Dear Roots & Shoots members,

Where has this year gone? I cannot believe how quickly time has passed – and yes it goes with the old age saying Time Flies When You’re Having Fun. And fun we have had, here at Roots & Shoots. From reminding ourselves of the importance of living in Peace with our planet’s inhabitants; to visiting Dolphins in Greece; running the Marathon; producing workshops in Finland and starting a fully focused university programme, not to mention the run up to the December awards – we and our R&S members have been busy.

I will let them tell you all about it. In the meantime, as Christmas is coming, amidst all the mad rush for presents and organising festivities, …

Read all of Newsletter – Autumn 2011

Dear Roots & Shoots Members,

Things have been moving so fast at Roots & Shoots. We now stand at 1285 schools – the last time I was writing this we had not yet reached our first 1000!

We have also managed to raise almost 15,000 for the programme thanks to a donation from the Belgian Tourist Board and a number of exciting events in the last six months.

The awards event on December 10th was a huge success and for the first time we had R&S directors attending from other parts of Europe including Spain, Holland and Hungary. As a result of the programme’s success, we are increasingly being invited to speak at events, conferences and seminars – not only in the UK …

Read all of Newsletter – Summer 2011

Dear Roots & Shoots Members,

Happy New Year!

I have to admit that January and February are my least favourite calendar months – cold, dark and a bit miserable. But hope is here, Spring is on the way and given how quickly time passes will be here before we know it. To celebrate spring, this term Jane Goodall’s Roots & Shoots is encouraging schools to focus on projects which help benefit the environment, and in particular, will help minimise the impact of climate change over time. Read all about our recommended Spring term environment activities here.

And we have a lot to celebrate here at R&S – there are almost 700 groups taking part in our programme! What a great achievement and …

Read all of Newsletter – Spring 2010

Dear Roots & Shoots Members,

At the end of last year we had a huge uplift in the number of new schools joining Roots & Shoots.

We have grown from 74 to over 270 schools taking part in the programme – an amazing result in such a short period of time! This is very exciting and you can see our UK representation of schools on the map .

This year our focus is going to be on involvement, that is supporting and visiting schools already taking part in the programme and encouraging them with their projects. It is one thing for schools to register with us but our mission is to encourage on-going projects and community involvement and eventually make Roots & …

Read all of Newsletter – Spring 2009