Get Set for Positive Energy
Get Set for Positive Energy, brought to you by Team GB, ParalympicsGB and British Gas, is a cross-curricular learning opportunity to empower young people and their communities to understand the role we can all play in saving energy and creating a greener future.
Our brand new Everyday Energy Competition is now live! Enter by 25 April to be in with a chance of winning £5,000 for your school.
Get Set for Positive Energy seeks to inspire primary school children to use their positive energy to drive change, get active and build healthy habits.
The programme is the perfect addition to the primary school classroom, exploring key curriculum themes around sustainability, renewable energy, and young people’s health and wellbeing.
Enter the Everyday Energy Competition!
When it comes to saving energy, even the smallest everyday changes can really make a difference! This spring term, Get Set for Positive Energy wants to inspire your school to get involved, by taking the Everyday Energy pledge and committing to save energy every day.
Once you have taken the pledge, support your pupils to enter the Everyday Energy Competition. Pupils must design a banner to encourage people in their community to join them in making Everyday Energy swaps, with the winning design awarded £5,000 to help make their school more sustainable in the future.
Learning Resources
Delve into our learning resources, created in the 2023–2024 academic year, exploring themes around renewable energy, sustainable lifestyles and how to empower young people to create greener futures for themselves and their communities.
Plus download our Everyday Energy Competition resources, released for the 2024–2025 academic year, to empower young people to make small, energy-saving changes everyday and design a banner to encourage everyone in the community to get involved, too. Submit pupils' designs by 25 April to be in with the chance of winning a British Gas Positive Energy Grant for your school. Find out more on the Everyday Energy Competition page.
FAQs
What is Get Set for Positive Energy?
Get Set for Positive Energy, brought to you by Team GB, ParalympicsGB and British Gas, is a cross-curricular learning opportunity to empower young people and their communities to understand the role we can all play in saving energy and creating a greener future.
What is the Everyday Energy Competition?
The Everyday Energy Competition challenges young people aged 5–11 to create a banner to inspire their community to make small energy-saving changes every day. Their design should detail the changes that they will make to uphold their class's Everyday Energy pledge and include an inspirational message to encourage others to get involved, too! The Everyday Energy Competition opens at 08:00 on 23 January 2025 and closes at 17:30 on 25 April 2025. Find out more on the Everyday Energy Competition page.
What topics does the Get Set for Positive Energy programme cover?
The programme is the perfect addition to the primary school classroom, exploring key curriculum themes around sustainability, renewable energy, and young people’s health and wellbeing. The programme takes inspiration from the Olympic and Paralympic values to inspire young people to be active citizens of the future.
Who is the Get Set for Positive Energy programme for?
The Get Set for Positive Energy Programme is currently for primary school aged children aged 5-11. It is a 5-year programme and in future years aims to expand to a secondary school audience.
Why are Team GB, ParalympicsGB and British Gas working together?
Team GB, ParalympicsGB and British Gas want to support up to 1million young people and their families on their sustainability journey, highlighting the role we can all play in saving energy and creating a greener future. Through Get Set for Positive Energy, participants will be able to learn about sustainability issues through their Olympic and Paralympic heroes
Do we have to pay for the Get Set for Positive Energy resources?
No all resources and elements of the Get Set for Positive Energy programme are free for schools, and home learners to access.
Who creates the Get Set for Positive Energy Resources?
All learning resources are created by education specialists and in consultation with teachers. We have done the work to create resources that teachers can use with minimum preparation to inspire and inform your pupils. British Gas have provided all the key facts and figures relating to energy.
Why are British Gas leading a programme about sustainability?
British Gas are on a journey to be a Net Zero business by 2045, click here to read more about their journey to a sustainable future.