SDG Champions
In August 2022 the Department for Education announced that it would invest £2.6 million in West Yorkshire’s colleges through the Strategic Development Fund, funding secured by the West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges. (Pictured above, SDG group November 2024).
As a result of collaborative working, the funding has helped to enable internal training and development in Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) within eight West Yorkshire Colleges. They are continuing to work collaboratively to embed the Global Goals set out by world leaders within their college, both from a business perspective and within the curriculum.
The West Yorkshire Colleges SDG Working Group continues to meet twice a year, and shares best practice, ideas and resources. It is formed of the WYCC SDG Champions:
- Leeds College of Building: Andrew Whitehead - awhitehead@lcb.ac.uk
- Luminate Education Group: Chris Mowat - chris.mowat@luminate.ac.uk
- Calderdale College: Katie Walker - katiew@calderdale.ac.uk
- Shipley College: Natasha Wilkinson - Nwilkinson@shipley.ac.uk (Chair)
- Shipley College: Louise Jennings - louise.jennings@shipley.ac.uk
- Kirklees College: Phil Sugden - psugden@kirkleescollege.ac.uk
- Bradford College: Chelsie Naylor - c.naylor@bradfordcollege.ac.uk
- Askham Bryan College: Aaron Comber-Livesey - a.comber-livesey@askham-bryan.ac.uk
- Heart of Yorkshire Education Group - David White - dwhite@heartofyorkshire.ac.uk
- West Yorkshire Consortium of Colleges: Brydie Lund - brydie.lund@westyorkshirecolleges.ac.uk
Find out about the progress the colleges are making in our Consortium News pages, or get an overview of the highlights in our Sustainable Development Goals section.
