We are excited to announce the launch of our MEMF school competition – Building a Sustainable Future! This competition challenges students aged 11-18 to redesign a local building or space, focusing on sustainable practices in materials, energy, and purpose. Download all competition resources on our school programme page.
My Environment My Future (MEMF) is a fully-funded school programme which embeds knowledge, resources and guidance on careers within the built environment into the delivery of the core GCSE and A-level Geography curriculum.
Our mission is to create awareness among young people about careers within the built environment. But what exactly is the built environment?
It’s the sector responsible for building and managing all the places where we live, work, and relax as well as the infrastructure that supports and connects them. Careers within this sector range from surveying, architecture, engineering, urban planning, and construction, and the sector employs around 11% of the UK workforce. The built environment shapes how people interact with their surroundings and influences society, communities, our sense of wellbeing, security and quality of life.
In order to support teachers showcasing the built environment careers, My Environment My Future comprises GCSE and A-level geography teaching resources, along with an optional nationwide schools competition and a standalone extra-curricular after school club.
Designed to meet the GCSE and A-level geography specification for all major awarding bodies and complete with all the teaching material to deliver the programme.
Follow these three easy steps to access the My Environment My Future school programme.
MEMF enriches your delivery of the geography syllabus, provides career resources you wouldn’t otherwise necessarily find, and links your teaching to real world careers. MEMF showcases young people with exciting jobs, career path information and sources of careers guidance within the core curriculum, and in doing so directly contributes to your Gatsby Objectives 4, 5 and 6 targets.
Our supporters make us who we are
There are multiple ways you can support our programme, from as simple as sharing your resources, expertise, or feedback, providing careers talks, building MEMF into your Section 106 community programmes or becoming a sponsor of the programme.
Take a look at our career resources to help you make the next steps to find your career.
Visit the CSTT website to find support on starting a career in surveying and the wider built environment.
This quiz matches your strength and interests to careers within the built environment.
The Career Finder allows you to directly compare careers within the built environment to help you find the one that is right for you
Here are our frequently asked questions, but if you still have a question please get in touch.
It’s simple! Just register for free by going to the registration page or sign in if you have an account. Then go to the school programme page and select the content you wish to download.
We believe in making the careers education accessible to all young people, regardless of their background. Therefore we ensure the programme remains free to everyone.
We are always on hand to help! Go to the ‘Contact Us’ page and ask us anything and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
The deadline is the 29th April at 5pm. For more details on the School Competition, download the competition brief on the School Programme page.
We are constantly striving to grow, improve and extend the reach of our programme.
So far we have reached these milestones.
MEMF is an educational programme for schools sponsored by the Built Environment Schools Trust (www.beschoolstrust.org).
BE Schools Trust is a registered Charity (327456) established to help improve access to the built environment profession.
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I’ve found this free school programme My Environment My Future which embeds knowledge, resources and guidance on careers within the built environment into the delivery of the core GCSE and A-level Geography curriculum. It is easily adapted to suit your teaching style and helps school meet the Gatsby Benchmarks 4, 5 & 6 whilst teaching the core geography curriculum.
Have a look for yourself at www.MEMF.careers and register for free to access the whole programme.
