Free schools home, sustainability and green skills workshops in Wales
MOBIE has launched free workshops in home design, sustainable development and green skills to primary and secondary schools in South and West Wales.
The workshops are offered as part of the Swansea Bay City Deal ‘Homes as Power Stations’ project. They are open to schools in Carmarthenshire, Neath Port Talbot, Pembrokeshire and Swansea and are being funded through the generous support of the MCS Charitable Foundation.
The workshops provide an opportunity for young people to think about how we can deliver our future housing needs whilst protecting our planet. They use practical exercises to help students appreciate key design principles and emphasise the importance of homes and buildings in helping us to address climate change and other environmental challenges.
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Design Future London 2024 challenge winners announced at City Hall
The winners of the Design Future London challenge 2024 have been announced at City Hall by George Clarke and Jules Pipe, Deputy Mayor, Planning, Regeneration and Skills.
Now in its third year, the challenge is run in partnership by MOBIE, the Mayor of London, C40 Cities, Minecraft Education and the Local Village Network.
This year we asked entrants to pick a site in their neighbourhood, to identify a problem and to create a design to help address the problem. The finalists’ designs addressed community, diversity, environment, greenspace, places for people to relax and connect and housing for everyone. The challenge was open to primary and secondary school pupils and students in college or at University.
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MOBIE launches Suffolk design challenge with Lovell and Suffolk County Council
MOBIE has launched its latest design challenge with Edmundham Developments, a joint venture between national housebuilder Lovell and Suffolk County Council that will develop new, high quality homes on a number of Council sites in the coming years. We are inviting young people from across Suffolk to design green homes and green spaces for a site in Newmarket.
We are asking them to design the homes of the future, focused on saving energy, resources, and the planet as a whole. Following the three basic principles of the circular economy, the young people involved will explore how homes can be designed to eliminate waste and pollution, incorporate reused and recycled materials, and regenerate nature. The challenge is open to primary, secondary school and college students aged 5-18.
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MOBIE wins Inspire Future Generations award
MOBIE wins at Inspire Future Generations Awards
MOBIE has won the 'Best Established Not for Profit Organisation' at the Inspire Future Generations awards created by the Thornton Education Trust.
The Awards, now in their third year, are designed to bring together a new ‘community of practice’ and recognise and celebrate the excellent projects and programmes, energy and passions of the many organisations working with young people in the built environment. They recognise achievements in engaging and empowering young people so their voices are heard on the built environment
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George Clarke launches new design challenge in his home town
George Clarke has returned to his roots to help his hometown kick off its 60th birthday celebrations
In recognition and celebration of the 60th Birthday of Washington New Town, Sunderland, George Clarke’s charity MOBIE and Sunderland City Council are inviting young people from schools across Washington to come up with their own vision of an innovative residential community for the next 60 years.
Young people taking part in the competition are being asked to design a 21st century super sustainable 'courtyard' style housing scheme, with houses for all ages, designed around a pedestrianised courtyard square - in line with the essential features of the original 1960s plan.
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MOBIE launch home design challenge for Colleges Week 2023
MOBIE is launching a short design challenge for colleges as part of Colleges Week 2023. The challenge, in partnership with Association of Colleges and Pearson, is asking college students to design a sustainable home and community of the future.
We are asking you, 'What do you want from the homes and communities of the future?'. As our future designers, creators, planners and builders of homes we want you to consider the issues and present some solutions to our housing challenges. The Hackathon is open to all colleges and is suitable for design, environmental and construction related disciplines.
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George Clarke launches MOBIE and Lovell Birmingham Design Challenge
George Clarke has launched a new design challenge for the young people of Birmingham at UK Construction Week at the NEC. The challenge is being run in partnership with the housebuilder Lovell and is asking young people aged 11-18 to ‘Think Circular’ and design a sustainable future home and community for the city, that reduces energy use and recycles and reuses materials wherever possible.
The winner of the design challenge will be announced in July 2024.
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George Clarke Announces Young Winners of EcoFix Design Challenge
The winners of the Ecofix radical retrofit young persons' design challenge have been announced by George Clarke.
The challenge with international architecture practice Grimshaw and international consultancy and construction company Mace , asked young people to design innovative and inspirational ways to reuse existing homes and buildings to reduce their energy impact.
The winning designs included the conversion of a terraced house, adapting it for disabled occupants, the reuse of an old mill building as a family home, a historic hospital as an elderly community and the conversion of former Cold War aircraft hangars to apartments for young workers.
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Design Future London Young Londoners' Challenge Winners announced at City Hall
The winners of Design Future London Young Londoners' challenge were announced on Friday at City Hall..
The challenge inspires young Londoners into future careers in the green, tech and built environment industries. The winning submissions focussed on the reuse of buildings, supporting a circular, more sustainable economy, and bright, new spaces for the community, such as rooftop gardens and facilities for young people.
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George Clarke Announces Young Winners of Capability Scotland Design Challenge
George Clarke crowns the winners of a creative young persons' design challenge that will inform the design of a new £28 million complex-needs facility in Perth, Scotland.
Joint winners Isla Bethune, Bertha Park High School, and Tassi Forbes, Perth High School, both wowed the judges with their innovative designs. As well as winning category awards for Design and Sustainability they were judged the joint overall winners.
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Angela Drakeford completes epic Spine Race in aid of MOBIE
She only went and did it! In June Angela Drakeford of a+a property stagers took on the Montane Full Summer Spine Race - 270 miles up the Pennine Way from Edale to Kirk Yetholm in 155 hours, day and night, and all in aid of MOBIE.
What an achievement. Congratulations Angela and thank you for choosing to support MOBIE!
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Support Angela Drakeford's Epic Race for MOBIE
Angela Drakeford takes on the Montane Full Summer Spine Race, covering 270 miles in just 156 hours. This unsupported challenge requires immense strength, both physically and mentally. Angela's motivation lies in supporting MOBIE. Help her make a difference by donating today!
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New Creative Challenge Empowering Scotland's Youth to Design Inclusive and Sustainable Communities
MOBIE and Capability Scotland have launched a creative challenge for young people in Scotland to submit designs and ideas on creating a sustainable and affordable community at Bertha Park in Perth. The challenge is open to schools, universities, colleges, and individuals. It provides a unique opportunity for young people to shape the future of an inclusive and sustainable community.
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Design Future London and Minecraft to inspire young designers of the future
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has teamed up with best-selling video game Minecraft for the launch of this year’s 2023 Design Future London Schools Challenge. Young Londoners will design sustainable changes to a Minecraft version of Croydon town centre and submit a two minute video entry.
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George Clarke Invites Young People to Take Part in Radical Eco-Fix Challenge
MOBIE teams up with Grimshaw and Mace to fire the imaginations of young people to generate new ideas to fix our existing homes, buildings and streets to reduce their climate impact
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George Clarke Announces Young Winners of Wates Building Design Competition
Talented primary school children produce inspiring designs for Wates place-making challenge
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Mayor of London & George Clarke Announce the Design Future London Young Persons’ Challenge Winners
On the 5th of July Mayor of London and MOBIE founder George Clarke crowned the first winners of the Design Future London young persons' challenge.
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Mayor of London & George Clarke Announce the Peoples’ Vote and Shortlist for the Design Future London Young Persons’ Challenge!
The Mayor of London and George Clarke today opened voting for the People’s Vote for their favourite proposal for the Design Future London young persons ‘ design challenge as well as the shortlist of entries from which the finalists will be chosen.
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MOBIE teams with Twinkl Scotland for Sustainable Housing School Resources
MOBIE have been working with Twinkl Scotland to create a selection of educational resources on housing innovation and sustainability. Free-to-access learning materials for primary school pupils by MOBIE and Twinkl Scotland will be available from April 21st.
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CEO Mark Southgate’s Article Celebrating the Bristol Housing Festival
Bristol Housing Festival is a festival to inspire, create and celebrate progress in housing. In his article for the festival, Mark sets out how MOBIE inspires and supports the young house builders of the future. Read the article here.
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