The Children & Young People's Services Awards 2018

Award

Description

Criteria

Judges will be looking for:

Developing the Young Workforce Award

A joint award for young people and a business/organisation that have shown initiative in developing a business partnership to promote employability across learning.

* Work done in partnership between young people and a business or other external organisation, and:

* Clear demonstration of the benefits this has brought about for young people.

* A partnership which shows practical and successful approaches which have supported young people into positive and sustained destinations

Learning for Sustainability Award

An award for innovative and successful work undertaken by young people to promote the principles of learning for sustainability, including education for citizenship, children’s rights, sustainable development education, international education and outdoor learning.

A specific project or approach which has:

• been clearly successful in significantly raising awareness and understanding amongst young people of one or more aspects of Learning for Sustainability.and/or:
• raised environmental awareness in the school / local community,

Learning Through Technology Award

An award that recognises young people who are innovative in their use of technology and maximise the potential of information, communications and other technologies, including Glow, to support effective learning and teaching.

* A successful piece of work or project, of which ICT has been an integral part, and:

* Clear demonstration of the benefits this has brought about for young people.

Enterprising Young People Award

An award for a young person or group of young people who have shown initiative, creativity and responsibility through involvement in an enterprise project.

* An innovative and successful project carried out entirely or primarily by young people, which has allowed the young people to demonstrate significant initiative, creativity and responsibility, and:

• Evidence of the benefits the project has brought about

Physical Achievement Award

An award for an individual young person’s or a team’s outstanding achievement at the highest level in a sport, outdoor pursuit or any other kind of physical activity.

* An individual or team of young people who have achieved at national or international level (or equivalent) in a specific sport or other physical activity, and:

* Supporting information which demonstrates why this particular achievement is truly outstanding.

Creative Learning Award

An award to recognise achievements which promote creativity and culture for pupils and staff.

* An individual or group of young people who have achieved significant success in any field of expressive arts, and:

* Work which has led to a raised awareness of the arts, creativity, culture and heritage amongst young people

Promoting Inclusion Award

An award for an individual or group of children/young people who have demonstrated a commitment to promoting inclusion, addressing inequality and celebrating diversity.

* A sustained activity carried out primarily by children and young people which has supported social inclusion, helped address inequalities or celebrates diversity

* A project or approach which has had a significant and tangible effect on establishing a more positive ethos within the establishment, and:

* Clear demonstration of the benefits this has brought about for staff and / or young people.

Children and Young People’s Champion

An award for a young person or group of young people who have demonstrated exceptional commitment to representing the views and voices of their peers to positively influence change.

* An individual or group of young people who have demonstrated significant effort to representing the views of their peers , and:

* Which has led to promoting changes which reflect these.

* A child/ young person who has overcome significant adversity/ barriers of any kind, or:

* A child/ young person who is making a determined effort in the last year to bring about improvements in any area of their life.

* Achieved academically

* Shown they have the skills and qualities to deal with life’s challenges and changes in a positive way

* An individual or group who have demonstrated actions that have promoted, protected and fulfilled the rights of the child,

Inspirational Leader Award

An award for a child/young person who has been truly inspirational whether through their leadership or the work they do that has had a major impact in the setting that they are in.

* An individual who has been an inspiration to peers that has led to a major positive impact in the environment they work in

Health and Wellbeing Award

An award to recognise achievements of a child / young person to promote health and wellbeing within their establishment

A project or initiative which has:

* clearly enabled young people to adopt healthier lifestyles in any aspect of their lives, or:

* Significantly improved young people's understanding of and/or attitudes towards leading a more health lifestyle.