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Engaging the school community

Recording activities and actions, completing programmes, and participating in events and competitions

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Competitions

Find out why we run competitions for Energy Sparks schools, and how you can get involved.

  • Overview
  • Scoring points
  • How do the scoreboards work?
  • Competition rules
  • Running a competition within a Trust or Local Authority

Duke of Edinburgh's Award Volunteering

You can use your time in the volunteering section to help your school reduce energy use, cut carbon emissions and help tackle climate change.

  • Getting started
  • Bronze Campaigner programme
  • Bronze Change-Maker programme
  • Silver Award programme
  • Guidance for Duke of Edinburgh's Award Leader/Manager and Assessor
  • FAQs and resources

Educational activities

Learn more about how to find and run Energy Sparks’ pupil activities, and how to record your activities to earn points for our scoreboard.

  • What are pupil activities?
  • How to use activities in the classroom
  • How to use activities with your eco-team or club
  • How to find relevant activities
  • How to record activities
  • Why should you record your activities?

Energy saving actions

Learn more about our recommended energy saving actions, and find out how to record your actions to win points for our scoreboard competition.

  • What are energy saving actions?
  • How to find relevant actions
  • How to record actions
  • Why should you record your actions?

Participating in events

Find out how to get involved in our regular energy saving events.

  • Overview
  • Layer up / Power down days

Programmes

Learn more about our programmes of activities, including how to get started, how to track progress and what happens when you complete one.

  • What are programmes?
  • How to find relevant programmes
  • Enrolling in a programme
  • How to track progress
  • Completing programmes

Tips for getting started

Have you signed up to Energy Sparks but need some help getting started? If so, take a look at our top tips…

  • Setup an ecoteam
  • Involving staff and pupils
  • Sign up for training
  • Add more users to your account
  • Complete your first programme
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