The Department of Communities has announced that 39 finalists have been named in the 2021 WA Youth Awards, recognising achieving young people, youth workers and youth organisations from across the State.
The awards were established in 1999 and are open to Western Australians aged 12-to-25 years.
Minister for Youth, Dave Kelly said the 2021 awards will mark the start of Youth Week WA 2021, the largest celebration of young people on the State’s youth calendar.
Mr Kelly said this year there had been 95 nominations received from across the 10 award categories, with the winners to be announced tomorrow (9 April).
“The award categories cover areas including positive achievement, small organisation’s achievement, large organisation’s achievement, community leadership and creative contribution,” Mr Kelly said.
“They include the Charmaine Dragun Memorial Award and the Minister for Youth’s Most Outstanding Youth Worker Award.”
He said the calibre of entries had been extremely high and highlighted the incredible passion and dedication of a diverse range of young people, youth workers and youth organisations across the State and on Christmas Island.
“Individual and organisation finalists include champions for mental health awareness, sexual health and wellbeing, Indigenous youth, performing arts, suicide prevention, youth homelessness and environmental sustainability,” Mr Kelly said.
“It is important that we continue to recognise and celebrate young people and those who work to support them, particularly after such a tough year in 2020,” he said.
