Our PAY Categories
The Forging Your Own Path Award
This award is for a young person or group who has faced and managed to overcome adversity and challenges in their lifetime.
This could be a young person who has gone through hardship but used it in a positive way to turn their life around, or, an individual who focuses their time on caring for a close relative or friend.
The 'Alan Cruickshanks' Eco Award
This award is for a young person or group who has shown exceptional dedication towards protecting the environment through things such as promoting recyicling or the effects of climate change. Other examples could be organising litter picks in their area or campaigning for change to waste disposal.
The Volunteer of the Year Award
This award is to celebrate the work of a young person that has helped people in and around their community. ALong with that, we are looking for a person who consistently gives up their free time to help other people, changing lives for the better.
The Unsung Hero Award
This award is seeking to find a young person who has gone the extra mile but never seeks any recognition or reward for their work. Someone who brings so much more than expected to their community and to the people they help, always working with a smile and freely giving up their time to help others.
The Youth Group of the Year Award
We are looking for a group of young people that have either worked to improve the lives of young people or overcame challenges within their group to achieve great things together. For example, creating or planning a youth project that has gone on to inspire others or that has been shown to have made a positve impact on the lives of young people within their school or community - this could also be a group of young people who have been on an excellent journey, as a group, towards an achievement.
The 'Eilish Herron' Young Sportsperson Award
This award aims to celebrate the single sports achievements of an individual, whether it be sports coaching or a major milestone in their sporting career. We are looking for someone who gives up their free time to help other or to do their best and achieve their sporting goals.
The 'Ferran Hart' Young Artist Award
We are looking for a young person or a group of young people who are passionate about the arts - whether it be a love of art, music, acting, dance, or photography. This is a chance for their work to be appreciated and recognised within the community.
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