
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When a couple of Cardiff Council staff attended a Climate Fresk workshop at the EAUC Annual Conference in Bath, they immediately saw its potential for Cardiff schools.
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Climate Fresk was dynamic, collaborative and slotted easily into the Welsh curriculum, especially the 2-hour junior version.
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The Challenge
Cardiff Council launched One Planet Cardiff – a bold strategy to make the city carbon neutral by 2030.
A key part of this mission is weaving climate-change learning into the new Welsh curriculum, empowering young people to get involved and to shape their own school-based action plans.
To make that happen, they needed something interactive, collaborative, and capable of truly engaging learners.
The Solution
Fuelled by enthusiasm for this new approach, the Cardiff Council Curriculum team scaled workshops quickly.
They forged strong partnerships with schools, offering facilitator training to teachers, as well as training up their own internal teams.
Through the workshop, learners have been able to grasp climate science, think critically, and collaborate for change.
Climate Fresk workshops are a fun, highly collaborative way to explore the science of climate change by piecing together its causes and effects as a card game, adding creative flair, and sparking group-led action. – Gwilym Owen
Their journey:
Pre Nov ‘23 – Climate Fresk workshop in Bath, sparking the idea to bring it to Cardiff schools
Nov 2023 – Climate Fresk is introduced to Cardiff schools at the One Planet Cardiff education launch
Jan 2024 – The first cohort of 10 teachers trained as facilitators
Jul 2024 – 557 learners complete Climate Fresk session as part of their studies
Jan 2025 – First ever Welsh-language Fresk is delivered
Jun 2025 – Participation surpasses 1,000 learners
Key Results
Impact as of June 2025
👩🏫 1,360 learners aged 9–16 participated
🏫 22 schools engaged across Cardiff
👥 10 teachers trained as facilitators
🌐 Workshops delivered in both English and Welsh
🎓 Schools are now requesting repeat sessions for new cohorts
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