Partners and Collaborations

How We Work

A small team works at the centre of Cape Farewell's ambitious programme of activity. Our work is not possible without the support of our staff, board of trustees, partner organisations and individuals and our funders. The expertise of many feeds into and across our programmes. Click for more on how we work as an organisation or read on for information on the individuals and organisations we work with as part of the youth programme.

Youth Programme Partners

Education has always been at the heart of the Cape Farewell idea and the partnership between artists, scientists and educators began on the very first voyage in 2003. The funding for this first voyage came primarily from NESTA for the creation of a unit on extreme landscapes for the Geography 21 curriculum - on this first expedition, Education Directors Colin Izod (ex english teacher and Director of Big Heart Media) and Suba Subramaniam (ex science teacher and co artistic-director of Angika Dance company) developed an ambition to take a group of teenagers to the Arctic and in September 2007 this ambition was realised with the first youth expedition in Svalbard. 

We believe strongly in the effectiveness of combining science, art and other subject areas in the curriculum to educate young people on climate change and inspire them to engage creatively with the challenge.  We work with a number of key partners to develop and deliver the youth programme.  In 2007 Big Heart Media, British Council Canada and Creative Partnerships all worked on the development of the expedition and onward programme of activity. We are now working closely with the British Council Canada on the 2008 expedition to ensure the widest possible impact for the expedition.