Body Rocks
Body Rocks offers ex offenders and other young people at risk of social exclusion the opportunity to achieve a fitness teaching qualification.
Young people doing Great Things
Projects in the Network range massively from helping the aged to awareness campaigns, and setting up radio stations to creating youth forums. There are no boundaries to what your project can be or where you are from. Our network includes everyone from schools and youth groups to clubs and youth offending teams. If you don’t have a project, why not see if there is one in your area that you can get involved with?
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Body Rocks offers ex offenders and other young people at risk of social exclusion the opportunity to achieve a fitness teaching qualification.
Crosscultures gives practical and emotional support to asylum seekers, refugees and migrants from across the globe.
Aldbourne Youth Council transformed their village’s old public toilets into a welcoming internet café for the community. These young people are bringing generations together, taking responsibility, and creating an inspiring model that they hope others will adopt.
Challenging negative perceptions and transforming local public opinion of young people into something positive. SW!TCH ID tackle local issues, engage the community and organise activities such as litterpicking flashmobs, a community art show and family fun days.
These young people refuse to be written off by their postcode, getting involved in volunteering, setting up a community gym and taking part in positive activities. They are proving that given respect and opportunities, every young person is capable of greatness.
Hackney’s Volunteer Police Cadets are steering clear of involvement in crime and gangs, developing skills and helping others in their own communities and further afield, through repairing bicycles to send to Gambian orphanages, sports coaching and running activities for local young people.
Haggeye is the forum for blind and partially sighted young people across Scotland. Working together they campaign, consult and make a difference, improving accessibility of services. Through this work they are flourishing as independent, confident young leaders.
2010 REGIONAL FINALIST Soundminds aims to change the way in which young people think about mental health and challenge the stigma's which exist, they do this in a cool and non-threatening way by coordinating music events across North Lanarkshire and beyond. Soundminds was created by young people and is run entirely for young people aged between 10 and 26.
2010 SPECIAL COMMENDATION Supported by Fearless. A young theatre group who responded positively to the tragic murder of a local teenager by performing and running workshops in schools to get across the impact of violent crime and hopefully prevent similar attacks.
2010 REGIONAL FINALIST A unique practical based conservation project for 16-19 year old unemployed people from Bristol aiming to improve health, empoyability, environmental awareness, develop skills and gain qualifications.
2010 REGIONAL FINALIST An eccentric group of diverse young people who express their views through the arts. This year we worked on the creation of a full length dramatic graphic novel using photography and still acting.
2010 REGIONAL FINALIST A forum to enable young carers to have their say and influence decision makers, so that young carers throughout the scottish borders are able to reach their full potential, make informed decisions, and feel supported at home, at work and in education.
Read More of HYCUP (Helping Young Carers to Unite and Participate)
2010 REGIONAL FINALIST Breaking the Cycle is a civic engagement project which seeks to address the impact of violence on the everyday lives of young people from minority ethnic groups.
2010 REGIONAL FINALIST A Group of Young Adults Who Plan, Organise & Host Artistic Events In Nottinghamshire.
Hammersmith and Fulham Young Advisors are professional youth consultants who are committed to making their community a safer and better place to live, work and play.
Celebrate the difference that young people are making in your community and nominate a project now for the 2011 Philip Lawrence Awards.
Read More of The Philip Lawrence Awards 2011 are open for nominations!
Jul 27, 2011 - 09:06 AM
This year, the Awards will focus on young people leaving prison and improving high-crime areas
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Jun 20, 2011 - 10:12 PM
VIPs including Sir Trevor McDonald, Will Young and government ministers celebrated with our young winners at the 2010 Awards ceremony.
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Jan 12, 2011 - 11:39 AM