National Youth Worker of the Year Awards 2015 - Nominate Now
17 December 2014
YouthLink Scotland is delighted to announce the eighth National Youth Worker of the Year Awards to celebrate and recognise outstanding service and performance by managers, youth workers and peer educators in the youth work field.
Youth workers and youth work practitioners from across Scotland are being encouraged to nominate entries for the National Youth Worker of the Year Awards 2015 now!
Finalists will be chosen in each of the categories for the 2015 Awards and the winners will be presented with their award on the night of the Awards Dinner on Thursday 12th March 2015. The overall Youth Worker of the Year will be chosen from across the individual category winners.
This year the categories are:
- Youth Worker of the Year (Full-time or Full-time equivalent)
- Youth Worker of the Year (Sessional paid/part-time)
- Volunteer of the Year
- Innovative Practice – Team of the Year
- Youth Worker of the Year (Uniformed Organisations)
- Youth Worker of the Year (Intergenerational)
- Role Model / Mentor of the Year
- Youth Work Manager of the Year
- Agencies and Partner Organisations (Worker of the Year)
- Life-time Achievement Award (Fellowship of YouthLink Scotland)
- Overall Winner (selected from winners of other categories)
Eligibility:
- To be eligible all entries must be accompanied by a completed nomination form (this can be downloaded from the YouthLink Scotland website.)
- The Awards are open to private, voluntary / charitable organisations and community bodies as well as public sector organisations.
- All work entered into the categories must have taken place in Scotland.
The closing date for nominations is Thursday 18 December 2014 and further information and guidance is available in the guidance document (download below) or from YouthLink Scotland website.
