Youth ImpactAwards

Work that reduces conflict, supports people in crisis, and helps communities rebuild trust, safety, and stability.

Initiatives that keep children safe, supported, and able to grow: protection from harm, access to care, and stronger family or community systems.

Projects that remove barriers for people with disabilities so they can learn, work, lead, and participate fully in community life.

Support for emotional healing and mental wellbeing: counselling, peer support, awareness, and tools that help people recover and cope.

Work that expands opportunity, safety, education, and leadership for women and girls in homes, schools, workplaces, and public life.

Action that protects land, water, and air: climate adaptation, conservation, clean solutions, and community resilience to environmental change.

Efforts that improve health access, care, prevention, or medical knowledge for people who need it most.

Teaching, mentoring, and learning pathways that help young people gain skills, stay in school, and unlock the next academic or career step.

Creative work that moves culture forward: art, music, performance, and storytelling that builds identity, income, or community voice.

Young people organising, advocating, and leading for better communities: civic participation, public service, and accountable leadership.

Building or teaching tech that solves real problems: software, hardware, digital skills, and tools that widen access or create opportunity.

Young founders creating jobs, products, and services: ventures that generate value and show others what is possible.

Innovation and enterprise in farming and food systems: better yields, sustainable practice, agribusiness, and stronger rural livelihoods.

Creators using film, social, podcasts, and digital platforms to inform, inspire, educate, or open doors for their communities.