CHANGE THE OLD BY BUILDING THE NEW
May 31, 2023
A unique behavioural change opportunity. Image credit: Padraig O’Reilly has kindly supplied the image free of charge for use with this press release and blog post.
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Picker Pals is a programme for 6-9 year olds focussed on environmental stewardship, learning and fun!
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Children Directly
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Classrooms Activated Nationwide
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Litter Picking
Adventures
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Active Outdoor
Hours
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Tonnes of Litter
Removed
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Hours of Environmental Learning
How Picker Pals Works
We love to engage with classrooms, create litter-picking adventures and help children to share that experience with their friends.
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20 mins of unmissable fun, stories and activities for schools or home.
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Will have been in 4,200+ classrooms by end of this school year
What they’re saying about Picker Pals
Teachers
Picker Pals at School
“A simply awesome initiative that connects school to community with a joint sense of purpose. I think that over time this initiative will have a significant impact on attitudes in our local area. It has been one of the most meaningful messages I have helped to communicate in my teaching career.”
Philip O’Brien
1st Class Teacher, Scoil an Athar Tadgh, Carrignavar, Cork
Parents
Family Litter-picking Adventures
“We had loads of fun. She really, really enjoyed the sense of responsibility, being in charge, and doing something for the environment and seeing the results of her work. It has completely changed the way she looks at the world.”
Sheila Massey
Picker Pal Parent, Burrow National School, Sutton, Dublin
Supporters
What our Supporters Say
“When we met with Picker Pals and heard their mission is to raise a generation with new attitudes to the planet and raise awareness of litter and the sources and reasons for it, we knew they were the perfect fit for us.”
Mark Carpenter
Director of Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, Sky Ireland
Philip O’Brien
1st Class Teacher, Scoil an Athar Tadgh, Carrignavar, Cork
Sheila Massey
Picker Pal Parent, Burrow National School, Sutton, Dublin
Mark Carpenter
Director of Regulatory and Corporate Affairs, Sky Ireland
Picker Pals TV
20 mins of unmissable fun, stories and activities for schools or home
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Our FREE programme has been a huge hit this year!
Places are limited so EXPRESS YOUR INTEREST early for 2022-23.
