Groups set up green skills scheme for young people

A new placement scheme is being launched to give young people from marginalised communities paid work in the environmental sector.

GENeration ReuZe is the latest project from Bristol-based organisations City to Sea and the Youth Environment Service (YES).

The partnership is looking to raise £20,000 for the green skills project, which would then receive £5,000 match funded by Big Give's Green Match Fund.

City to Sea CEO Jane Martin said: "A climate and environmental emergency is all our young people know. They are paying the high costs for previous generations' throw-away culture and plastic waste."