Envision reaches beyond those who traditionally get involved in sustainable development activities, offering young people from disadvantaged, diverse and inner city backgrounds the opportunity to identify and tackle issues they feel passionate about Mel is responsible for expanding the Envision Schools and Colleges Programme to other areas of country and also helps to manage the Envision Birmingham team In 2008 Envision was named as a finalist for the Best Education Project in the National Lottery Awards Envision was set up by four young people in 2000 to challenge the stereotype of ‘youth’ as apathetic and disengaged with the issues going on around them Envision programmes help young people to design their own local community projects tackling issues ranging from street crime to climate change