Award

Description

Criteria

Judges will be looking for:

Sandra Burnett Award for Environmental Awareness

In memory of Sandra Burnett of Hazlehead Academy, who sadly died earlier this year. An award given to the school which has done the most to promote environmental innovation and awareness.

Innovative projects to protect the school’s local environment,

which have led to:

*     raised environmental awareness in the school / local community, and/or:

*      clear cost reductions as a direct result of the project
 

Arts and Culture Award

Recognising a group, class or establishment who have made their environment a more creative place, either by producing outstanding work in any arts discipline or by raising the profile of arts, culture and heritage.

Innovative work focussing on one or more arts disciplines, and which has led to:

*      the production of an outstanding piece of work, and/or:

*      a raised awareness of the arts, culture and heritage amongst young people.

Positive Ethos Award

To reward significant contributions made to improving the ethos of an establishment - e.g. by tackling challenging behaviour, reducing bullying, or improving the physical appearance of the establishment (inside or outside).

*      A project or approach which has had a significant and tangible effect on establishing a more positive ethos within the establishment, and:

*      Clear demonstration of the benefits this has brought about for staff and / or young people. 

Healthy Living Award

Recognising work carried out to equip young people with the knowledge, skills and attitudes needed to live a happy and healthy life.

A project or initiative which has:

*      clearly enabled young people to adopt healthier lifestyles in any aspect of their lives, or:

*      significantly improved young people's understanding of and/or attitudes towards leading a more health lifestyle.

Raising Achievement Award

In recognition of work done to encourage young people to improve their performance and achieve their potential - academic or otherwise.

*      Work done with the specific intention of raising young people's levels of achievement in one or more areas of their lives, and:

*      Demonstration of clear and significant improvements in achievement directly resulting from the work or project.

Opportunities for All Award

An award for practical and successful approaches to enabling equity of access for all, removing barriers and promoting integration for children and young people.

*      Specific and practical solutions which have significantly improved access to one or more Council services for young people, through removing barriers of any kind and/or establishing considerably higher levels of participation by all.

Neighbourhood Working Award

An award for the best example of integrated working, carried out at neighbourhood level, which has led to significant improvements to the quality of life for children and young people.

*      A joint project carried out between two or more different teams or services, which has brought about clear and measurable improvements to the quality of any aspect of young people's lives, across one or more neighbourhoods.

ICT Award

An award to recognise groups or individuals who have maximised the potential of ICT to develop and maintain effective services for children and young people.

*      A successful piece of work or project, of which ICT has been an integral part, and:

*      Clear demonstration of the benefits this has brought about for staff and / or young people.

Inspirational Adult Award

A special award for a member of staff who has successfully overcome extreme difficulties in the past year, and / or has made an outstanding contribution to services to children and young people in Aberdeen.

An individual employee who has inspired young people by:

*      overcoming significant adversity in their life, or:

*      working in a manner which is well above and beyond that normally expected of them, and which has directly led to clear improvements to one or more services.

Business Links Award

A joint award for an establishment and a business/organisation who have shown initiative in developing a business partnership.

*      Work done in partnership between an establishment and a business or other external organisation, and:

*      Clear demonstration of the benefits this has brought about for young people. 

Parent / Carer Involvement Award

An award for extensive links with and involvement of parents/carers in the work of the establishment.

*      Innovative work carried out by an establishment to increase the involvement of parents and carers in its work, and:

*      Clear evidence of increased involvement by parents and carers and the benefits this has brought about.

Award

Description

Criteria

Judges will be looking for:

Enterprising Young People Award

An award for a young person or group of young people who have shown initiative, creativity and responsibility through involvement in an enterprise project.

*      An innovative and successful project carried out entirely or primarily by young people, which has allowed the young people to demonstrate significant initiative, creativity and responsibility, and:

*      Evidence of the benefits the project has brought about.

Inspirational Young Person Award

A special award for an exceptional child or young person who has successfully overcome extreme difficulties in the past year, and / or has made outstanding progress in any aspect of his or her life.

An individual young person who has inspired others by:

*      overcoming significant adversity of any kind, or:

*      successfully making a determined effort in the last year to bring about improvements in any area of their life.

Working in the Community Award

In recognition of an outstanding contribution made to the local community by an individual or group of young people, e.g. through volunteering on community projects or helping to support local charities.

*      Voluntary work carried out by one or more young people with the primary intention of improving one or more aspects of their local community, and:

*      Clear evidence of the degree to which the project has brought about improvements to the community.

Physical Achievement Award

An award for an individual young person's or a team's outstanding achievement at the highest level in a sport, outdoor pursuit or any other kind of physical activity.

*      An individual or team of young people who have achieved at national or international level (or equivalent) in a specific sport or other physical activity, and:

*      Supporting information which demonstrates why this particular achievement is truly outstanding.

Expressive Arts Award

An award to recognise an individual young person's or a group's outstanding achievement in any arts discipline.

*      An individual or group of young people who have achieved significant success in any field of expressive arts, and:

*      Supporting information which demonstrates why this particular achievement is truly outstanding.

Looking After the Environment Award

In recognition of work and projects which have helped or are helping to benefit the environment.

*      Work carried out by one or more young people with the primary intention of improving their environment, either locally or on a larger scale, and:

*      Evidence of the benefits, to the environment and / or to the young people involved, brought about by the work.