The search is on! Scotland’s National Agency for Youth Work is looking for the very best work being done with young people across Scotland. Youth workers, young people and volunteers from across Edinburgh are being encouraged to nominate entries for the National Youth Work Awards 2018 organised by YouthLink Scotland.
The National Youth Work Awards 2018 will be one of the events that celebrate Scotland’s first-ever Year of Young People. This national event, co-designed with young people, will showcase their amazing talents and will recognise the impact of youth workers on the lives of young people.
The Awards are all about celebrating the power of young people and the vital role of Scotland’s 70,000 youth work volunteers and staff in the lives of our young people.
YouthLink Scotland is calling on young people in particular, to come forward and nominate youth workers or projects that have helped shaped their lives.
Launching the National Youth Work Awards 2018, Rachael McCully, aged 21 and Steven Mann, aged 23, from the YOYP Communic18 group, who are involved in co-designing the Awards said: “The National Youth Work Awards lets us celebrate the truly life changing work our youth workers are carrying out on a daily basis. It’s time for them to be recognised for the unbelievable work they do for the young people across the nation. We have the great pleasure of co-designing the awards this year and we are hoping to make it the best year so far.”
Minister for Childcare & Early Years Ms Maree Todd said: “As part of the consultation for Year of Young People 2018, young people highlighted that they want to celebrate the important role supporting adults have on their lives. Thousands of young people across Scotland have silent champions, who work behind the scenes to raise aspirations and build young people’s confidence and skills.
“The National Youth Work Awards will provide an excellent platform during Year of Young People 2018 to shine a light on the life-changing role youth workers, volunteers and staff make to Scotland’s young people.”
Jim SweeneMBE, CEO of YouthLink Scotland, said: “We want to celebrate young people and the youth workers who make a difference. In every part of Scotland, every day, thousands of youth workers, many of them volunteers, are supporting young people to follow their dreams and realise their potential. At the heart of these Awards will be the voices of our young people, telling their youth work story.”
The deadline for nominations is Monday 15 January 2018. The National Youth Work Awards will be held on Thursday 15 March 2018 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Glasgow.
Get involved visit the YouthLink Scotland website at www.youthlinkscotland.org
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