Shining a light on Scotland’s youth work heroes!

Huge congratulations to our National Youth Work Awards 2025 finalists!

Arts & Creativity

• Sarah Jane Henderson – Spartans Community Foundation
• Rebecca Horner, Comics Youth SCIO
• Joint Creativity – Versus Arthritis

Community-based Youth Work

• Garnock Valley Locality Team – North Ayrshire Council
• Perthshire Youth Work Partnership
• Touch of Love Young Achievers Club

Digital & STEM

• Young Reporters Senior Group Lanark
• Data Knight – LGBT Youth Scotland and Creative Stirling
• Nick Venture – YOUth Space Fife

Equality & Diversity

• M Factor – Rutherglen Universal Connections
• Borders Additional Needs Group (BANG)
• Passion4Fusion

Health & Wellbeing

• Breaking the Stigma – a partnership between LGBT Youth Scotland, See Me, and Queer Film Night
• Time to Talk – 6VT, The Junction, Canongate Youth, Granton Youth & Wester Hailes Youth Agency
• Ryan Moir – Recharge Youth Centre

Inclusion & Prevention

• Compass Project – North Lanarkshire Council
• Streetsport – Denis Law Legacy Trust
• Through the Gears – Kingdom Off Road Motorcycle Club

Inspirational Leader

• Donna Anderson – North Ayrshire Council
• Jed Milroy – Tinderbox Collective
• Jane Akadiri, Touch of Love Young Achievers Club

Outdoor Learning & Environment

• Venture Scotland’s Delivery Team
• On Board with CashBack – Ocean Youth Trust Scotland
• Ullapool Sea Savers

Participation & Youth Voice

• Routes – Scottish Families Affected by Alcohol and Drugs
• Shetland Youth Voice
• Future Change – CYCJ

Recognising Skills & Achievement

• Ocean Youth Trust Scotland
• Thrive – TD1 Youth Hub/Scottish Borders Council CLD/Galashiels Academy
• Girvan Academy Joint Venture Project

Team of the Year

• Inverclyde DofE Team
• Irvine Youth Legacy Centre
• The Place Youth Club

Volunteer Youth Worker

• David Roberts – The King’s Trust
• Susan Brown – Girlguiding Scotland
• Charlotte Bamford – Versus Arthritis

Youth Worker of the Year

• Ryan Duffy – East Ayrshire Carers Centre
• Caroline Crozier – The Junction
• Wanda Mackay – Cromarty Youth Café

Lifetime Achievement (Fellowship of YouthLink Scotland)

• Ray Campbell, The Girls’ Brigade Scotland
• Helen Turner, YMCA

National Youth Work Awards Dinner

Join us for a night of glitz and glam at this year’s National Youth Work Awards Dinner on 11th June in Glasgow – a night to recognise the incredible achievements of Scotland’s youth workers!

A table of ten costs £700 including VAT and a single place costs £75.00 including VAT.

Online booking will be available soon.