Mayor's Challenge 2022/2023

What is the Mayor’s Challenge?

Every year, the elected Mayor has the opportunity to engage with young people via the Mayor’s Challenge.  The Challenge is different every year and decided on by the Mayor.  The Challenge is designed to encourage young people to engage with the community and make lasting improvements to the Town.

Challenge 2022/2023

The Mayor of Sutton Coldfield is inviting junior and infant schools in the royal town to apply for a £700 grant to promote positive wellbeing. 

Promoting children and young people’s wellbeing is a key part of keeping them safe, helping them develop and ensuring they have positive outcomes into adulthood. Schools in Sutton Coldfield play a vital role in the promotion of wellbeing through a range of activities and approaches to support the academic, physical, mental, emotional and social development of children.

Through the Mayor’s Challenge scheme, all junior & infant schools in Sutton Coldfield are eligible to apply for a £700 grant which could provide an opportunity for schools to carry out activities and challenges of their choice to further help young people develop new habits and flourish their education journey.

The Mayor is keen to promote  three areas of Wellbeing: Being Active, Keep Learning & Connecting. 


“Wellbeing is linked to improved academic achievement, enhanced mental health and responsible life choices. Helping students to feel connected and engaged in their learning, will enable students to develop the social and emotional skills to grow into happy, respectful, well-balanced and successful members of their school and wider community.

Promoting wellbeing in your school examples could include creating a sensory room or garden, offering mental health training to school staff as part of a wider programme to encourage wellbeing, purchasing new fitness equipment to get children more active or having mindful meditation sessions.

Schools will soon receive an application form. The deadline for entries is 28th October 2022 with grants being awarded in November.