Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust

Covent Garden Dragon Hall Trust co-produced a project with young people to deliver a programme of activities that reduces WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment); provides young people with skills, knowledge and understanding around recycling and re-use; delivers information, advice & guidance and builds relationships with local communities and businesses. They planned a six-stage programme based out of the Soapbox Youth Centre in Islington: Learn - Act - Inspire - Include - Disseminate - Sustain.

Their aims were to: divert electrical waste from landfill, give young people agency over the climate emergency, provide a social space for young people suffering from social exclusion since the pandemic and creating a series of YouTube videos for easy fixing as a project legacy.

They estimate to have diverted 1665kg of electrical waste and promoted the circular economy by passing on the fixed electricals to those in need. As well as this, they engaged with over 250 young people throughout their project who were able to share skills and grow their knowledge of repair and reuse. 

You can find the YouTube series they produced during the project here. 

For more information on Dragon Hall, visit their website.