First secondary school in the East Midlands to achieve CAFOD’s LiveSimply Award

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A Burton school has achieved a prestigious award in recognition of its efforts to live simply, sustainably and in solidarity with the world’s poorest communities.

Blessed Robert Sutton Catholic Voluntary Academy has become the first secondary school in the East Midlands to achieve CAFOD’s LiveSimply Award.

At the centre of the school’s efforts to earn the award is a new Eco Prayer Garden, which was funded as part a project run by East Midlands Airport.

The airport asked schools to submit designs for gardens or green spaces that substantially boost biodiversity and lead to improved wellbeing.

Pupils created the garden design and considered the local wildlife and how they could incorporate the school values of Love, Respect, Hope, Kindness and Resilience, whilst looking after nature.

Students also identified the need for the school community to be recycling, composting, growing their own herbs and vegetables to be used in Food and Nutrition lessons and considering the packaging of food in the canteen, which was reviewed to ensure it was more sustainable and able to be recycled.