CELEBRATING YOUNG PEOPLE AWARDS 2019

Across the country, young people are changing our world. In quiet and unassuming ways, week in and week out. This July let’s celebrate amazing young people. They will inspire the rest of us with their stories.

The 2019 Awards are taking place on the 3rd July 2019 in London’s Leicester Square. Cardinal Vincent Nichols will be our guest of honour. To our leaders, this is your call to action: Nominate a young person or group you know for a Celebrating Young Peoples Award today.

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Nominations close on the 24th of May 2019. Explore below which award you will nominate for.

Copy of Promoting Solidarity & Peace

Copy of Living out the Option for the Poor

Copy of Protecting the Dignity of Workers

Copy of Fostering Community and Participation

Copy of Caring for the environment

Copy of Celebrating Human Dignity

Copy of Inspiring Adult Youth Leader

Copy of Overall Youth Award

Who will you nominate?

The categories cover a huge variety of areas, and each has its own criteria. These guidance notes and FAQs provide you with more detail about the criteria of each award and provide some hints on what the panellists will be looking for. (Every young person nominated will be considered for the Pope Francis Award.)

This resource sheet provides you with a 90 minute youth work session for youth groups or informally in school or college. There is also an Awards PowerPoint & script in addition to an accompanying PowerPoint. Check out our FAQs.

Nominate now - Click to submit your nomination

Nominations close on the 24th of May 2019.

RECOGNISE. NOMINATE. INSPIRE.

Need some inspiration? Have a look back at our previous Awardees here

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

Nominations are now open. Consider your young unsung hero or heroine. Or maybe a group worth singling out. These awards are a chance to honour young people whom we might not otherwise notice, and when we stop to think there are so many worth celebrating.