T100 Young Ambassadors  from East Tilbury Primary and William Edwards School have been devising their own creative responses to this year’s Festival theme across this school year working closely with Jemma MacDonnell from The Paper Birds and the T100 team. The resulting performances and installations will be shared to school and local communities via in-school events during the festival, as well as for Place at the Table: Celebrating Our Community on Saturday 6 June.

Gateway Learning Community and SWECET primary schools are also supporting young people to lead creative walks through their school grounds in response to this year’s T100 Festival theme. Participating schools: Chadwell St Mary Primary Academy, Deneholm Primary, Stifford Clays Primary, Gateway Primary Free School, Herringham Primary Academy, Lansdowne Primary Academy and Tilbury Pioneer Academy.

Designed and guided by pupils, these events explore ideas of home, belonging and wellbeing through simple creative prompts rooted in the places they know best.

The Young Ambassador Programme gives young people the opportunity to shape how their community sees their everyday spaces, sharing their own perspectives on the places that matter to them.