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New project: Next Gen Earth!

6th August 2025

Photo of Andy Branston, Senior Youth Worker at SPACE Bideford, plus Natalie, Alice and two young people at SPACE Bideford in November 2024.

We’re excited to be part of Next Gen Earth!

This is a new UK-wide programme championing youth leadership in environmental science, supported by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) and facilitated by the UK Association for Science and Discovery Centres (ASDC).

We will be partnering with SPACE Youth Services to co-develop a youth-led programme, exploring environmental science through the lens of young people’s interests and lived experience in Northern Devon.

Focusing on Bideford and Barnstaple youth centres – close to the proposed site of our first physical science centre – this programme will support us in ensuring our centre is developed inclusively, reflecting local needs and interests.

We can’t wait to get started!