At Million Minutes we know and believe young people are amazing and they deserve to be recognised and celebrated. In every school, parish and local community young people (aged 11 to 25) are continually making our communities and our world a better place. To highlight these amazing individuals, we celebrate young people both locally and nationally year round. Every 18 months we put on the national Celebrating Young People Awards. Nominated by friends and family, teachers and clergy, award recipients are drawn from throughout England and Wales and reflect achievements in every area of social action. Our 2019 recipients included young carers, a parish youth group, peer mentors, climate change activists, a volunteer ship visitor, a fifteen year old who supports his local food bank, and a homeless centre campaigner among many other extraordinary individuals.

Have a look back at our previous Awardees here.

NOMINATIONS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED.

Our next awards ceremony will take place in 2021, in conjugation with our 10 year anniversary. Nominations will open in 2021. Please keep an eye out on our social media channels for updates.

In the meantime:
If you can`t wait until we open our nominations later on in the year, please explore how you can nominate your young person or group locally here. You can also explore how you can celebrate your young people all year round here.

All of our nominees are automatically enrolled into our Young Leadership Alumni Network - explore what our young leaders are currently up to, and how your young person can get involved here.

Want to know more about our six Catholic social teaching values, then click here.

Explore the six national Awards below:

“Young friends, don’t wait until tomorrow to contribute your energy, your audacity and your creativity to changing our world. Your youth is not an “in-between time”. You are the now of God, and he wants you to bear fruit.” (Pope Francis, Christus Vivit, 178).