Children’s Annual Design Competition Opens For Entries

WOW badge design competition 2022 launches in Aberdeen with Cllr Malik, pupils from St Joseph’s RC Primary School and Living Streets’ mascot, Strider.

A national charity is on the hunt for the UK’s best young designers as they launch their WOW badge design competition 2022.

Living Streets, the UK charity behind the walk to school campaign, is asking primary school aged children to design the 11 badges to be used in WOW – their walk to school challenge.

WOW rewards pupils who walk to school at least once a week with a different collectable WOW badge each month, designed by pupils in this nationwide competition. Over 1,300 schools across the UK take part in WOW, which means winning designs will be turned into more than 300,000 badges for pupils to collect.

WOW badges are made in the UK from repurposed plastic material, which includes old fridge trays, plastic plates and off-cuts of yoghurt pot material. winning designers will also receive prizes for themselves and their school, including a year’s supply of WOW resources.

An additional 11 highly commended designers will receive runners-up trophies. Every school that enters will qualify for a prize draw to win WOW resources for their school.

Last year, the competition had 90,000 entries, making it one of the UK’s biggest design competitions for children.

This year’s theme, Walk Through Time invites children to explore millions of years of history on earth. Entrants are being asked for big, bold, colourful designs which depict what they might see if they could travel back in time.

Stephen Edwards, Interim Chief Executive, Living Streets said: “Walking to school is an easy way for children to stay healthy and happy, all while helping to reduce congestion outside their school gates.

“Pupils love taking part in WOW and collecting the badges. The winning designers will enjoy the extra pride of seeing their creations worn by pupils across England, Scotland and Wales.

“We’re encouraging pupils to stretch their imaginations in our WOW badge design competition 2022 and depict something from the past they find interesting and inspiring. This is an opportunity for originality and diversity to shine!” n

The WOW badge design competition closes on Friday 18 March 2022.

Entry forms can be downloaded now from the Living Streets website: livingstreets.org.uk/badgecompetition2022