Our Environmental Leadership Programme 2 (ELP2) is a FREE 9-month-long programme for 18–25 year olds based in the West Midlands. Get connected with people and nature in your local community and help tackle environmental issues in your area with a group of like minded people!

There are no interviews, marking and no essays. You will join a community of young people and will be connected to an encouraging network of volunteers, green leaders, experts, employers, tutors and mentors. Through a mixture of online and face to face events, including residential stays and political activities, you will learn about nature connectedness and why it matters right now, and how you can leverage it to drive meaningful pro-environmental change through the creation and delivery of a Nature Connection Campaign.

We pride ourselves on welcoming everyone to our programme. We look at  every application individually in order to ensure that we’re providing support where it’s most needed and everyone taking part in the programme has their own Participant Support officer

Our community

ELP2 is a collaboration between UpRising and Shropshire Wildlife Trust. Young people will have access to help and expertise from both and will be given full support to help them achieve their goals for the programme.

Participants will benefit from support and expertise from both teams to help them achieve their goals!

Collectively, our organisations have worked with organisations such as Greenpeace, Oxfam, Friends of the Earth, Environment Agency and EcoBirmingham. among many others. The ELP2 is funded by The National Lottery Climate Action Fund.

You will join a growing community of nearly 5000 alumni, a network of volunteers and speakers, and your fellow programme members, all working towards meaningful change!