Podcast | Laura Dempsey | Collaboration, Education & Innovation (Volunteers for Future)
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What role do schoolchildren play in conservation efforts? \\xa0
Why target them specifically, and how do you successfully establish and grow a conservation enterprise from scratch - now empowering over 13,000 young people to help tackle climate change and wildlife conservation.\\xa0
That\\u2019s what today\\u2019s inspiring guest - Laura Dempsey - has achieved with Volunteers for Future.\\xa0
Volunteers for Future harness the power of collaboration, bringing together passionate volunteers, young people, expert conservation organisations and schools.\\xa0
They deliver action-led conservation and environmental workshops to help young people feel inspired, empowered and motivated to act.\\xa0
They also support conservation charities to develop and enhance their volunteer programmes - scaling their impacts to the next level.\\xa0
In this episode, we discuss Volunteers for Future - what is it, how it works, where it\\u2019s going, how it was formed and how you can get involved.\\xa0\\xa0
Laura also shares how she\\u2019s taken charge of her career journey, and her advice for people like you, who might be seeking to make a similar switch in their work.\\xa0\\xa0
Laura also provides simply the best answer to our regular question: \\u201cWhat do conservation organisations need to be better in order to have more impact?\\u201d. It\\u2019s well worth listening to the end to hear her simple, yet inspiring idea.\\xa0
As always it\\u2019s a fun, inspiring and conservation-boosting discussion.\\xa0Enjoy.\\xa0