Youth Voices Awards
Event description
Whittlesea Community Connections is proud to announce the Youth Voices Awards, an event specifically created to celebrate and recognise the achievements, voices and contributions of the young people of Whittlesea. The WCC Youth Voices Awards have been designed to empower and celebrate young people, through recognising their contributions to the Whittlesea community.
WCC will be awarding 12 outstanding individuals with awards in the following categories: Civic Participation, Supporting Children and Young People, Leadership, Mentorship and Empowerment, Not for Profit and Community Organisation Work, Volunteering, Innovation and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) , the Arts, Advocacy, Voice, First Nations Youth, Youth Group Work and Whittlesea Community Connections Award.
WCC will also be awarding 1 outstanding community group an award recognising their achievements within the community.
Nominations can be done by any person or organisation as long as the young person meets the requirements of the award. Nominations are due on the 12th of June 2024 and can be done through the QR Code provided.
The Youth Voices Awards event will include stallholders, activities and games, music and free food, with an allotted ceremony time to announce, and celebrate, the Youth Voices Awards winners.
Whittlesea Community Connections (WCC) prioritises children and young people’s safety and wellbeing with zero tolerance for child abuse. Our mandatory child safe training across the organisation ensures everyone is committed to this mission. We actively listen to and empower children and young people’s voices, enabling them to thrive. Our compliance with the Victorian Child Safe Standards ensures robust systems to protect children from abuse, where we address and respond to allegations promptly and in line with our policies and guidelines. We promote cultural safety through the provision of safe environments for those who identify as Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander, culturally and/or linguistically diverse, living with a disability, neuro-diverse and LGBTQIA+.