YouthLink Scotland will be working with the Eric Liddell Community to award 20 ‘Eric Liddell Recognition Awards’ to celebrate some of the amazing young people aged 12 – 26 years who have made an outstanding contribution to their community through their involvement in youth work in Scotland.
The Eric Liddell 100 is a programme of events and activities to recognise and celebrate the life, sporting and community service achievements of one of Scotland’s iconic figures. It is being planned around 2024, the centenary of Eric Liddell’s historic success at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris.
As part of the EL100 programme, YouthLink Scotland will be working with the Eric Liddell Community to award 20 ‘Eric Liddell Recognition Awards’ to celebrate some of the amazing young people aged 12 – 26 years, who have made an outstanding contribution to their community through their involvement in youth work in Scotland.
The criteria for the recognition awards are aligned to the values of the Eric Liddell 100 programme.
We are seeking nominations for young people aged 12 – 26 years who:
The first nomination deadline is 3rd June 2024
Winners will announced at the YouthLink Scotland Youth Work Awards on 12th June 2024
The second nomination deadline will be 1st October 2024
Winners will be announced at the YouthLink Scotland Annual Conference on 5th November 2024
A maximum of ten awards will be made in each round.
Award winners will be presented with a unique Eric Liddell 100 pin badge and may also subsequently be nominated for the Eric Liddell 100 Awards 2024 hosted by the Eric Liddell Community in November.
Please use the nomination form below to describe in a maximum of 400 words (or submit a short video is that is easier) how the young person, through their involvement youth work, has made an outstanding contribution to their community and in doing so displayed one or more of the following values:
If you are submitting a short video, please either share the download link in the Nomination Information field, or alternatively, use our File Upload field.