Welcome to the eEnergy Poster Competition 2026

 

Design a Poster to Power Change: Use your creativity to inspire your school and community to reach Net Zero by 2030.

 

What the competition is about

 

The Solar Schools Poster Competition is a creative art challenge for primary school pupils in the GBESP Midlands Lot 1 programme.

Your mission: design a poster that encourages people to take action on climate change, solar energy, or energy efficiency.

Winning posters will be:

  • Professionally printed

  • Displayed in schools across the Midlands

  • Showcased nationally through Let’s Go Zero

What we’re asking you to do

 

Create a poster on A3 or A4 paper that:

  • Encourages people to take action on energy and climate change

  • Focuses on one or more of:

    • Solar power

    • Saving energy at school or at home

    • How we can all help reach Net Zero by 2030

  • Is bright, bold and easy to understand, with a clear message

 

How to enter

  • Design your poster on A3 or A4 paper.

  • Use strong colours, clear slogans and simple images so your message stands out.

  • Give your poster a short title or slogan.

  • Hand your finished poster to your teacher.

 

Your teacher will select and submit your school’s entries (scanned or photographed) by email.

Deadline: 5pm, 30 January 2026

Teacher submission email: [email protected]

Bold ideas to spark your thinking

 

 

You don’t have to use these – they’re just to get you started:

  • “Switch It off to save Energy”

  • “Shine with Solar”

  • “Let’s Reach Net Zero by 2030”

  • “Clean Energy = Clean Future”

 

We’re excited to see how you bring your own big ideas to life.

How your poster will be judged

Posters will be judged on:

  1. Creativity (30%) – Original design and imaginative artwork

  2. Clarity of Message (30%) – Is the climate/solar theme easy to understand?

  3. Visual Impact (25%) – Boldness, colour, ability to catch attention

  4. Age Appropriateness (15%) – How well it works for your age group

 

 

Categories & Prizes

We’ll be choosing a Winner and Runner-up in each age group:

  • Key Stage 2 (Ages 7–11) – 1 Winner, 1 Runner-up

  • Key Stage 1 (Ages 5–7) – 1 Winner, 1 Runner-up

 

Key Stage 2 (Ages 7–11).

Winner – Solar Design Champion

  • Your poster professionally printed and displayed in all participating schools

  • Winner’s framed certificate

  • Solar STEM Innovation Kit – build your own working solar models and explore how clean energy works

  • Creative art & colouring set – everything you need to sketch, colour and develop your next big idea

 

Runner-up – Future Innovator

  • Runner-up certificate

  • Your poster displayed at the Dudley College celebration event

 

Key Stage 1 (Ages 5–7).

Winner – Bright Ideas Artist

  • Your poster professionally printed and displayed in all participating schools

  • Winner’s framed certificate

  • Bumper art and painting set – crayons, paints and creative tools to bring your bright ideas to life

 

Runner-up – Rising Star

  • Runner-up framed certificate

  • Your poster displayed at the Department for Education Dudley College celebration event

 

Want to take part?

Ask your teacher if you’d like to enter or need help getting started – they’ll guide you through what to do next.

 

 

 

Testimonial

The Poster Competition is all about turning your ideas into images that make people stop and think. A powerful picture and a few well-chosen words can change how a whole school sees energy, climate and the future. Whether you love drawing, design or bold slogans, this is your chance to use your creativity to speak up for a Net Zero future. I’m really looking forward to seeing the posters that come out of your classrooms – the ones that make teachers, visitors and other students pause in the corridor and say, ‘That makes me want to do something.

Cass Swallow
Chief Marketing Officer | eEnergy

For Teachers only: Download the Teacher’s Guide Pack to help your senior school students get the most from this exciting opportunity.

Teacher’s pack

The Poster Competition 2026 is subject to the competition’s Terms and Conditions. 

Eligibility notice:

To avoid disappointment, please note that this competition is only open to junior schools included in Lot 1 of the Great British Energy Solar Project.

This competition is run by eEnergy and Mace, on behalf of LocatED, Great British Energy Group Limited and the Department for Education, as part of the Net Zero Accelerator programme.