Bringing Communities Together Award - new for 2025!
Bringing Communities Together Award - new for 2025!
Bringing Communities Together Award - new for 2025!
ABOUT THE CATEGORY: Recognises young people or groups of young people who bring diverse communities together and create a sense of belonging, breaking down barriers and building stronger relationships in the community. This award is for those who create activities, events, or projects that bring others together, helping everyone feel included and connected. The winners show great effort in building friendships, teamwork, and a strong sense of community.
Read about the past winners of our former Local Community Award
Highly Commended: Matthew Armstrong
Being from Sunderland, Matthew both represents and supports the young disabled community within Sunderland and surrounding areas within the North East. Matthew has been involved with Grace House since his childhood. Coming to Grace House in the first instance as a service user, he has progressed to a volunteer and inspirational young leader, supporting youth groups, and taking under his wing other disabled young people who come to Grace House regularly or for their very first time.
Matthew always displays a sunny disposition. He is never without a smile on his face, being jolly and full of fun from the minute he enters the building to the time when he has to go home.
Winner: Washington Youth Council
Washington Youth Council are a group of young people aged 12-17 who work together with the aims of representing young people living in Washington, giving young people a voice and promoting positive images of young people. From appeals for donations of toiletries to making hampers for women who have escaped domestic violence and arranging visits to attractions for family fun days, there's no limit to what they do.
The group selflessly donate their free time to benefit others. They work really well together and are extremely passionate about what they do. They throw themselves into any activities and are always eager to achieve the goals that they set for themselves.
This award is sponsored by Gentoo
Gentoo is Sunderland's main social housing landlord, providing homes for 60,000 people across the city. We are a values-led organisation, with a clear vision and social purpose.
At Gentoo, we believe everyone has the right to live in a good quality home. We invest millions of pounds every year to keep our existing homes safe and to a decent standard and we also play our part in helping meet the demand for affordable housing in Sunderland by building new, modern homes for rent.
We also support our customers and the communities in which they live by working with our partners across a range of issues.
Gentoo is delighted to be supporting the Sunderland Young Achievers' Awards once again and to be sponsoring the Local Community Award.
We wish everyone a fantastic evening as we pay tribute to the achievement of so many amazing and inspirational youngsters and the incredible contributions they make to life in Sunderland.
