The Rotary Young Environmentalist Competition is part of a national competition promoted by Rotary International in Great Britain and Ireland (RotaryGBI). Local Cambridge winners are entered in a District heat, whose winners go forward to a national competition.
Aims and Objectives
The competition aims to encourage young people to:
The competition is open to individuals, all schools and college communities and those who are home educated, along with any other young people's community organisations, for example, Scout Groups, Girl Guides.
There are three age groups:
* on 31 August 2020
There are two categories in the competition:
CLOSING DATE: 8 March 2021
back Our Intermediate Age Group winners have gone on to win the final, National, stage of the competition!
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