National Youth Work Awards 2026

Shining a light on Scotland’s youth work heroes!

Thank you to everyone who took the time to nominate.

We will announce this year’s finalists in April!

Important Dates

Save the Date

Mark your calendars for an unforgettable evening of celebration, glamour, and inspiration at the DoubleTree by Hilton Glasgow on Wednesday 3rd June 2026. This year’s Awards Dinner will be an inspiring gathering of Scotland’s youth work champions, a night filled with stories of dedication, resilience, and positive change.

Categories

The National Youth Work Awards are aimed at individual youth workers, managers, projects or groups for work that is delivered in youth work settings or in other settings, using a youth work approach. The awards are a mixture of universal, targeted and specialist youth work provision.

Award categories are listed below in alphabetical order:

Meet Last Year's Winners

From digital wizardry to groundbreaking mental health initiatives, meet our our winners as we celebrated the best of youth work in 2025.

Submit your nominations!

To submit your nomination form, or if you have any questions about the nominations process and this year’s awards, please contact us on awards@youthlink.scot.