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Dr Steven Forrest from Hull University has kindly sent the artwork boards from this year's 'Co-creating a Climate Ready Hull' exhibition to our participating schools. Thrive's three secondary schools of Kelvin Hall, Newland School for Girls and The Boulevard Academy, together with Chiltern & St. George's Primary schools took part in this authentic voice & influence project. Along with pamphlets and postcards, these boards will take pride of place in the five schools. It reflects this exciting project that we were invited by Hull University to join. Meanwhile, in the Brynmor Jones library at the university, more exhibition items are on display.

There is another chance to see the results of the wonderful project that our students were involved with, earlier this year. Kelvin Hall, Newland School for Girls and The Boulevard Academy students, accompanied by pupils from Chiltern and St. George's Primary Schools took part in this. The exhibition has moved to the Brynmor Jones Library at the University of Hull. Examples of our students' contributions will soon be coming to the participating schools.

Newland School for Girls' Eco Committee met this afternoon for their C3 Eco-Excellence Workshop1. They have some wonderful ideas and plans around tackling litter, promoting healthy eating and making clothing through upcycling. Today was their first planning session, in which they put pen to paper and mind-mapped their initial ideas.

Today, students from two of our Thrive Secondary Schools took part in the second stage of a major project at Hull University. A cross-faculty team, led by Dr Steven Forrest and Dr Aviv Kruglanski, is driving this vitally important piece of work, examining Climate Resilience and Net Zero Solutions for Hull. Students from Newland School for Girls and The Boulevard Academy were able to see their work from the first round of workshops displayed alongside the latest Dialogue Maps that have been commissioned for this project. They have been working alongside adults from a whole raft of organisations to further develop ideas. The university team will then use these to develop proposals to present to the key policymakers in Hull. Flooding is a particular issue that the city faces so, with climate change and rising sea levels, this is an essential piece of work. Our profound thanks go to our colleagues at Hull University for continuing to include our young people in this venture. It is also a clear demonstration of the Lundy Model working in an authentic way. Our students value the safe space, that the university provides so their voice may be heard by the right audience, and will lead to having an influence on policy.

Students from Kelvin Hall and Newland School for Girls attended an 'Oh Yes, Net Zero' workshop at the University of Hull yesterday, working on solutions ideas for Net Zero. As well as being part of this brilliant initiative, it linked to the other research projects that Thrive has already been involved in, with our colleagues at the University. This is an excellent example of 'Student Agency' having actual and authentic influence on policymakers. The programme is run by Reckitts, Hull City Council, the University of Hull and Future Humber.

Students from some of our Thrive Schools are involved with Hull University Researchers, Dr Steven Forrest, Dr Aviv Kruglanski and their team in a major research project, looking at Climate Resilience and Net Zero solutions for Hull. On Tuesday, academics and members of different organisations took part in a workshop at the university to map out issues and possible solutions for this theme. Now is the turn of our students to give their input. Yesterday, Newland School for Girls hosted the first of the school workshops with students undertaking some brilliant work. They provided some quite wonderful and innovative solutions.