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The First Event of its Kind...Positive For Youth Awards at the House of Commons
Tuesday 28th October 2014 | Osh
The Positive for Youth Awards will held at the House of Commons on Wednesday 29th October 2-6pm. All award winners have been invited to attend, accept their award and share their story or perform in some way. The Awards are to recognise the outstanding achievement of young people who have had the courage to act either through positive impact projects or music and inspired others through their actions.
It is the first known award ceremony of its kind: run by young people, for young people – the awards were created to demonstrate how positive role modelling, opportunity and gentle support can truly make a difference. Each award is sponsored by an organisation who has pledged either work experience, training or a unique opportunity to the award winner. The categories cover positive impact projects in the community and also music and arts projects and any person or group aged 10-20 can be nominated.
The inaugural event is organised by the Legacy Project, and initiative founded in 2010 to empower, support and inspire young people. The founder of the Legacy project, Tiffany Newell, has this to say:
“In May 2010 Legacy Project was started to help change perceptions of youth in the community. We looked at how the young people that were being recognised were being rewarded for their efforts and although we found some great systems many seemed to be more about the charities and groups than the young people themselves. We founded Positive for Youth Awards in 2012 with the philosophy that they would be run by young people for young people, with nominations from across the South of England and London.”
The awards have been categorised as follows:
Community Challenge Categories:
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Community Impact Award: most positive and sustainable
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Environmental Impact Award: most positive and sustainable
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Outstanding Achievement Award: group/person that has developed the most since the start of their project
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Diversity & Inclusion Award: group/person that has had the most diversity in their project
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Inspire Award: most inspirational project
Express Yourself Categories
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Inspirational Lyrics Award: music that moves and inspires with a sense of purpose
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Outstanding Achievement Award: group/person who started without any musical experience and completely excelled
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Peer in Music Award: group/person who has given back through music
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Breakthrough Award: group/person who has excelled against all odds
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Musical Entrepreneur Award: most positive and sustainable
The awards have attracted sponsorship from a plethora of organisations - from record labels to phone companies - all looking to get behind this great cause.
You can follow the event and check out the award winners via the Positive for Youth website.
