Earthwise: Kew's summer programme reference form

Thank you for agreeing to act as a referee for a young person applying to Earthwise: Kew’s Summer Programme.

This form acts as a referral for teachers or other members of school staff to nominate young people who they believe would benefit from the programme.

Earthwise will take place at the beginning of August and is open to young people across London aged 14 to 17.

Throughout the course of the week, young people will participate in fieldwork workshops, learning to conduct their own research; explore the ‘living laboratories’ of Kew and Wakehurst and hear from Kew experts in biodiversity science and conservation.

The deadline for applications is Friday 24 May 2024.

For further information and queries please contact youth@kew.org

Details of nominated young person

Please input the details of the young person you would like to act as a reference for.

First name

Last name

School or organisation

Referee details

Please provide your details

First name

Last name

Relationship to young person

Email address

Confirm email

Phone number

Name of school or organisation

Job role

Letter of recommendation

Why do you think your nominated young person would be a good candidate for/would benefit from this programme?

Is there anything else you would like to tell us about your nominated young person that would support their application?

Data protection and declaration

RBG, Kew will use your information to review and process the reference you have provided for a young person applying to Earthwise. Using the information provided in this form, RBG, Kew may contact you about your reference and the young person’s application and if successful, you will be notified. Contact will be via the details you've provided and secondary contact and will include sharing news about your young person’s application.

If the young person’s application is not successful, RBG, Kew will securely store your personal information until the end of August, when the summer programme will take place. This is so we can contact you in the event of a space becoming available for your young person to participate in the programme. After this time we will remove your personal information from our system.

For full details about how we store and use your data, please see our privacy policy.

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